Curious about your face plate, so it is white with out cruise ?
The Australian BJII 323 SP20 had white face plate (see below) for the early models, and silver/light grey face plate for the later (late 2002> I think) models. The lower 323 models had the black face plate, same as US/Canada.
Compare the pic below with the second photo you posted (with the gauge rings) and you can see the difference in colour of the face plate.
As I am about to delete my cruise control would it be out of order to propose a trade ?
So yes, the AUS cluster has no CRUISE indicator. It also has no Check Engine light! It's not even printed on the face plate! And auto and manual used the same cluster as far as I'm aware, unlike US/Canada.
I'm tempted. But I think as PCB said there might be wiring issues on both sides of the Pacific. And also, as said, AUS has no check engine light indicator (might be a good thing in the US
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I think I have found a very low cost option here in AUS for the CRUISE indicator that will look factory. I was after a Canadian Mazdaspeed cluster because it is in KM/h, has the cruise indicator, and liked the MAZDASPEED on the tacho. But the fact that it doesn't light up is a bummer.
The JDM cluster is easy to spot as it only goes to 180KM/h, and has a higher redline. See below.
There's been so many different varieties of the BJ cluster though. I don't think there's ever been a recorded document on all the different clusters available for the BJ 323. The Euro, JDM, AUS, US and other parts of the world all seem to have different types clusters with different displays etc. And then there's the diesel versions too which are also different again.
The same cluster was fitted to many Mazda's and Ford's of that era (MPV's, Premacy, Laser for eg.)