RE: Reaper's restoration project
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RE: Reaper's restoration project - 1/4/2008 7:13:37 PM
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addiction2bass
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well your idea for the gauges COULD BE preaty cool....
and well i did see a realy cool shift light unit awhile back on ebay tho i forgot to save it.... it was a progressive led shift lights.... was very cool looking! like the higher your RPMs went the more leds would light up from like green to yellow then to red.
unfortunatly i cannt find the unit on ebay right now... it would like mount above the steering colum like a small arch style. looked realy cool sorry i cannt find it....
O SNAP.... found it. after all ;)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Progressive-Tacho-Shift-Light_W0QQitemZ330201455740QQihZ014QQcategoryZ102561QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
with some soldering skills... you can make it fit into your cluster.... but i think i might just buy a manual cluster, just think of it this way.... you can buy the manual cluster... and then swap your automatic gauge part and then put it back on ebay for sale.... ;)
but what i plan on using for my shift light is a simple, cheap led shift light...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BLACK-SHIFT-LIGHT-W-BLUE-LIGHT-FORD-MUSTANG-5-0-87-88_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ46100QQihZ016QQitemZ260199580124QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
then simply open up the unit and extend the wires into my cluster with a led in it.....
thats one thing i love about the DX cluster is it has a green UPSHIFT arrow indicator, BUT with a EX i think they use that control modual for cruise controls since they are different, BUT thats why i used the DX bezel and the green lense that goes behind it... so now i just have to remove the cluster and put a green light light behind it and that way it will look just like a DX shift light... but mine will be selectable from the units adjustable knob so thats kinda cool so i can set it as low as 3K for good milage or higher for more fun.
just a cool UPSHIFT light as well as a stock look ;)
< Message edited by addiction2bass -- 1/4/2008 7:19:21 PM >
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RE: Reaper's restoration project - 1/5/2008 4:30:51 AM
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my94civic
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WOAH for the money they want to charge for the first one, i can make one of those, especially if your going to take it apart and integrate it into the cluster
addiction... where is the green upshift arrow in the DX cluster?
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RE: Reaper's restoration project - 1/5/2008 7:21:34 AM
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addiction2bass
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ya it is kinda high but that is preaty cool.... tho i only see them coming from austrailia.... still preaty cool tho...
and the 92-95 civic DXs have a upshift light in another dumbie light location uptop on the right, thats a arrow pointing up with a green lense behind it in the cluster ;)
tho i didnt take any pictures of it when i swaped my cluster parts out...
its preaty much the same setup as the VTEC LIGHT modification.... but mine will use the factory bezel and green lense..... now i just need to wire up a adjustable shift light to wire up a led in it....
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RE: Reaper's restoration project - 1/5/2008 7:55:02 AM
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im gonna take a look i have never seen it
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RE: Reaper's restoration project - 1/5/2008 8:10:06 AM
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ok well i just went out and took some pictures of mine... tho its not lighted up yet tho.... it has spot for bulb BUT i got no clue if it has power already or not... i just know its not wired the same way as the DX cluster so i just kept the bulb out... and when i do get a add on shift light thing ill just custom wire up my own led ran to it and glued inplace....
only other honda ive seen with a upshift light is my old 84 CRX HF.... tho im not sure at what RPM the shift light came on...
id prefere my addon shift light unit to light up at 2.5K rpms but so far lowest ones ive seen only go to 3K :( but o well still a nice custom touch... IMO
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RE: Reaper's restoration project - 1/5/2008 8:20:08 AM
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my94civic
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yeh thats the only one i couldnt light up, but mine has not got a white line on it, unless u added it on paint or something. its a dark winters day here so i couldnt see what was there without lighting it up. my cluster is a litttle different to that one, its in km not mph for a start, and the gauge with the petrol and water temp hasnt got as many lights and doesnt say UNLEADED FUEL ONLY, and i havent got an SRS light.
but as for the LED thing you want to make, can you not tap into the rev wire into the back of the cluster and use a variable resistor to take it as low as you like?
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