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Upgrade Walkthrough for Cayenne/S
Posted by: hcheun on Feb 11 2006, 04:37 AM
Ok guys, you've been waiting for this, and as promised, here is my brief, but descriptive walkthrough.
this is what you will need as the following:
Porsche Panel wedge tool
Screw Driver w/ T-20 bit and Flat head bit
Turbo Instrument Cluster
strong fingers!
Ok with that cleared away, here is the first step. Remove the black plastic gauge cover above the gauges. Use the
wedge tool or , in this case I used my fingers! (don't use the fingers, i highly recomend not to , it hurts hahahah).
Remember , you will need to apply gentle but enough pressure to detach the tabs off from the top cover of the dash
that is over the cluster
As you can see, the reason why i say "gentle" is because you have the tabs, take them off or apply too much
pressure, and those bad boys can break, if anyone had experience with plastic and heat, they can easily become
brittle. Just make sure you use precaution.
Next, there are 5 screws to detach the dash cluster cover. 4 screws are attached to the top of the gauge cluster,
while one (in back) inside the housing is there to hold the cover in place on the main dash.
Remember, these are t-20 screws. two are parallel on each side , symmetrical to each other
The rear screw, is located in the center back of the gauge cluster cover. as illustrated here.
Once all screws are removed, just like the black pastic gauge cover, remove the upper gauge cover off gentley.
They are tabbed in place, so apply the righ pressure.
Note: when you remove the cover, be sure you have the washer for the 5th screw. This holds and aligns the cover
of the cluster in place. as shown here
Once the top is off, you will need to gain access to the bottom half. this is where most of the work will be done. here
are the major things you will need to do
- Remove trip pieces
- unscrew support holding ignition/key
- remove driver left AC vent
Lets begin with taking off the side cover where the fuse housing is and the AC vent. Use the wedge tool to open the
side panel and to take the ac unit out. the AC unit pops out as an entire pice, though the trim may seperate, this is
normal, but becareful , damaging the trim will result in a loose fit.
The reason for this to come out is there is a screw that holds the lower portion in place, which later will be
necessary to access the bottom part of the instrument cluster
Next take off the trim. There are three screws, t-20's , that are behing them. use the wedge tool again, gentley take
the trim off. Again use precaution when taking them out. the outer ignition/key cover is part of the trim. so make
extra effort to be careful
Once the trim is removed, and the screws , make sure you remove the support ring , which holds the ignition key in
place by way of screwing around the threads of the ignition. there is a special tool for this, but i used a flat head
screwdriver to pussh along some tabs gentley till it was unscrewed. Repeat for the trim on the right near the
windshield wiper control arm on the steering will. there should be two screws to take off. Also note, the screw inside
the AC vent on the left driver side, it should be on the upper corner.
Next, once all screws have been removed, gentley remove the tabs off , again, use precaustion, these are tabs, and
need to be taken off with extreme care avoiding damage to them, and causing not to fit properly
Once the bottom is removed, go ahead and take out the remaining two bottom screws that hold/support of the
cluster. Again,these are t-20 screws
Once remove, it's self explanetory from there, there are a green and blue connector, with purple latches. unlatch
both, and remove the old cluster. Put in the turbo cluster, and presto, turn your car on, and test the cluster b4
putting it back together. your cluster should then boot up and you will see what awaits!
Further notes - When you hook up your gauge cluster, you will hear a weird buzzing noise, that's ok, it's just the
cluster responding to its connection. You will also notice that your milage should be at 0.0 for new clusters or
whoever's previous milage was on it, if you bought it used. So be forwarned, My friend who knows vw/audi's said
clusters like these have a tendancy to carry over their last cars info on milage over to whichever car they are being
installed. So note to yourself, to write down your actual mileage.
Once done, and pre programed, go ahead and put everything back together, and yours should look like this
Alright now! I hope everyone is successful as I was, and hope all you skeptics out there can take it easy and rest
knowing someone already done this for you! hahahah Enjoy!
if you have any other questions or comments, just PM or reply! I'll be more than happy to help! I will also be posting
a turbo bumper upgrade too for those who are interested later once i get my spare headlight washer parts in!
til then good reading folks
Posted by: AlienGG on Feb 13 2006, 01:41 AM
It appears that you didn't get the compass to work. Is that right?
Posted by: hcheun on Feb 13 2006, 10:11 AM
QUOTE(AlienGG @ Feb 12 2006, 04:41 PM)
It appears that you didn't get the compass to work. Is that right?
Hey AlienGG
I think it may need a TSB for QR1 , which is the compass option , its only $80 US, but the cluster i bought
didn't have it working straight out of the box. I'll tinker/research more about it and let you and everyone else
know.
Posted by: CJack on Jun 21 2006, 06:08 PM
Sorry if this has been asked before in any other RennTech Forums, but...think this will work just as well on a 6
cylinder? On the surface I do not see any major differences...And did someone say about $1500-1800 for the
cluster?
Posted by: hcheun on Sep 19 2006, 07:21 AM
QUOTE(CJack @ Jun 21 2006, 10:08 AM)
Sorry if this has been asked before in any other RennTech Forums, but...think this will work just as well on a
6 cylinder? On the surface I do not see any major differences...And did someone say about $1500-1800 for
the cluster?
LoL sorry for the WAY late reply
But yes, if you haven't already done so. All of the clusters from the base cayenne to the S can be changed.
Posted by: bigdog1428 on Dec 22 2006, 05:09 AM
So basically all u did was unplug the old cluster and plug in the new one and it worked fine? There is no rewireing
for the colro screen to work ,thats is freakin great ,ur the man
Posted by: Cayenne|17 on Feb 12 2007, 07:03 PM
QUOTE(bigdog1428 @ Dec 21 2006, 11:09 PM)
So basically all u did was unplug the old cluster and plug in the new one and it worked fine? There is no
rewireing for the colro screen to work ,thats is freakin great ,ur the man
i changed my Cayenne v6 cluster to the TURBO
NICE CHOICE
Posted by: Delforo on Jul 20 2007, 11:05 PM
Any clues about where to get a turbo cluster????????????????
It sounds like a worthwhile upgrade!!!
Thanks.
Posted by: Filin on Apr 30 2008, 09:19 AM
On 6speedonline forum one man writing, that he has some problem with turbo cluster on CS
the "comfort" menu looking like this
have you this problem? or maybe some another problem?
tnanks.
Posted by: AbuHamza on Nov 5 2008, 08:45 PM
what you have done is great.
Where to buy the Turbo cluster and for how much?
Can I let the Porsche dealer install it for me instead since I am not good at this?
Thanks a lot.
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