hello everyone I have a 08 Passat 2.0t and so far the mods I've done are footwell leds ,drl's,ops upgrade ,ssd upgrade to rns510,hid headlights ,full led interior conversion and fixed all faults so now I want to attempt something harder which is the crappy red instrument cluster and change it to a full colour one .So far I am just gathering info about the job Please let me know if anyone has some experience with this.

Does the new cluster need to be from exact same engine?
Need to change any modules -gateway etc and what revision?
Does the new one have to be 0 km's or under 100000?
Come from a left or right handed car matter?
Any additional parts? (I know about the adaptor cable)
I read that you will lose the comfort and lighting menu?
Part numbers ,there are a few different ones out there?