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yes the cluster retrofit can *absolutely* be done.. we manufacture an interface that can be programmed for this explicit purpose. The lotus techs dont understand the conversion because its not just a matter of switching wire for wire, the vehicle networks need to be recoded for the new cluster info and they have no experience in that area whatsoever so they simply say 'forget it, it cant be done'
If someone is seriously interested in doing this the first step is to get an '08 model to our offices in chicago for a few hours. We have a lab there where I can pull the vehicle in and do all the data reads on the cluster as well as verify the wiring. Once that is done I can build you an interface and harness to plug in the new cluster to the older model.
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