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DISCUSSION => General Topics => Topic started by: Cobra Jet on October 20, 2008, 11:06:33 AM

Title: are there any diff's between a US SPEC E30 325 gauge cluster and a US SPEC E30 318?
Post by: Cobra Jet on October 20, 2008, 11:06:33 AM

I am just curious, are there are differences between the E30 325 gauge clusters and the E30 318 gauge clusters?

The fuel and coolant gauges are exactly the same, right?

Are the speedo heads the same?

How about the Tachometer head, are those different?

What about the SI board or multiple circuit layouts of the entire cluster?

Title: are there any diff's between a US SPEC E30 325 gauge cluster and a US SPEC E30 318?
Post by: EN318isPDX on October 20, 2008, 11:17:19 AM

I know the red lines are different.

Title: are there any diff's between a US SPEC E30 325 gauge cluster and a US SPEC E30 318?
Post by: Jimmy Lewis on October 21, 2008, 03:04:26 PM

I believe that the VDO's and the Moto's are the same, besides the coding plugs between the 6 and 4 cars. Don't quote me, but I have a 325i cluster in my car, and only swapped the coding plug and everything works as it should. That is not to say that the boards and such are exactly the same, that I do not know.

Title: are there any diff's between a US SPEC E30 325 gauge cluster and a US SPEC E30 318?
Post by: xwill112x on October 21, 2008, 04:23:41 PM

the mph and rpm will be diffrent..but it should hook up?
i had a white faced set of gauges from a 325 and they work..but not right..

Title: are there any diff's between a US SPEC E30 325 gauge cluster and a US SPEC E30 318?
Post by: Jimmy Lewis on October 21, 2008, 08:09:15 PM

If you are using the coding plug from your old M42 cluster then they should read correctly.