The S2000 cluster is a lot smaller than the miata cluster (that was the reason of doing the swap all along), so I’ll have to make a template out of plexi to make it fit. Shouldn’t be too hard to do though. A bit of plexi and some paint or vinyl sticky stuff should do it. I haven’t yet decided which color, probably matte black.
I don’t have the S2000 connectors and I don’t want to cut the wiring of the car, so I decided to remove the S2000 connectors from the pcb and replace them with the connectors from the miata cluster. Removing the S2000 connectors proved to be a bit challenging and in the process I managed to let my dremel slip and touch the pcb in one or 2 places. It took me quite a while to repair the damage. As Murphy would want it, I cut right in the middle of a bunch of very thin traces. Luckely i managed to avoid cutting into components.
The problem with the miata connectors is that they are part of the instrument cluster, so I had to cut them out. It looks worse then it is really.
I cut some holes in the S2000 cluster and glued the miata connectors in. The left one was a straight fit, the right one needed enlarging and the middle one is an all new hole. I’ll probably add a couple of screws to make sure they don’t come loose.
I used the corresponding bits of the circuit board layer and will solder the wires straight on them.
