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Old Dec 19, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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I'm working on a trans swap for my car from auto to manual.

I'd appreciate no bashing or flaming.

I have a few questions.

Would a cluster from an 05-06 work on an 07.

I know there a few different specs from 05-06 to 07 as far as ECU so I'm assuming ECU from 05-06 wouldn't work for 07 right?

And has anyone else done this swap? I've already checked a few threads about it.
Old Dec 19, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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I mean with the price of TC's these days ever thought about jsut trading your car in for a 5spd, whatever mods you have just take them off and put on your new car.....

Save you a ton of time,headache, problems that might occur, and possibly a ton of money
Old Dec 20, 2008 | 01:38 AM
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not necessarily, my car has been in a few accidents even though it drives perfectly it still is going to be devalued drastically

but that doesn't answer my question

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Old Dec 20, 2008 | 02:56 AM
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The ECU I dont think will work, but you will need to check that out more since I am not positive.

The cluster should work fine. The HVAC module changed in 07, but the cluster should be the same as far as I know. Your mileage will be off, since it is stored in the cluster, if you install a used one.
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yeah i know the mileage will be off but that's not what i care about really, as long as the mileage is close to mine or lower.

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Old Dec 21, 2008 | 07:43 PM
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ever thought about getting a custom one from LEDmod.com or anything like that? Could get a center tach conversion

Just throwing it out there
Old Dec 22, 2008 | 04:22 AM
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well i do want to do the conversion for the center tach and different leds for my hvac and cluster


but i want to know if the mt cluster would work from different model years.
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have you actually pulled up the car fax history on your car? it really doesn't mean anything. i've had a few accidents with my tc, but my car fax still shows nothing.
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no i haven't car faxed my car

but that does not answer my question.
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has anyone done this?
Old Jan 8, 2009 | 02:50 PM
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BUMP - i would like to know also. im doing it soon.
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yezzir. i already have most of the parts

just curious if anyone ran into problems so I can get rid of them before i do the swap
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yezzir. i already have most of the parts

just curious if anyone ran into problems so I can get rid of them before i do the swap
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