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[Jimbo]

Gday gentleman,

Have noticed my '99 GTB doesn't have a dash illumination toggle and i'm finding the dash to be really dim. Has anyone got a solution? I think the D-E clusters are totally revised and might be better, however my concern is are the km's stored in the dash or ECU? And what's are the "blackout" clusters, B4?

[Jimbo]

Fail.

Just found like 11ty threads. LED's seem to be the go to fix the Rev A-C ones. Are the D-E "blackout" clusters plug and play in A-C?

[glenisanutter]

The B4 blackout cluster has a different set of lights  and a tinted plastic face...with no lights you cant see sh#*   it is different to a non turbo gen 3 but same as an( H6 cluster  (so i have been told) my dash lights shat themselves and i put a second hand cluster in.

So to answer another question the klms are stored in the cluster.

[Shiv]

Is it a JDM thing or do all Rev A-C not have a toggle switch for the dash illumination? Even my Gen2 had one. Just seems odd...

[Jimbo]

I think it's a JDM thing to not have illumination toggle. Now that i think about it, my Gen2 GTB didn't have it either.

[Matt]

Yep my gen2 jdm blackout cluster and dash loom had no illumination control...Al told me jdm cars don't have them at all.....seems to be the one thing we get over them lol

[Tim.]

Nope, my 99 Rev C RSK has blackout guages and illumination control on the rhs stalk.

[Reevesy]

As far as I know JDM cars won't have them from stock. I know my legacy didn't. But I believe for them to be able to registered once they are imported they have to have to have the illumination control. Wether they put in an aftermarket dial as was the case in my car. Or use a stalk out of an audm liberty as I would guess would be done in your case TIm

[Matt]

Nope, my 99 Rev C RSK has blackout guages and illumination control on the rhs stalk.

does the illumination control work?? mine had the stalk as it had the blackout gauge put in afterwards...but it controlled nothing on the dash....was easy to wire in if need be though

[Tim.]

Should've been more clear, my 99 Rev C RSK halfcut 'had' them. I did the conversion so everything is as it was in the halfcut. Unless someone in Japan imported an AUDM stalk but that seems unlikely.

Yeah works perfectly. The numbers are too bright on the highest setting so it's always down two clicks.

[Reevesy]

Oh ok then must been an option over there then

[Tim.]

It seems like no two GT-Bs, RSKs or B4s were made the same!

[Samwise]

My Rev A-C RX had illumination dial, but no blackout cluster!

That's my 2 cents..
Also, isn't the Etune the pov spec version?

[Matt]

yeah I thought the rev de libs were the only ones to have a blackout cluster honestly??

[Shiv]

yeah I thought the rev de libs were the only ones to have a blackout cluster honestly??

 

Nah JDM models around the changeover year did get them. I've seen that on Import Monster....

[WillC]

km are stored in the dash unit not the ecu.

[Jimbo]

My Rev A-C RX had illumination dial, but no blackout cluster!

That's my 2 cents..
Also, isn't the Etune the pov spec version?

Difference with E-Tune was comp ratio for more economy but same power, also had a slightly fettled chassis.

[Beckers]

My rev b outback has the illumination dial.

The rev b GTB halfcut does not have the dial or the blackout type cluster.

[Barbbachello]

[Jimbo]

Just want to bump this up, does anyone know how to get the blackout cluster to work in an earlier model? Is it a big messy wiring job?