Anyone interested in a full guide on this? The hardware has gotten cheap and the firmware that runs it allows for full on-board reprogramming now (no soldering iron).
Just for the cluster? Or am I missing something?
There's a fairly easy way to swap clusters without any coding
And have correct miles with no tamper dot?
Mine is supposed to support on-board programming but I still had to remove the chip before it would work. I suppose it is chip specific and/or programmer specific but I would not advise a rookie doing this unless they have a backup plan to remove the chip if it doesn't work out as planned.
I'll cover the off board component too. I have a few extra chips to shoot the pics. They are only $1/ea if you buy 10+ from mouser.
As a matter of fact if you need to recode the chip and you have to remove the thing, it's better to just buy a new chip for $1, read your stock ROM while on the board (that's never a problem), modify the ROM, then write it to your new blank chip. Once you have verified the new chip is good then you can unsolder the factory one and resolder the new one so you always have your roll-back plan in place.
I don't understand what this would do?
Just take the parts that you want, replace a couple of orange led's with white and be done with it.
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Just take the parts that you want, replace a couple of orange led's with white and be done with it.
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There is more to the M3 cluster than just stencils and white LEDs right?
Yes.
What am I missing?