Saab cluster swap?
 

I got an idea for a project, but I wanted to know how feasible this would be before I try to tackle it..

The standard cobalt Speedo gauge an all that's startin to get really bland for me and I've always liked how the SaaB's looked... I know it wouldn't be a direct plug-n-play kinda thing seeing as they're different cars, and the Saab's has the lil round parts on the bottom, but the shape shouldn't be 2 hard to fix..
The DIC(SIC) for their cluster reads out a lot more info than ours, but I figure since the 09's have the RPD functionality, more than enough info should be able to be read out with a lil work..

I understand this would be a lil more complicated than jus takin mine out an plugging one of these in :lol: but how hard woooooould it be???

How hard would somethin like this be to make work in my 09 Cobalt SS/TC??
http://images.thecarconnection.com/m...00294297_m.jpg

Any help or input would be nice before I try to jus tackle this one :p :guns:

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would be absolutely awesome if you can do it .. i know some cars had crossover clusters.. my saturn sc2 has a saturn vue redline cluster in it. I did it for the same reason you want to do yours lol it looks more luxurious. however with all the complications of the newer cars it might be different

on mine when you swap clusters the Service engine ( not the CEL) stays on.. but nothing a bit of electrical tape behind the gauge face couldn't fix

lol I'm thinking it wouldn't be 2 crazy since they're both GM.. I'm looking at grabbin an 07 or 08 9-3 an holding my breath..I was gonna do a HHR SS first an then swap out the gauge face for somethin a lil less bland.. but I figured i might as well get wat I want lol

go big or go home right lol:guns:

hopefully its not too hard. id like to do this, but im probably just going to get a blackcat guage face.

That's a cool idea

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this is one of those

"oh thats a cool idea...moving along" type things for me haha!

You need to find a wiring diagram for the SAAB cluster wiring, the Cobalt wiring and then compare what signals they use. I'd say the chance is good that is will work. A guy at work has an 08 I think and I noticed that the radio is exactly the same layout as ours button wise, just has a different face so probably the same guts. Anyways, just saying that odds are good it could be done.

http://image.motortrend.com/f/2009_s...arge/radio.jpg

The hardest part in my head so far is gonna be takin the existing cluster out.. The rest is just trial and error.. This'll also gimme an opportunity to do the rest of my Lil projects while my car is down lol

Is that the Saab radio?? Lol I've been lookin for some kind of waiting diagram for the Saab, so far I can't find anything :(

That would be really cool if you could get it to work.

Taking the cluster out is actually really easy, shouldnt take you more than 20 mins

lol no its a GM radi..oh ya sure its a saab hehehe

Chump lol kinda mad 2 cuz I had one I was gonna get for cheap from a junkyard out here($60 if I get take it out my self), I went back today and the whole car was gone :( an now I can't find none online for cheaper than $130 :/

Emperor or someone with electrical prowess

Anybody have some kind of schematics for the cobalt cluster? I can't find the thread I saw it in

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check the main page, they haz img of stoughz
or gmsc might haz it

subbed. would be really cool if you can pull this off

lies... an thats where I had the original thread at, but cant find it or remember what it was about :(

the sticky section dont haz it?

wat, here? no :(

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