Great kit especially when paired with the GPS speedo kit.

Very concise directions even a caveman can do it take your time follow the steps recommend disconnecting power when removing installing instrument cluster, especially while slicing into the OEM wiring loom

The headlights, emergency lights, and gauge lights on my dash in my 1987 VW Vanagon started working intermittently a while ago. Recently, the condition worsened. I took the Vanagon into Always V-Dub, my go-to repair shop in Portland, Oregon. After diagnosing the problems being caused by a bad light switch and instrument cluster circuit board, the owner of the shop replaced the switch and asked me to order an instrument cluster circuit foil replacement kit from GoWesty. I followed up with GoWesty and ordered the kit. Once I received the kit, I took it to Always V-Dub. After the work was done, all of the lights connected to the dash are now working better than ever!

Clear and thorough instructions made this kit easy to install and it functions beautifully. Swapping over the wiring to the new harness is tedious but straightforward thanks to the accurate wiring tables.

I am very happy with the wiring kit. My foil started losing backlighting, so I bit the bullet and ordered it. My 84 had the OXS light in the bottom right location and when I went to install the board, it hit the block of pin. I reached out to customer service and they quickly told me to put it in the glow plug provisioned location and swap two wires on the dash wiring side. It worked flawlessly. I was hesitant to buy but I am now happy that I did.

Bitchen!

Easy install, no issues. Even a caveman could install this. It was also very helpful using the YouTube instructions as a walk through to install.

Good stuff

Works ok,

This is an excellent replacement for the ribbon cable that runs behind the instrument cluster. The entire ribbon cable is replaced with custom circuit boards that should last a long time. The instructions and video are clear and complete. It isn't a complicated install but be prepared to spend some time, especially when it comes to matching the wires. It took me a few hours. Also, be sure to check every crimp connection you make. When you're done, all the warning lights and dash illumination will be working and brighter than new. While you're at it, get the audible alarm for overheating. it's easy to install while you have the instrument panel on your bench, and I agree - it could save your engine.
My '88 van came with the dynamic oil pressure warning system. Like many of that era, the system gives false positive low oil pressure alarms, which is frightening and annoying. I had hoped this kit would cure the problem, but it didn't. I'll keep it turned off until I find the root cause.
Even if your instrument panel is fully functional, I recommend this kit. It's very much worth it.

Good instructions. Very impressed by how well the colors on the new wires match the factory colors.

Carefully inspect the connections made with the butt connectors. My ratcheting crimper did a good job of securing the wires on the cluster side of the connectors but the wires on the harness side are smaller and were not secured with my crimper.

Great!

Although I haven’t installed yet, package arrived very quickly.

Worked perfectly as advertised! Fuel gauge is now as accurate as our late model Subaru. Coolant gauge and warning light work well. Illumination is now even and bright.

This is really fine back-engineering of a troublesome system . A good investment in peace of mind.

Easy instal. Works perfect

Does what is says on the box. Your blue foil will fail. If it hasn't happened yet, rest assured it will, as these dinosaurs weren't designed to function reliably for 40 years... This kit remedies that problem. Thorough instructions, easy-ish to install, compatible with the GW "Your Engine Is Melting" buzzer. Buy with confidence.

Fix the pathetic led bulds
Use polarity marked bulbs at the proper length
High beam bulb lashed a micro second and doesn’t work at all now
Bulb holders Totally Pathetic as well
Surely someone in the world can make a bulb holder that works without all the messing around with a useless washer spacer
Best to look elsewhere
Slow ordering and delivery
Total snails pace

Great kit, saved my old cluster! Good install instructions and lights over speedo and tach are close to original, so not harsh LED's. Great job GoWesty.

One word awesome

Kit worked great with the speedometer guage, I highly recommend tapping in your speedometer to the speedo bracket in the back. Makes installation 100 times smoother.

while l admit this in my opinion is the best option for when your dash foil or the 14 pin connector fail, this newest offering, IMHO is in somewhat a step down from the previous version, when you are paying someone to install this, it takes longer than the previous version, so your labour $ is going to be a decent amount higher, it's more fiddly, pluses, the clip that holds the plug on the back of the tachometer, 3d printed part is much better than the metal version, the main plug to the motherboard, that's a big improvement.
l greatly dislike the gauge new LED lights, their wiring, fiddly if you have fat fingers, and unmarked + and - on the leds themselves, mine today the + was the left side when you can read R2 between the terminals, test them all before you start assembly, as changing the led on the digital clock after the main mother board has been installed, almost impossible without taking off the motherboard
l believe it reads 2 on the reverse side, l've bought 7 of these now, this one the first of the newer version.
for best results crimping the connectors, push the metal pat out of the terminal, slide the sleeve over the wire, crimp, then push the insulation, bluepoint ratcheting crimp tool was hit and miss, until l removed the metal from the sleeve, chinesium, no fault of GW

Had a few hiccups but the awesome crew helped me out.

Great.

The kit works great. It's a bit of a challenge since most Vanagons and Transporters have different cluster assemblies. After a while it starts to make sense. Chris at Go Westy helped to get me through. Make sure all of the LEDs are working before shipping out. Two in my kit did not work making a bit frustrating. Tony

It is a really good kit. Bought it to replace nother repair kit that failed. It is working terrific.

I love working with GoWesty products. This kit was easy to use and now I know all my new instruments will work properly for a long time. I Paired with new Speedo and smart tach. A must have if your going to install this kit

I installed the instrument cluster replacement as directed. Now I still have no illumination, now no tachometer, and none of the other warning lights. There is no way the high beam blue light can fit where it is supposed to as there isn't enough depth to the Aditya where that light fits. My turn signal light does work. The temperature gauge doesn't work now either. I followed directions to a T.