I know people occasionally wonder if it might be possible to do this, and I have as well. For a while I wanted to make the Maxima clock white to match the SE gauge cluster.

My answer has finally come, and the moment of epiphany happened when I recently rode in a 92 Integra, and saw how similar its clock was to ours, but with white digits. Same country of origin, same time period, possibly the same automotive electronic supplier. I decided it was worth the $10 gamble, and picked up a clock on eBay. The display looks identical to ours, I'm waiting until replacement capacitors arrive in the mail, and then I will transfer the Integra display to the spare Maxima clock I have. Here is a photo to hold you all over until the soldering begins:

 

good find. good luck on the swap, keep us posted!

edit: the q45 has a white faced analog clock built in

 

If you apply red tint to the display glass it will turn white, no need to swap displays.

 

but not as bright as he's aiming for, i'm sure.

 

i did this a while back to my honda accord. it works. why didnt i think of that

 

now thats a sweet mod imma have to do it

 

so why the replacement capacitors? Also, what kind did you purchase?

 

Replacement capacitors were needed because the ones on my spare Maxima clock are busted. I got a clock from a 90 Integra, but that generation was around from 90-93, so any of those should work as long as they didnt change the clock part way through it.

 

can u get those capacitors at Radio Shack?

 

You might if you're lucky, they tend to just throw in some random ones. You'll have better luck going to a local electronic/hobby store, or an online electronic component place like Digikey, which is what I used.

I ordered some other stuff at the same time too though, if you're just ordering some capacitors then the shipping will make them unreasonably expensive.

 

now if you can change it to any other color i'd rip mine out and send it to you

 

white Integra clock + tint of any color = clock of any color, but I dont think I'm ready to accept clock orders just yet.

 

You would think so. I completely expected digital gauges to instantly change from green to purplish bluish by overlaying a sample of red tint and it does nothing but turn it white.. I assume it has to do with the ultra luminescent wavelength

 

of light emitted by the resistive logical display.

Uh, yeah something like that White may be a different story though. Hope it goes smoothly. Desoldering can be a PITA. PSP posting is almost as bad

 

ive got an extra clock i should try this out for myself it would look cool to have a matching clock with my white gauges

 

I tried that too...saw it on the 4th gen forum. It was said it would change the clock to blue, but it didn't work at all for me.

 

i was also thinkin about an infiniti/nissan/mercedes S550 clock mod.my wife has a j30 with the trademark analog clock.My brother has an S550 with a Movado analog clock that came with the car. with the infinti clock wont work cause i'd have mod and mold the movado might work its just about the right size you think that miight work just tossin idea's out

 

it's most likely it's own assembly, just requiring a power source....just like ours.

 

I went to the junkyard and got myself one of those integra clocks so i might get this done tomorrow just gotta get a solder sucker

 

Haha you'll beat me to it

I have everything sitting here next to my desk, been so busy though.

 

Oh yea! well I'm going to the JY tomorrow and I'm work on it right then and there and beat both of you! Muahahahaha! nah I'm just kidding, if you can figure out how to make it blue like my cluster I'll send you a cookie via FedEx overnight before 10am delivery. I'm not kidding.

 

well guys i just got done with the clock and it doesnt work...for me atleast maybe i did something wrong but it didnt work. I thought I did everything right but I guess not. Maybe one of you guys could get it working.
These are the pins that i had to solder

 

looks like you just swapped the displays...uhhhh...are you sure you didn't make any solder bridges??? did you solder it backwards??? no cold solder joints???

 

im pretty sure that they are all right cause my dad did most of the soldering, hes been working with electronics for most of his life so i let him to the soldering but i did the desolding

 

Was that clock working before? It looks different from my clock, which looks like this one:

http://www.4dsc.com/articles/interio...ages/face1.jpg

Notice there are 3 capacitors, and that long green thing which I cant recall the name of. And why do the buttons on yours look chopped off?

 

So... I transfered the display tonight, and it "works" fine. maxima_man, I think your dad probably did a good enough job, but you just had a bad clock to begin with, since it is missing parts.

The interesting thing is this: it is still GREEN. The exact same color as the oem clock. It must be the plastic in front of it which entirely determines the color.

 

kinda like in the integra, it is actually red....right? if it's the plastic outer screen, just replace it with a small rectangle of clear or clear black plastic maybe? I was 'hawking' this to see how it would turn out....also, upon taking apart the clock itself, did anyone ever happen to notice what color the clear plastic was, that the clock shows through?

 

I threw mine away too early, so I never looked at the color. You cant really reaplace the viewer part without making it look like crap, because its all one piece that snaps in and has the holes for buttons.

 

the plastic is a dark grey color. The whole thing is actually almost see-through if you take off the front cover. Be carefull though, I've broken 3 clocks trying to snap off the face to change the color. It'll crack before you know it, with hardly any pressure at all.

 

I just took mine apart with no issues...

 

If you're careful and dont rush, the brittle plastic clips wont snap. Thats true of just about any harness and doodad in all cars.

 

1/4" flathead screwdriver was all I used.

 

Hmm, I've had no problems with clocks so far...you got a lemon Matt!