1BODAUDI

so i recently bought a 1999.5 a4 but i really hate the fact that it dosent have a lcd panel in the middle like the 98 and the 2000 - 2001, i have a instrument panle from a 2001 is it possible to swap them and still have everything work???

vgorous

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No LCD screen? or is it just dead pixels?

you can check these people out. They are located at Mississauga.
Audi Cluster LCD Display

1BODAUDI

this is a 98 or 2000-01
http://www.pixelfix.info/images/OEM_lcd_small.jpg

this is a 1999.5


i dont like the fact that it has the 6 lil boxes i want it to be the lcd screen so i wanna know if i change it wit the 2000 -01 model will it work ok???????????????

vgorous

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that is a 97-98 cluster...

my 99.5 doesnt have that, and i've been an audi enthusiast for a while now and i know that is not a 99.5...is your headlight 1 piece or 2 piece (signal light is separate), are your side markers small square or are they rectangle?

the 99.5 is what you posted.... the 2000-2001 clusters have the digital clock, not the analogue...which is what the 99.5 have...which is what i have.....

it wont be a plug and play. i asked the people from pixilfix, if i can change mine with a digital clock one..


you probably got a 98, and someone who previously owned it changed the headlights to a 1 piece, and the side markers to rectangle ones. Most 99.5 vehicles also have the single DIN concert radio(but i think the 99's have those too). I've changed my centre console so it looks like a 2000-2001 (OEM double din symphony radio, new lowered climate control and ash tray). You wouldnt be able to tell that it was a 99.5.

1BODAUDI

i had a 98 and it had the lcd display in the middle n the 99 that i jus got hase the 6 little boxed instead of the screen... its a 99.5 im 100% do u know if theres any way for it to be done at all??

vgorous

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Maybe the previous owner replaced it with an older cluster. These LCD ones are known to have dead pixels. Hence, why there is a company that fixes them. So maybe all you need to do is buy a cluster with the LCD and analogue clock. The digital ones would have a different connector and communicate differently by using the CAN-bus system i believe. This means, a new wiring harness.........

Your best bet is to contact the people at Pixilfix. Maybe grab this one
Audi A4 Cluster 1998-1999 [Audi A4] - $289.00 : Welcome to Pixelfix.info, Canada

It says its for a 98-99. Most companies do not go by 99.5. They will ask what year it was made.

1BODAUDI

I still have my 98 so im hoping i can just swap them... Do you know if the milage will correct its slef?

vgorous

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no it wont...you have to get that legally done somewhere. What i read in one forum is you can swap the clusters until both clusters have the exact same milage recorded. You can do that and it should be fine. Hopefully they arent too far apart lol.