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HOW TO: Swap PP gauges into standard model

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If your car has MyColor double check the gauges do. Not sure if they made them both ways to save a few nickels.

I bought GT350 gauges for my PP to replace vacuum with oil temp. I knew they were white only. But decided I really wanted those gauges to match the other lighting in the car.
So what did you end up with? Do you have the GT350 gauges in white? Tks
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How do you get the plug out of there? I didn’t want to force it too much.
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How do you get the plug out of there? I didn’t want to force it too much.
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I was able to release the clip without breaking anything.
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I was wondering if I could just swap GT350 center gauges into my GT/PP
I changed out the vacuum gauge for an oil temp gauge in my 15 GT performance pack, just plug and play no wiring or anything required.
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2019 GT Premium non-performance pack. Cable was behind the touchscreen and gauges worked perfectly with mycolor on initial start up. Plug and play. Now I need to decide which type of dash trim to go with.
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Gauges and dash trim installed today. It was tough when the moment came to cut into the dash.
 

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Wild. I went to do this swap and found an odd connector that was snapped into the back part of the dash behind the Sync screen. It plugs right into my new performance gauges! Nice surprise that I don’t have to do the wiring and connector to the APIM. Hopefully I can still return the connector kit to the dealership. :)

connector is circled in red, already removed in the photo. The yellow circle shows where it was hidden. Had to put a small screwdriver in the hole there to unclip it.

2015 GT convertible non-PP

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Desperate for assistance. Panel clips in everywhere as it should. Flush with the rest of the dash, no obvious gaps or anything. I cannot for the life of me get the passenger side air vent pushed/clipped into the trim panel. It’s as if the back of the vent is butting up against the A/C duct work? This doesn’t seem “plug and play” anymore. I even hacked up that part of the duct to see if it would help. Still struggling.

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Desperate for assistance. Panel clips in everywhere as it should. Flush with the rest of the dash, no obvious gaps or anything. I cannot for the life of me get the passenger side air vent pushed/clipped into the trim panel. It’s as if the back of the vent is butting up against the A/C duct work? This doesn’t seem “plug and play” anymore. I even hacked up that part of the duct to see if it would help. Still struggling.

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If you’re doing a swap where there was a vent in the middle and you switched to the gauges you will have to modify the backside of the vent. I had to cut the backside and angle it until it fit. It’s trial and error. I bought several vents on eBay so I could cut and test fit. Pain in the ass.
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If you’re doing a swap where there was a vent in the middle and you switched to the gauges you will have to modify the backside of the vent. I had to cut the backside and angle it until it fit. It’s trial and error. I bought several vents on eBay so I could cut and test fit. Pain in the ass.
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Mine was off like yours but was able to force the vents in without having to cut anything.
 

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so I have a 2018 mustang ecoboost and I installed the gauges and everything worked, expect the oil pressure. I had a tuner change the oil pressure sensor so that it would work but it still nothing. Do I just need the oil pressure sending unit from ford? and or is there anything else i need? Can someone with a ecoboost, who got it working help me out. Thanks again Nick
 

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I have not done the swap on my eco yet but am looking at doing it. From my research for mine all I have is an oil pressure switch that turns on an idiot light if oil pressure drops to zero psi. The PP1 gauge needs a pressure sensor in place of the switch at the oil filter mount, but also the wire harness for the switch only has one wire in it that is either grounded when oil pressure is present or open when no pressure is present to turn the light on or off. The gauge needs a 3 wire harness that has a ground, voltage wire and return signal wore to operate the gauge in the dash properly.

I have yet to determine if the harness required is just a jumper from part of the main engine harness or a complete new engine harness entirely.

That is what needs to be determined and obtained to make the oil pressure gauge work IMO.

If you can find out just what part of the harness needs replaced please post for all to know and if I find out I will do the same.

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I have a 2019 Bullit and swapped the eco boost gauges in. But it doesn’t read boost. I have a pbd time on my procharger. Is there a trick to get it to read boost?

second question is there a part number for the gt350 gauges that have my color?
 

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