dash board differences

[Jarrett]

Well I just got finished taking my dashboard off completely by myself(3rd time now) and it's almost 4:00 in the morning. It was broken in two places on the passenger side and it caused the glovebox to sit crooked. If your glove box is crooked, don't worry, this was a weird scenario. Anyways, to my point...this is the second dash I've bought from the junkyard and tomorrow I'll be buying my third. I wanted to ask if there were any differences in the wiring harness between years and models I should be wary of. I guess I could reuse my harness on there now but clipping it in there sucks. I know I've done it before so I could probably just answer my own question but I just want to make sure I didn't just get lucky last time and accidently pass up something obvious this time. Thanks for the help and wish me luck on keeping this one for longer than two years.

[cp[mike]]

the only clear difference that ive found in the dashboards is that panel on the driver side, under the steering column - on the 9293's, the opening reaches all the way to the bottom edge of the dashboard, but on the 9091's its just a rounded rectangle hole. im guessing the 9293 style makes it easier to take the dashboard out from over the steering column.

also, the wiring/plugs differed between the gauge clusters. they had to add wiring for the ABS and SRS lights, and the 9293's no longer had sport shift... so i wouldnt assume that the wiring would swap over. if you get a new dash, i would swap your current wiring harness onto the new dash.

as far as actual shape differences and fitment issues, ive never actually removed a 9091 dash, only 9293's... but they seem similar enough, im sure it would bolt down.

[Jarrett]

Great point about the ABS and SRS stuff. I'm glad I asked. Not to mention I've got a lot of work in my cluster so the more I think about it, swapping harnesses would be the best way to go. But man it would be convenient to to have that panel that completely removed. Thanks a lot Mike.

[deckeda]

Jarrett, your question wasn't about this, but the '93 SE had a passenger-side airbag. That version was the first to abandon the Accord's "compartment tray" -style dash top.

[Jarrett]

Yeah there's actually one of those out at the particular junkyard I go to but I didn't figure I'd include that as I didn't want to confuse those who didn't know about it. I got quoted $100 for a black dash with a 92 wagon console included today. The other 2 I bought for $45 a piece but it's under new management now so, oh well. Thanks for the replies guys.

[accordmaniac]

Good luck with your project..