Is this a legit nismo 300kph dash?

[ThatKiwiGuy]

Hey guys got this with my recent car purchase and I'd like to know more about it, is it a proper Nismo dash?

How can I tell?

What's it worth if it is legit?

R33 s1

Cheers

Edited June 28, 2021 by ThatKiwiGuy
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[Duncan]

Looks legit, not sure why it wouldn't be, they were extremely common.

Historically a dash's value was determined by the klm it showed, not nissan vs nismo (nismo one is less practical as the increments are twice as close together = twice as hard to read). 

These days Americans want them, so probably put it up for sale at 2,500 firm + postage.

[joshuaho96]

21 minutes ago, Duncan said:

Looks legit, not sure why it wouldn't be, they were extremely common.

Historically a dash's value was determined by the klm it showed, not nissan vs nismo (nismo one is less practical as the increments are twice as close together = twice as hard to read). 

These days Americans want them, so probably put it up for sale at 2,500 firm + postage.

You have to make sure to emphasize old Nismo logo to get that 2500, otherwise nobody cares it seems.

[niZmO_Man]

Glad I bought mine for $250 hahaha
I wound the odo forward to match my old cluster though, the numbers are wonky

[admS15]

There is a guy doing reproductions of the nismo, trd etc. gauge faces and then converting + calibrating them to normal Nissan clusters for $600.

 

So yes, there is non genuine clusters out there. 

[GTSBoy]

And you ultimately have to ask.....what difference would it make. It's not as if there's a single thing special about the Nismo dash other than the logo and the calibration. So a fake one offers exactly the same as the real one.

I'm off to buy an MCM purity T-shirt.

[Matvei27]

13 hours ago, Duncan said:

Looks legit, not sure why it wouldn't be, they were extremely common.

Historically a dash's value was determined by the klm it showed, not nissan vs nismo (nismo one is less practical as the increments are twice as close together = twice as hard to read). 

These days Americans want them, so probably put it up for sale at 2,500 firm + postage.

Changing the mileage on these is trivial assuming it's similar to the 32. You can make it show whatever you want.

[ThatKiwiGuy]

56 minutes ago, GTSBoy said:

And you ultimately have to ask.....what difference would it make. It's not as if there's a single thing special about the Nismo dash other than the logo and the calibration. So a fake one offers exactly the same as the real one.

I'm off to buy an MCM purity T-shirt.

No real difference but if someone wants to pay 2500 for it then the difference goes into my bank account

[ThatKiwiGuy]

4 hours ago, admS15 said:

There is a guy doing reproductions of the nismo, trd etc. gauge faces and then converting + calibrating them to normal Nissan clusters for $600.

 

So yes, there is non genuine clusters out there. 

Yeah I have seen his work, looks tidy

[ThatKiwiGuy]

14 hours ago, Duncan said:

Looks legit, not sure why it wouldn't be, they were extremely common.

Historically a dash's value was determined by the klm it showed, not nissan vs nismo (nismo one is less practical as the increments are twice as close together = twice as hard to read). 

These days Americans want them, so probably put it up for sale at 2,500 firm + postage.

I'll probably end up winding it back to match my kms and use it, looks alot better than my stock one.

One day I'll consider selling it if the market shoots up more

[admS15]

I have one I've removed from my car with 92k km if anyone is stupid enough to give me 2.5k for it, they can have it, lol.

[joshuaho96]

9 hours ago, GTSBoy said:

And you ultimately have to ask.....what difference would it make. It's not as if there's a single thing special about the Nismo dash other than the logo and the calibration. So a fake one offers exactly the same as the real one.

I'm off to buy an MCM purity T-shirt.

What is even the point of the logo? IMO the Autech/unlabeled 300 kph cluster that was used in the Nurburgring test cars is the way to go IMO. Personally I'm probably just going to take my cluster and change the resistor calibration on the speedo to read 180 mph instead of kph if I end up not memorizing all the kph/mph conversions over time.

[tridentt150v]

Its not the dash that is Nismo, its just the speedo....its the only part that has the Nismo logo.  I did the same thing years ago, you just swap the speedo out.

To me, the rest of the dash looks bog stock standard.

[BK]

Yes it's just the Speedo change on this one, opposed to the R33 GTR Nismo actual dash which has every single minor gauge changed with different increments with also 320 Speedo, 11k rpm tacho.