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#13 of 21 2002 Cavalier Speed, Tach, Temp... HELP! by beeef Jan 10, 2008 (10:08 am)
Hi I have a 2002 Chevy Cavalier that I recently had a buddy who works at an auto shop install the white/blue illuminated gauges over my factory OEM gauge. All this process included was sliding the needles thru the holes in the new gauge, but while trying to slide each needle thru the holes we had to move them slightly, which leads me to believe that that thru off the calibration to my gauges? The only gauge that is correct is my Fuel gauge. My speedometer drops all the way down when i start my car, leaving me about 15 mph slower than I am actually going. My RPM gauge is about 600RPMs slow and my temp is about a 1/4 low. If anybody has any idea on how to recalibrate or what might be the problem please help! I cant risk another speeding ticket or afford to pay 475$ +80$ labor to have a new cluster put in. Thanks Keith Replies to this message: gonogo (Jan 11, 2008 8:50 am) wheresmyvette (Jan 16, 2008 8:18 pm) mpjd327 (Jan 15, 2009 10:44 pm)
#14 of 21 Somebody? Anybody? by beeef Jan 10, 2008 (3:06 pm)
Please respond with any information as it may be helpful in fixing my problem. Replies to this message: hateful (Mar 17, 2008 4:51 pm)
#15 of 21 Re: 2002 Cavalier Speed, Tach, Temp... HELP! [beeef] by gonogo Jan 11, 2008 (8:50 am)
Replying to: beeef (Jan 10, 2008 10:08 am) No help. Just another reason to never mess with the gauges, trouble 95 % of the time.
#16 of 21 Re: 2002 Cavalier Speed, Tach, Temp... HELP! [beeef] by wheresmyvette Jan 16, 2008 (8:18 pm)
Replying to: beeef (Jan 10, 2008 10:08 am) sounds like you just made yourself need a new instrument cluster. remove the lights first see what happens then if it still acts up, bring it to the dealer and get a new i.p.c. the clusters at my dealership run around $250.
#17 of 21 Re: Somebody? Anybody? [beeef] by hateful Mar 17, 2008 (4:51 pm)
Replying to: beeef (Jan 10, 2008 3:06 pm) if your just after the info rather than the looks, just order a ScanGaugeII from $150 to $170. You can have four reads of water temp, RPM, MPG,MPH, GPH( gallons per hour).It just plugs into the ODM. It's only about 4"X2".Also a lot of trip info recorded. Mileage, Max ,water temp,speed and RPM's for current, today or tank( of gas).There are more functions I never tried.Also reads codes.
#18 of 21 Re: Pimping... [morfusaf] by spigles May 08, 2008 (7:17 am)
Replying to: morfusaf (Sep 04, 2006 9:05 pm) man im in the middle of renewing my car and the carpet im doing it in black but the doors, roof and back dash im doing them in black vinal u can find that at a local fabric store or on EBay   and for the inside paint i ordered from JCWhitney.com it took me about 2 weeks to paint them all but im not painting the dash i ordering a new one from EBay that is already black so the sun dont bake it   u could probaly get the fabric 4 your seats and do it yourself again im ordering seats from JCWhitney   and for the nos kit i wouldnt do it the turbo would be better than the nos   taking ur seats in and out is eazt the are only help in by 4 screws
#19 of 21 Put new brakes on and the bights light wont go off by spigles May 09, 2008 (6:41 am)
put hollagen light on my 92' cavalier and the brights light wont go off. could i of hooked them up wrong???
#20 of 21 Re: 2002 Cavalier Speed, Tach, Temp... HELP! [beeef] by mpjd327 Jan 15, 2009 (10:44 pm)
Replying to: beeef (Jan 10, 2008 10:08 am) Hey. I have taken my whole dash apart a few times to install a new radio and do various things. All you need to do is push it to the correct place. Be very careful when you do this. For example, for the Spedometer push it to like 100 or so MPH, then move it in reverse to 0. If you go further then start over. You can feel resistance when moving them. Hope this helps, let me know if it doesn't or if you need more info. Mike
#21 of 21 05 Cavalier.. Advice on body mods? by tjstockton Jan 25, 2009 (7:49 am)
So I'm close to purchasing a body kit for my '05 Cavalier. I'm just wondering if anyone else has purchased a kit online or had any advice as far as who to trust? I found a pretty decent looking kit (fiberglass) for approx $500 after shipping. Doesn't seem like a bad deal, but is it too good to be true?   A local retailer priced a JDM kit for me at $600 so I'm thinking this kit I found online might actually be legit. My Cav is stock blue, but I'm considering changing the paint scheme (when I add the body kit) to Honda's "Supersonic Blue Pearl Clearcoat" any thoughts on that?   I've already got my wheels, which are black with polished aluminum accents (18" XXR) and I'm thinking of also adding JDM Black Altezza Taillights, because I think that would help accent the wheels. Finally, I've also recently found Euro Black Headlights, but there doesn't seem to be much difference between the stock headlights and these Euro's, except instead of having an amber-colored center light, it's clear... Not sure if it's worth the investment ($140-$160).   Anyway, just looking for someone who may have already done anything similar, because I wanna make sure I do this right the first time around. I'm not rushing into this by any means... so any advice, suggestions, or input would be appreciated.   Thanks!

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