pinguhk

colour it is much easier and you can have it any colour you what.

balbs

Already bought the M5 needles. I think it looks better.

GJacobs24

Where are you located? Maybe we can work something out where I send you my cluster and you could do it for me? I'm on the east coast in MA. shoot me a price quote for the LEDs and labor if your up for doing it.

stel_i79

u can go/send your cluster to JOHN in ny..
he did mine..and i love it

balbs

Finally!

I've had the LEDs, reflective strip, and everything else for over a year and just barely had time to finally do this mod.

I enjoy the new look. Feels like I'm driving a different car.

For my mod I decided to not install the reflective strip for the rear dials. I figure the "darkness" sort of gives the front of the dial more depth. The reflective on the dials I feel may cause the numbers to get lost or blend too much into the whole whiteness.

Also, rather than giving the needles the Sharpie treatment, I installed OEM M5 needles instead.

For those of you that are thinking about doing it, DO IT! Also here's a little tip. Trying to solder the new LEDs on is a pain in the a$$! What I did was use a length of thin piano wire or very thin rod and tape it over the LEDs along the ends. The piano wire will have some tension when the ends are taped down so that it will hold the LEDs in place so you can solder it. A plus side is that it makes for a nice flush solder connection. See the pic.

Margal

has anyone swept the board from original to m5 cluster? just wandering to get m5 cluster and exchange the board and LEDs. will it work without coding. also saw these on ebay 2004 2005 E60 BMW 5 Series 525i 530i 545i Instrument Cluster White Face Gauges | eBay has anyone used them?

stel_i79

thats very intresting :

Margal

If the board is same size and it fits why it should not work? That white overlay I've posted looks like like dodge neon cluster.

bmwrider2010

no no no. 1 you have to reprogram chip that holds data. 2. you need to code it to your car specifics.


if you plug it it will light up but will not work properly

bmwrider2010

what is LED size for needles? on M5 they are red in standard e60 they are orange, I am thinking to swap them too to a brighter ones in red so the needles will be bright red.


also I have noticed it is hard to see red needles in day time for that reason M5 cluster coded that way so the backlight is always on as soon as you start the ignition. this can be done on e60 clusters too it just need one line to be changed to aktiv with ncs expert