Just wanted to know what everyone thought about this idea and if it had ever been done. I have blue bulbs in there now and want them to flash at a set RPM or flash between two different colors like red and blue. Any thoughts? I think it'd be pretty cool cause I've never seen it done before.

So... I guess this is a bad idea.

Well, the gauge cluster could me made to flash, by splicing into your harness(es) and using a couple SPDT relays. You'd also need something to sent +12 volts to a relay once the specific voltage has been reached on your RPM signal wire, so you'd probably need to take apart a shift light or something for this, but I'm not sure.

It's gonna be very difficult, and flashing between two colors would be even more difficult.

yeah I can figure out the wiring, just wondering if anyone thought it'd be a good idea or if anyone had done it before. Thanks for the input.

sounds really cool to the is it a good idea, However doesnt seem as if it would be as affective as a single light turning on

I'll probably be doing something similar(probably a blinking LED placed in my field of view) once I get a better job and have more money to spend on the car again. I already have an Apexi Rev/Speed Meter, which has 2 aux outputs for specified RPM or speed engagement. I just need to find a good spot to mount the RSM now that I've switched radios. It used to sit in place using the radio to wedge it in place, but now I can't do that so I have to make a mount somewhere.
Let us know how it turns out.

doGGy has just a shift light in his car...i dont know how its wired or anything, but i thought this might be of interest to you guys. Im wondering how you would set something like that to light up at the correct RPMS without the whole extra tach. >>

EDIT- nevermind, i thought doGGy took a shift light off an aftermarket tach, but upon some additional research on my own i realized that they sell just shift lights. >>

This post has been edited by Silver94CelicaOwner: Dec 5, 2003 - 3:47 PM

-slipgun+Dec 4, 2003 - 6:17 PM

if you have every driven a car with a good shift light you notice it.. doesnt really matter where you put it as long as its somewhere in your field of vision.. expessially at night >>

I though about putting my shiftlight into the side airvent the left of the steering wheel where there is that little round indentation.. but not I am thinkin about makin a fiberglass piece to put guages in there.

That's just it most of my cars have been auto except for the turbocoupe I have now and the 3 speed 67 chevy my dad taught me to drive in. I say go for the idea with the guages.

This post has been edited by WannabeGT4: Dec 11, 2003 - 1:22 PM

-aaronc222+Dec 4, 2003 - 11:31 PM

Ive seent his done. In my friends for escort. He changed the bulb colors of the shift lights from green to blue because it has no tach.