Hidden/unobvious shift lights, what and where?

281pony · Jul 2, 2010

i went to the track for the first time last week. i was real happy with my times honestly as it was. i do have a few things i discovered and am addressing before my return trip. one of them being that my oem ssp tach is WAY off. when i was dyno tuned it was in the neighborhood of 800-900 rpm's off at 6200.

so i am considering a shift light again. i dont want a big monster tach, nothing on the steering column. i was thinking maybe stuffed behind a dash speaker grill?

give me your idea's/pics if possible and which light you use. i want to make sure im shifting it where i should be.

BlackGT89 · Jul 2, 2010

It's not a shift light, but it could work the same. I have my DC Fan controller activity light partially hidden in my center A/C duct. I don't have a picture of it but it works pretty good for me.

281pony · Jul 2, 2010

thats a good idea, but wont work for me. i have the gauge cage deal in my center vent already.

BlackGT89 said:
It's not a shift light, but it could work the same. I have my DC Fan controller activity light partially hidden in my center A/C duct. I don't have a picture of it but it works pretty good for me.

lancec2c30 · Jul 3, 2010

Raptor shift light in the drivers side vent, since you have the gauge cage in the center one. I'll see if I can find the picture I saw of that setup.

EDIT:

Here it is.

tannerc91gt · Jul 3, 2010

one of these in the AC vent is the way to go
http://www.latemodelrestoration.com...llow-LED-Mini-Shift-Light-With-Silver-Housing

deftsound · Jul 3, 2010

i've got one of the autometer digital tachometer/shiftlights in my 99 and love it. Its a 2 1/4' gauge and fits right in my gauge pod, most people don't know what it is when they see it.

Auto Meter Digital Pro Shift Systems - JEGS

7upstang91 · Jul 3, 2010

lancec2c30 said:
Raptor shift light in the drivers side vent, since you have the gauge cage in the center one. I'll see if I can find the picture I saw of that setup.

EDIT:

Here it is.

Great idea! I am thinking about going that route.

Hi-Po · Jul 3, 2010

deftsound said:
i've got one of the autometer digital tachometer/shiftlights in my 99 and love it. Its a 2 1/4' gauge and fits right in my gauge pod, most people don't know what it is when they see it.

Auto Meter Digital Pro Shift Systems - JEGS

I have the same one - level 2 version - and love it too. I mounted mine on the steering column cover so I could easily watch the revs - the stock tach is stuck on approx 4000 rpms..

Crap pics but you get an idea:

5.0Droptop · Jul 3, 2010

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Cobra912 · Jul 4, 2010

can you guys actually see the lights (ones hidden in dash) when staring down the road?

neat ideas.

S&B · Jul 5, 2010

Hide it in the trunk !

5.0Droptop · Jul 5, 2010

Cobra912 said:
can you guys actually see the lights (ones hidden in dash) when staring down the road?

neat ideas.

MIne showed up pretty good. Especially at night.

SMOKEDYA · Jul 5, 2010

Hell yes you can see the shift light when it's hidden in the vents! I had mine mounted in the center vents on johns car when i had it. I took it out for the gauges that are/were in there now. peace

john

7upstang91 · Jul 5, 2010

SMOKEDYA said:
Hell yes you can see the shift light when it's hidden in the vents! I had mine mounted in the center vents on johns car when i had it. I took it out for the gauges that are/were in there now. peace

john

The red one? In the day time?

SMOKEDYA · Jul 5, 2010

None of those pics were mine. But yes even in the day you could see it. At night it was able to light up the interior. peace

john

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