Hello, Mark, and welcome!

There are people who contribute regularly to this site who are knowledgeable in every aspect of hot rodding, and your particular area of expertise will fit right in.

That said, you may be just the guy to give me a qualified opinion.

For a long time I have wanted to re-do the instrument panels in both my F100 and my old Dodge. I bought a bunch of after market SW stuff and set out to design decent looking layouts (or copy other people's arrangements) for both vehicles.

Nothing suits me and the instruments themselves just don't look right. They don't look classy enough to suit me.

What I want to find out is this: How big a can of worms would I be opening up if I tried to adapt an entire panel out of, say, an '08 Malibu? I'm talking about the Dodge here. I can handle the installation itself, what concerns me is that I want to retain as much of the "driver information" stuff as I can. Like, you know, average MPG, miles remaining before empty, average speed, even individual tire pressures and all the other poop you get.

Am I asking for a bunch of grief here? I'm not the most adept guy in town when it comes to electrics and it looks like there must be a lot of individual systems to contend with.

Should I forget it?

Thanks,


Jim