I think it's a 96, but I want a second opinion... and a third, and fourth :-)

 

up close

 

looks identical to my 96

 

it cannot be amber needle's and be a 96 but if the needles are red, it is. It's hard to see.

 

isnt that 94-96?
mines:

 

I'm looking at buying the car, and all sorts of funny things are turning up...

the front end has been repainted, Lexus.com lists the wrong type of tranny, and I'm not sure if that cluster really is the 1995/6 -- the car does have the 96/95 tails...

the joys of buying a car...

EDIT:
(maybe the color balance is off in the photo I was looking at)

oh yeah... and can't you just switch clusters to change the milage on an SC? that's why I'm asking... 'cause if it isn't the right year...

 

after 93 they went from the bright white needles/numbers to amber, such as in the 96...i dont remember what year they went back to bright white, maybe 98?

 

Probably not relevant but how come the gear selection lights are lit up at all. Thats the first thing I noticed and the second was that it looks like a 95/96 cluster. I just thought that it was weird that no lights were lit up for the gear selection. Even the P isnt lit up. If the cluster was changed the mileage wouldnt necessarily be the same as the old cluster. It would probably read the miles from the car it was taken from or it can be programmed to say whatever mileage a with the right equipment wants to program it to.

 

if it is a 95-96 cluster it will have the temp reading for the outside as an option.

 

you'll know amber when you see it. the main thing is to watch the needle's. they are not interchangable for the mid 90's, they went to red and are wired backwards. you have to change the whole cluster to have red needle's..... the only reason why the amber and red are side by side in the pic up there is because i built the red SMD from scratch. (i'm the only one running red needle's in a 92-93)



Amber up there, White down there (Jspec)

 

Looks like the one in my 95.

 

the pre-94 was bulbs with blue covers that made them look white. when they start to fade they turn more amber, but not near as amber as the "real" amber, which is posted above.

during the amber period, they used white sleeves, which makes it amber. You may think your cluster is amber, but a real amber cluster is AMBER with no chance at mistaking it. you'll be like...."that is amber".

Then when they went back to white, it was a whole new ballgame. Cold Cathode. no bulbs.

 

ok lasttry.... now I'm really confused... simply put, what year cluster do you think the on I posted is?

 

there's no way to tell. the first pic shows red needle's the second shows amber.

 

here is the rundown....
92-93....amber needles...amber background
94... amber needles...off white/amberish background
95-96(excusive years )...red needles...off white background
97-00 amber needles...white background..brighter than 95-96..b/c of level of intensity!-
hope this helps...but 1lastry is the expert here...
cold cathode in the 97-00? that's news to me 1last!- what does it look like? and is it as bright and flouresccent as the ls 400(95 and up)