my friend recently totalled his maxima. he stripped it today and i told him i would buy his gauges off him. he has the white se gauges, i have the ugly black gle/gxe gauges. first of all, what is a good price to offer him for his gauges? his car had 131k miles... also, how do i re-program so the miles are what my car actually is... (i have 82,5xx miles)
thanks

 

Offer him like $50. or less, they are not that much I don't think. And if the gauges are from a 98-99, they are digital and cannot be turned back. If they are the older ones, they are analog and may be able to be turned back. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Good luck man!

 

the gauges are from a '96 and mines a '95 so they will work. i was thinking $50, but after talking to some of my friends i was thinking $30? i wouldnt be ripping him off would i? well anyways, how do you turn them back? is there a **** behind the gauge bezel or something? if nebody knows please let me kno
thanks

 

$30 would be ripping him off, $50 would be you getting a good deal, and around $75-85 is the going price. I sold mine about 2 months ago for $90 shipped with 81k on it. Mine was a digital odometer so I dont know if the price gets bumped up for that.

 

65 is what they are going for

 

Oh yea, mine sold for more, because I did the blue led conversion with blue needles, thats why I got more.

 

ok... so how do you change the miles on the gauges?

 

Drive in reverse

I'm pretty sure you'll have to send those in somewhere to do this, they don't just mearly turn due to fraud prevention

 

if its not digital i think it rolls over...

 

You'll hafta swap out faces on the speedometer, put the white faces on your speedo. That is what I am gonna do for mine.

 

that would be the best way i would say too but you are gonna have to take the needles off

 

You definitely have not watched Ferris Buehler's (sp?) day off. Try the dealer. I bought 2 sets for around 60 shipped. 40 shouldn't be bad...

 

Simplest way to do it is the way I explained. It really isn't that hard.

 

bought 2 sets of wat? gauge clusters?

 

yeah but you cant really mess around with the needles can you

 

i've had my needles off twice and it wasnt a big deal as long as you follow the how to in the stickies