Op, I will say the same about Paul, hes on facebook under Fixels. I had the same exact situation as yours however I own 2 E53's one 4.4 and one 4.6. My 4.4 cluster had the dead pixles, well they both do, but I put the 4.6 in the 4.4 and shipped my 4.4 out to paul, while in transit I decided to do the 4.6 cluster in my 4.4 and paul provided the appropriate cluster, there was an upcharge of about $100 I believe but once I got it back, he walked me through flashing the DME so all the lights on the 4.6 work correctly with the 4.4. Mileage went back to normal and it works like a factory 4.6 cluster should. My 4.6 cluster now has the tamper dot on however once I send that back to paul to fix, he will clear that and when its back into the original car it will perform as it should. Shoot him a message on Facebook, he will get back to you promptly.