First, you need to dismantle your gauge cluster. There are two screws right underneath the “canopy” over the cluster. These two screws hold on the piece that covers the gauge cluster. After you remove that you need to get the cluster out, unscrew the three screws holding it in. There are two connectors on the back of the cluster that also need to be disconnected. To make it easier you should be able to move the cluster out enough to reach behind and disconnect the two plugs. They are held in with a little push tab.

Next you’ll have to dismantle the whole gauge cluster. Undo the tabs one at a time, you should be left with the white attached to the circuit board. The circuit board is harder to get off then the rest. When you are taking the circuit board off be very careful there are little springy things that connect to the gauges. Pry the circuit board away from the white, be careful and use even pressure. Pay attention when taking this apart, you will see how it goes together which will help when reassembling it.

There really is no easy way to cut the circuit board, I used a dremel with a cutoff disk. I recommend using painters tape to tape up the pcb around the area you are cutting. I didn’t do this and I had dust and **** all over after I cut. Don’t use my cuts as a guide, line up the back of the boost gauge to the circuit board and mark where it needs to be cut. I cut out a lot, you may be able to get away with cutting a lot less. I’m pretty sure there are no important leads around the area to be cut, but double check before you cut. *You will lose some warning lights. For the white plastic piece I used a hole saw, and a grinding attachment to smooth the edges.

Now that you have the cluster ready you’ll need to cut the boost gauge itself. Again, I used a cutoff disk to cut the glass around the boost gauge. Cut low enough so that the metal is even with the gauge face. The front of the gauge should be flush with the metal cup. That should do it for the prep work, your boost gauge should now fit in the area between the front of the cluster and the back. If you still need room you can trim around the back of the plastic where the gauge face will sit. I used zip ties to hold the gauge in place while I dabbed it with hot glue. Once in place with hot glue I used some black silicone around the whole gauge.
Use the pictures below as a guide and if you need any help drop me a pm. Enjoy

 

interesting..looks good

 

looks good. I was going to do this but this way isnt maintence friendly......not that you need to adjust you boost gauge I guess....hmmm

 

that is very clean looking

 

very clean.. nice

 

Very Nice!
That circut board got raped though... any problems cluster problems?

 

yea haha i pretty much cut the hell out of it, everything still works. No problems with anything, all the traces that were cut were for the warning lights. I made sure before I cut anything that there werent any other layers of traces, and the traces I was visibly cutting were ok to cut. You probably can get away with possibly just using a drill bit to cut necessary space for the hose.

 

Great idea! I put a shift light there for a friend.

 

cool

 

What "warning lights" did you loose?

 

hats off to you......... it looks great!
- I don't think i have the ***** for that mod though :|