besides that i have no idea where to cut the hole, and how exactly the projector mounts. i've seen a picture looks like the hole it countersunk and theres metal tabs to screw in the projector unit.

if anyone has done this....please come forward, im going to pick your brains.

if not....anyone got a good HUD dash in FL?

Perhaps when I get around to it, I'll do a write up. But it won't be till it warms up and I can make some room in my shop.

On a side-note. I don't know why they didn't put the HUD in the vert... It's such a sweet option. It's just another one of those things Nissan dropped the ball on for this car.

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Thats soo Nice! Booo my stupid digi numbers dont come up till i drive the car for 40+ Mins wth! did something burn??

search, it's probably the capacitor needs replacing.

template FTW! that could be useful!

94_240sx.....how hard is it for you to see the speed with top down? i find it just a little difficult....perhaps this is why it wasn't an option. when i look at your picture, yours seems brighter than mine. heres a pic of mine installed... full sun top down

Modified by jamesblonde82 at 4:21 PM 3/5/2008

I have no problem under the sun. Yeah, I went out for test drive to make sure tach and speedometer work with top down. Only problem is speedometer doesn't dim down at night when I turn on the lights on my car, so it's kinda bright. On the other hand, JDM cluster speedometer dims down at night. Next time, I'll take picture when I drop the top during the day time.

I can see that you have a tachometer from an analog cluster.

I thought I had the same problem until I dicked with it.

yea you gotta tap the dimmer button a couple times for it to dim the speed when u got the lights on. i can see mine fine in the daytime but yours seems super bright.
yea i got the tach out of my old cluster because the HUD came with a SOHC one.
one other thing i noticed is HUD cluster doesnt have a light for low washer fluid, i liked that.

Modified by jamesblonde82 at 5:53 PM 3/7/2008

Pls correct me if I'm wrong about harness being soldered to HUD unit.

I think he's talking about the wiring harness for the cluster.

Yours doesn't dim when you turn on your lights? Mine (in my 1991 SE Coupe) has a sort of 'memory' to where i last had the dimmer switch on. So when the lights are off its one setting, and when i turn on my lights its another setting.

no i meant the cluster, i should be more specific. sorry. its the subharness that plugs into the digital cluster. mine has been spliced and i don't like that so i'm going to get a new one. and did you try the dimmer switch for the digital?

I found my HUD dash. I'm sorry, but it's all ready in the car - I completely forgot that I installed it all ready.

Also, no offense 94_240sx, your location for the reflector is a bit off. No offense, just a heads up for other people out there. It needs to be higher and leaning towards the right, kind of parallel to the door pillar.

Modified by amolao at 7:14 PM 3/21/2008

I got a hold of the pics sooner, the template might take me a day or so to scan and post.....

Oh! That's not mine. A friend of mine bought an s13 and a previous owner cut it that way. Yeah, your pic loks much better.

By using the template, I'm going to outline the hole with a white grease pencil, after making sure that everything is perfectly aligned. Cut the hole very carefully, specially the vinyl outer skin of the dash. You don't want to disturb it and start new cracks or weak areas. Then continue cutting thru the inner hard shell until completely done. I was thinking of drilling all corners of the hole to stop any future cracks (look at your friends pic, you can see what I'm talking about...). But it will be hard to get the dremel straight down to drill the holes, not enough room. Whatever you do make sure you don't end up with sharp corners, do not disturb the foamy middle layer that supports the outer skin (around the hole) and use a new sharp cutting wheel while cutting the hole.

There's this trim that goes on top of projector, so any flaw will be covered by it.

anybody have news on that template? I might be buying a HUD soon....maybe. thanks!

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Btw, for a noob like me, how long do you think a dash swap would take? Idk, I'm not too excited about cutting into my mint dash.

It took me about an hour to take out the dash and thats with a few coronas when I took breaks, so basicly I was d***ing around. To put it back, shouldnt really take much longer just make sure you connect everything back properly, including the vents, etc. I think there is a write up somewhere on the forum, good luck

here is a little help
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=228005
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=341232