tbradley70

Does anyone know if its possible to disassemble the instrument cluster once its removed? I want to swap my gauge faces with the black ones from an e500.

shardul

iTrader: (1)

yes you can disassemble the cluster, but removing the white marking is very hard since they are stuck on and the wires are ribbons which are very easy to break i would not do it.

AMGPilot

Just get a CLS cluster

mertd93

That's actually very easy to do if you know what you're doing, just use a hair drier to heat up the gauges and it will peal right off. You should swap the needles as well to the white, that's the biggest difference right there. I did a 63 gauge swap, I'll post some pictures later.

tbradley70

Well, it turned out to be pretty easy. I bought a used e500 cluster and was able to swap the gauges and overylay. I just had to take the main circuit board from mine and put in the other cluster and everything works fine, including mileage. Just 5 plugs to swap the circuit board in out, not hair dryer, no soldering, no star.

shardul

iTrader: (1)

yes if you swap the main PC like in the picture you dont have to recode the cluster mileage etc

berti_00

i still havent figured out how to show my miles on my cls63 cluster... everything works perfect but that
if anyone knows a way or is such thing id love to hear it

tbradley70

If the circuit board has the same connections as the picture above I would try putting in your old board.

CKCarbonImports

I have taken apart many clusters from every last connector and wire. As Shardul has said it is very easy to break those ribbon cables and connectors, so be very careful because they are impossible to find and replace!

spastik monkey

So I just got done with the swap. Downside, when you swap the boards, you lose all of the cool e63 features

austingtir

Yep 3 years later I just did it as well. It seems things like oil temp and probably the shift light are programmed in a different module and are fed through to the instrument cluster. I swapped a e63 cluster into my e55 and it reads as my e55 did with the rear boards swapped. I swapped the e55 cluster into the e63 and it shows oil temp just like the e63 cluster did so to me this proves the coding for the oil temp display/ reading is in another module and is fed to the cluster to display.

51north

Does anyone know what happens if you just put the 63 cluster into the 55?I bought a working 63 cluster from another member. My problem is the clock and backlighting on my 55 no longer work. I’m afraid if I swap the boards they still may not work in the new one. The needles still Light up and the dimmer switch functions, Just no backlighting or clock. Losing the mileage function is not an issue to me, I would never sell my 55!

takeiteasy

swap it and have it coded to the car

jnarkaj

hey man what are the e63 features

Yuille36

That is so funny, you like the black face gauges and I prefer the white face gauges.

NicWright

I like the Carbon Cluster! It looks good with your E63 gauges! I’m glad you are happy, let me know if you need anything else in carbon. It’s awesome to stumble upon pictures of my parts out here on the forums! Love it.

-Nic Wright

Yuille36

Thank you......Nic. A lot of people have shown an interest in your CF clusters. And if asked where did I purchase it, I will direct them your way.

William

sciroccor

i know it was a long time ago; but, your instructions were great. thanks!