astra gte digi dash??

[davies1644]

well its the same manufacturer that makes the digifiz as iv done some research inot it, its in theory the same as a mk2 golf housing as many ppl have fitted them into the mk2 without much trouble, so dont know if it will fit in the housing but will pull my clocks out later and find out

[Wayne]

well its the same manufacturer that makes the digifiz as iv done some research inot it, its in theory the same as a mk2 golf housing as many ppl have fitted them into the mk2 without much trouble, so dont know if it will fit in the housing but will pull my clocks out later and find out

Astra dashes were made by VDO, I remember mine had a sticker on the back.

[davies1644]

vdo made the dashes in the mk2 that would make sense then

[Wayne]

vdo made the dashes in the mk2 that would make sense then

Guess so, I know 100% mine were VDO in the Astra as I took them out to replace a bulb that had blown.

[davies1644]

just been and had a little play with a spare dashboard iv got they will fit with a little bit of trimming on the dash board you cant see it when the cluster surround is on so no worries also only other problem is that the original clocks have upswept housing on them and the gte has downswept so to get round this my plan is chop the back off both sets e.g. the plastic housing and then put the gte part into the mk3 and then put the eclectronics from gte clocks on the back of that this way you still keep all the original mounting points for the clocks so theyll look oem well ish lol depends how good you can chop and put them back together

[Godzilla]

Ask Dom on the link to that forum mate about fitment.

I have put them in a MK3 Astra 1.6, Escort RS Turbo, 309 GTI and MK2 Astra SRI.  Trimming them to fit is all part of the fun    I know Dom will be more than happy to help and I will start doing some research this afternoon as may put one in Michele's MK3 Golf GTI 8v she bought last week 

[davies1644]

emailed so lets see what he says tbh i cant see their being a problem as they fit in a mk2 easy enough without any problems so why not a mk3??

[stainesy]

If you manage to get it all dont mate would be good to do a how to guide on the site.
I no i will follow it lol

[davies1644]

If you manage to get it all dont mate would be good to do a how to guide on the site.
I no i will follow it lol

spoke to dom and he said i shouldnt have a problem with any of it, only problem i may encounter is the pulse from the gold for the rev counter as wayne stated but he said he can make a conversion unit for this so it will work, currently looking for a spare set of clocks for the golf and the digi dash so i can pull the front off and sort it, but apart from the wiring have looked at it properly now and the golf front will retain its original mounting holes to look oem and the gte dash will attach to the back of the hybrid front fascia so to speak the same way it did, with bolts so all in all should come together easily, so dash out time it is again lol

[rubjonny]

ask him which rev counter signal is used to make it work on a mk2, if its the alternator signal then you're in luck, if not then it may be tricky. no coil on a diesel