shift light?

Post Sun Dec 16, 2007 9:15 pm

anyone got a shift light on their e30?

i quite fancy one cos im a bugger for hitting the limiter when im giving it some beans. any recommendations?

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:43 am

Hey Nick

Omex/Spa Design/Micro Dynamics all do them mate
Any of those will be up to the job

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:39 am

Omex shift light in mine, mounted in the check computer light on the dash

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:21 pm

Omex for me too. Mounted at the bottom of the A piller.

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:41 pm

Omex shift light in mine, mounted in the check computer light on the dash
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:21 pm Post subject: Re: shift light?

Omex for me too. Mounted at the bottom of the A piller.

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:47 pm

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:48 pm

looks 4good do you have a link to where you brought it from matey ???

was it easy to fit ?

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:54 pm

JimmyC wrote:Omex shift light in mine, mounted in the check computer light on the dash

I did that too, made it so the light behind the check sign came on.

Shat myself when the shift light first came on as of course I thought something was wrong :lol:

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:58 pm

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:28 pm

agreen wrote:looks 4good do you have a link to where you brought it from matey ???

was it easy to fit ?

I bought it from Rally Design

Really simple to fit

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:43 pm

cool cheers dude of i go

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:50 pm

I have a three stage shift light fitted between the rev counter and the speedo. But it is part of the MAXX Alpha-N piggy back system. The picture shows my first install with standard LED's. I have replaced them with superbright LED's now, the standard ones are just too dim in day light. I use the green (1st stage) light as a "do not shift down" aid, you know this situations when you hit the wrong gear and shift down just to find out you are already 500rpms in the red.

It comes on at approx 5000rpm and shows me in a split second that I don't need to bother with a downshift. Amber is the 2nd Light (and 1st "warning") and the red is my shift point st at 7600 which means till my hand is doen on the shifter it's already 7800 or a little more (limiter set at 8000)

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:55 pm

Hi

Uwe Are the led's to the left part of the MAXX for AFR

Jason

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:05 pm

e21Jason wrote:Hi

Uwe Are the led's to the left part of the MAXX for AFR

Jason

No, that is a DIY narrow band Lambda gauge I used when I didn't have a WBO. Works quite good but for proper mapping it's useless. I used it as an indicative tool just in case something went wrong really bad.
It will at least show you that you are lean and you can decide if you want to lift off or not.

Post Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:02 pm

thanks for your suggestions folks.

ill have a mooch around for an omex one i think.

Post Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:39 pm

Got a second hand OMEX sequential set (4 lights) if you want them. They were in the car I brought but I already had a set I was used too from my Civic type R so I swapped them for those. Yours if you want them?

Post Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:44 pm

pm sent

Post Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:45 pm

lol...weird.. reading down the thread I was about to say that I had a 4 light sequential set that I really like... but Shorty just sold it out of my old car! lol

Post Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:59 pm

No Offence Paul! I just liked this one better. http://www.caraddiction.co.uk/ To be honest the OMEX one is better quality but I got used to the big red light and the fact you set the shift points by numbers and not a sequence of buttons. I kept forgetting how many times I'd pressed it

I wired them up at the same time and set the shift point really low (3500) and there was nothing in it.

Post Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:03 pm

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:45 am Post subject: Re: shift light?

lol...weird.. reading down the thread I was about to say that I had a 4 light sequential set that I really like... but Shorty just sold it out of my old car! lol

yeh to me whoo hooh

hope to sort it out soon

Post Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:03 pm

no offence taken mate.... it's one of those personal preference things. A cople of guys who drove it said tehy couldn't see the lights and yet I found they worked well for me.

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Post Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:07 pm

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Post Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:13 pm

M3GTR wrote:no offence taken mate.... it's one of those personal preference things. A cople of guys who drove it said tehy couldn't see the lights and yet I found they worked well for me.

Yeah I know what you mean. When I fitted a mock up of my dash in cardboard (very Blue Peter!) I couldn't read the oil temp/press gauge.
If you look at it from straight on it's nigh on invisible but if you look from slightly above it's clear as day.

Same with shift lights, they work best when at the right viewing angle. The bigger the led the more of an angle that is.

And that'll be my car (no33) in M3GTR's signature

Post Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:16 pm

M3GTR wrote:yep... you can buy online via www.zonemotorsport.co.uk

how do i know which ones are the stiffest am i right in thinking there called powerflex 80 ?

Post Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:18 pm

Black (race) is the ones you want.

Post Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:24 pm

cheers max

Post Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:08 pm

i like the idea of a shift light but Ã‚£100 seems a lot right now......

how difficult could it be to wire up a makeshift one (just one light will do - don't need a 2 or 3 stage one)

is it possible to run a wire off the back of the rev counter to a led/light mounted elsewhere or will i need an electronic contol unit?