Cheap(ish) shift light

[petrolhead]

I've not heard of this company before but they are UK based and manufactured. These shift lights are £60 whereas the Omex ones are £100 approx.

 

Anyway, I made the decision and went for it. The unit is about the size of a credit card and seems well built. You can get the LED in red, green or blue:

 

I had some deep thoughts about where to put the high intensity 10mm LED. In the end I took the dash out and drilled a 14mm hole just after the stop at 7k:

 

Wiring is easy, 2 wires to the coil (+ and -) and one wire to a good ground. Most of my time was spent getting a good finish:

 

I was worried I might miss it but it is a lot brighter in real life and flashes rapidly. It works very well, obviously this has been set low for testing but it has a 20,000rpm limit for those with really lairy crossflows :

[fezza]

Going to be needing a shift light myself soon as ive just ditched the tacho as i didnt like it hanging off the side of the dash,that looks ideal and you have made a real tidy job of fitting it mate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIGHT HAVE TO STEAL YOUR IDEA LOL

[gearbox100]

That looks a real neat job .

[Fiesta Steve]

Looks good Matt

 

Whats the 1,2 3,4 for ?

[Skimmer]

Nicely fitted , very discrete

[petrolhead]

Cheers, the 1,2,3,4 is for setting up for different engines. For example a V6 you just press the buttons until '2 + 4' light up then it is stored. A v8 would be '4,3,+1'

 

Default is 4 cylinder at 6000rpm and you can change it in 100rpm increments and it is very quick to change.

 

I got it straight from the company, they do other versions with traction control etc:

http://www.racetronic.co.uk/G-Shift_10.html

 

It looks like a small light but its a directional LED, if you place it where I have I can assure you that you will know when you have to change!

 

Although I prefer the look of red I went for Blue because I wanted it to be distinct from the other warning lights.

 

I'll see if I can get a short vid up.

[petrolhead]

Here we go, exclusive to OSF:

 

PS top tip: get a 14mm drill bit, because cutting a 14mm hole with smaller drill bits is annoying.

[fezza]

Very nice mate

 

Did you get it from ebay? did you look at this one by any chance,seems a bit cheap and im not sure how the cig lighter thing works id be hard wiring it anyway but obviously i want one that will do the job properly

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Firmtec-Seque ... 7154765109

[petrolhead]

I noticed it but I didn't want sequential lights (just one very obvious light) but for the money that looks alright.

 

I bought mine direct from the company, I think they may also be the ebay seller but I am not sure.

[fezza]

Yea to be honest i would rather a single light but the ''to do list'' seems to grow every time i go down to the car so i need to budget as nuch as i can and at £30 its very cheap as long as its relatively accurate

[RossMK2]

oredered the racetronic one with a red LED earlyer. no idea where to fit it yet but i'll find summet