How do I fit a Level 3 Dash into VP Level 2?

[nsladden]

Hi,

Does anyone out there know how to completly swap a VP level 2 instrument cluster for a VP level 3 one??

I need to know EVERYTHING so I dont stuff it up. (ie cook the computer somehow)

Or should I just take it to an auto sparky??

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[stocky]

its been mentioned on here many times. search the forums for a few guides, thats how i learnt when my switching my vn level 1 with a level 3. i would help, but ive helped out with this too many times and cant be bothered typing it up all over again. just search for it

[beefcream]

i was told in berlina's u can just swap them ova but in the exec u need to split wires?

is this true?

[nsladden]

I know how to pull it all out, I just want to know is it as simple as unplugging the old one & plugging in the new one?

[stocky]

thanks for the bad rep for telling you to search for it. since you havent bothered searching over the past few weeks, i found the diagram in a matter of minutes

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...achmentid=5572

thats the wiring diagram for the fourth connector and the switchblock.

maybe ill write up a how to on this sometime soon

[vpbt1ss]

just a question is that digram for a vn or vp?? im busy looking into doing the conversion shortly but have noticed wiring differences with the vn/vp as even the switches are different between the two

[fazz1977]

Sounds like a hassle for a 13 year old car.

In short, get a level 2, it will drop straight in. The level 3 just has trip computers and all that wank.

[stocky]

should be the same for a VN or VP

[vpbt1ss]

is there anyone here u know with a vp that has done this cause the more i look into it the more mods r needed i just picked up a set of vp calais switches and dont think they will work without the bcm looks like the vp needs the switches to be custom wired up with parts of a vn/p switch but im now determined to get it done also ill know in the next few weeks when i pull my dash out

[vpbt1ss]

i have now done my switches they are def not all the same and wire locations are different but into vp's not as easy todo this conversion as the vn's i think takes abit of customising with the wiring maybe there is a few different types of looms in vp's not sure but ill let you guys know on my progress

[lsprewell]

Body control modules are found on Vn's as well, but they are not needed to get your level 3 dash up and running. It just means that you will miss out on some features. Even in the VN's they are not all the same, I know cause I have done a full mod and have tested many a dash, from VN to VR. Same model dash upgrades are the way to go, as they require less changing of pin assignments, but their is always a bit of work, but really should not take longer than one days work. A simple look at your wiring diagram for relation and their is nothing more to it.

As I have stated, people are wrong, the wiring is not the same at all from VN to VP, but the principles are the same, and you dont need a BCM to install your level 3 cluster.

[12000]

what features would you miss out on

[1991_Vn2nV]

No VN had a BCM. NONE.