VL Dash into VH

[brohawk]

i have vk calais interior dash and all i love the look of it looks tuff and u have a digital read out of your speed for us lazy ppl

 

[Pub247]

man that would have been a mission to get that all working i'm sure it look tops i woukdn't mind that but too much work on a $600 car

 

[brohawk]

lol i bought it with in in already check out the piks of it on my page.

 

[Pub247]

i saw some in the steering wheel thread looks good. very similar to my old calais with the green interior and dark green paint job.
Which page is that?

 

[brohawk]

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/showthread.php?t=33446

 

[darkmoon]

On my previous thread darkmoon metioned gettinbg a vl dash and some style dials, I looked at the dials and think they look great. After failing to win the sl/e dash on ebay (slept in and got outbid) i've rung around and found one but they want $75 (rip off). Basically all i want is the tacho, I looked at prices in shop ranging from $60-150 ($60 for a cheap tacho is a rip-off).
Now this vl dash idea is intriging, There's a couple on ebay with full instruments and tacho going pretty cheap. I want to know the following.
1: Will it fit (i assume it will)?
2: Will my speedo cable plug in and work to a degree (mines out already so it doesn't bother me)?
3: Do the volt, temp, fuel gauges hook up and work the same way as vh?
4: is it worth the effort i like the look with style dials but if it cost is going to be more than $75 i will prolly just get the sl/e dash

If anyone has done this conversion or has a sl/e dash or small tacho(I hate those monster types and people just steal them) they wish to sell let me know.

I went through the ringer a bit trying to find out how to fit a VL instrument cluster to a VK EFI. I thought it would be ok as the EFI computer (i was wrong) would work ok but no....

VL speedo's and tacho's run from the ECM at a different pulse rate from any other holden built. Thats what makes it harder but if you visit the below site, they sell a converter module and that would let you fit any instrument to any car.
Worth a look at least
Good luck
Kain
http://www.v6conversions.com.au/vbvl.htm