I just made this account like 3 minutes ago just so I can comment under this:
I really like this, but for the price of be nervous as can be about reliability, accuracy, functionality, and if it's available in good English, bad English, or hell if it's available in English at all!
It looks to be a Q70 on the picture. They Q70/Q50 share the same connector along with many other Nissans. The only difference is the Q50 has a different plug for power. I found this out when trying a Nissan cluster on my Q. The harness that carries all the info is the same but the power wire was different. I’m also skeptical but, I think that it is possible that it wouldn’t take much for them to convert this to be used on a Q50/Q60. Again this could all mean nothing and they are branding the Q70 cluster as a Q50 one to scam people.
Based on this video I found of the same cluster on an armada (all the clusters are made by the same mfg) there’s a password you have to input in advanced settings and change things like the odometer and size of gas tank. I know that’s tricky for mileage fraud, but don’t most cars store mileage information in other computers?
Having the same connector is a great start, provided they're pinned out the same to
Okay, So I currently have one of these jumper harnesses for my paddles. I mapped out the pin-out for each wire to the Q70 harness which the digital cluster would be expecting the signals from. I wonder if hypothetically this would work as both cars share most of the same signals. I can just use the jumper harness, de-pin, and re-pin to the appropriate locations.
I definitely want to try with a stock Q70 cluster first to see if I can get it work properly. That would make the fully digital one plug and play. My only concern is if the CAN signals are used for the same things. If anyone has some insight into how those can signals work, would love to know.
Calling @nickdaria. Nick Daria, come to the courtesy phone please.
I don't think this cluster is the best idea IMO. Aside from the fact that I don't think the interface looks good, there's the following:
I 100% understand your concerns. The internals of that cluster are most likely made as cheap as possible. More sophisticated clusters in other platforms copy over the information from the original using a T-Harness which is a lot better than allowing someone to do it themselves. After looking into what else is available for any other Nissan/Infiniti I did find there are some options out there for the Y62 Patrol/QX80. Only option for something oem is the new QX60 which still has that same 40-pin plug. But even then like you mentioned there are signals that the cluster sends that can’t be programmed.
Which Tesla style did you go with and how is it?
Considering getting one in the future, but one question. When using the GPS (Google maps and others), do the directions show up in the middle digital cluster while driving too?
