subtledreamer

Sweet, whenever you are ready to send the payment please paypal it to jonathan0208@hotmail.com

Appreciate your inquiry bro, but no additional charges for Alaskan TL owners~!

mystikk

that's w'sup then, paypal money sent.

aznboi2424

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I think it looks good, but since im unsure about my future ownership of my cl, i prefer not to spend too much money on my car right now. i was just commenting, sry to dash your hopes

CASHOST

Paypal has been sent

subtledreamer

Got it, thanks Chris, Matt. Just got the 10th order in as of last night. Production should start tomorrow... will also notify you when it is shipped out.

No problem sir

subtledreamer

production is under way... thank you for everyone's patience

here's what the 5-spd will look like:





the hotspot issue will be addressed if not solved tomorrow...!

i'm thinking a combination of sanding and matte tape. we shall see

redsly

Just sand the curved part of the clear plastic that goes under the black plastic.

If you sand the middle part of the curve (right about where the LED goes) you might be able to stop the 'hot spot'.

Maybe you could just put a little paint in the same spot, since the rest of the clear plastic will be illuminated anyways.

Looks a little weird to me without the "D" before the numbers, well not weird just doesn't look like I'm used to I guess...

BigLizard

The numbers with D5, d4, and d3 look ghey to me...I actually like the new look.

OrngeAc3.2

im thinking i want one too....let me know who i have to pay and how please...thanks

BigLizard

jonathan0208@hotmail.com EDIT: That is his paypal ID. aka subtledreamer

pay that guy in the amount of 15 or 17.50...which ever package you want.

donduncan

i want one of these chrome plates without the leds, so does that mean the factory lighting will luminate the chrome indicator plate like the orginal shifter plate? If so i want one for a 2002 Acura CLS. The plate your selling is a chrome plated version of the silver factory plate right? Thanks as soon as get an answer i'll send you money.

Don

RYANGP

any luck with coloring the D5 N and P indicators?

colemab

I like the new layout as well (D4 vs 4). Also, any update on the color coding would be appricated.

Thanks

DURAN007

Just to make sure what your saying. Does this kit includes the chrome shift gate you have in the pic? IF not where can I obtain one of those?

redsly

The sale is for the shift gate indicator, not the gate beauty plate.

From what I know, this will just be for the LED and the Gate Indicator plate (i.e.: the black piece of plastic that is glued onto the clear light distributor under it), the P R N D5 D4 D3 2 1 letters/numbers that light up, not the trim piece around the shifter.

big mike 13

No Chrome Plate Is Included
No Chrome Plate Is Included
No Chrome Plate Is Included
No Chrome Plate Is Included
No Chrome Plate Is Included

CASHOST

anyone know where you can find the crome plate, or is it just from the TL?

johntypes

Where can I get that beauty plate

subtledreamer

So I spent a good amount of time yesterday hunting for red & green tape or transparent plastic sheets at a couple arts & crafts store as well as Walmart in hopes of using that to create a red glow for 'P' + 'N' and green glow for 'D.' Unforunately... no luck finding anything. Sorry to those who were anticipating for the multi-colored versions. But if anyone knows where I can find those... do let me know~

I have finished about 12 indicators so far... and the shipment of LED's just arrived earlier today so I can start packing & get them shipped out on Monday to the first 12 people who have paid. I'll also be making more tomorrow. Apologies for the slight delay ... Tomorrow I'll post exactly which 12 members are getting them on this first shipment.

Also, I've found a decent solution to the the hotspot problem. I applied 4 layers of Matte tape under just the letter 'D.' This helps diffuse the light much more evenly (you cannot see the tip of the bulb like before), although if you look closely, it still glows slightly brighter than the other letters. I did try wetsanding as OntarioTL suggested, but the results are very similar to the matte tape... so I thought the tape would be easier to apply (& add additional) for myself as well as other members who are bothered the initial hotspot.



This isn't hotspot related but I would like to let you guys know that I now clear coat all the indicators so that the paint wouldn't chip off as easily and it creates a nice finish.

One last thing, the prices of the indicators will be going up a bit on Tuesday ($17.50 and $20.00, respectively)... so those who are sitting on the fence... get it in the next 3 days! I will PM astroboy and update the first post of the thread with the new prices and some additional info (on hotspot semi-fix, new pictures, etc.) soon.

subtledreamer

to clear soo many people's inqury:

The chrome shift gate is only available as a mod for '99 TL owners... long story short... Acura decided for production to paint over the chrome finish with silver paint which is in all other years but since the tranny was changed from 00 and on... the shift plate was revised along with it and has no chrome finish underneath the stock silver paint.

Thanks Green... glad to know that some people do read what's in the first post

BigLizard

We got screwed on the beauty plate.

BigLizard

Not a problem.

CleanCL

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Ruby Red, 2.4 mil (0.06 mm) UPVC film tape with rubber adhesive. Is optically transparent and photographically opaque. Used for many lithographic stripping applications in the graphic arts industry.

3M makes about everything you could possibly need in the way of tapes.

colemab

bet you could find it here if 3m makes it:

http://solutions.3m.com/en_US/Products/

http://products3.3m.com/catalog/us/e...er/output_html

REDROCKET

interested please send contact info to reobrienv6@hotmail.com. acurazine.com-username=REDROCKET thanks rich

cltypeSLOW

if you cant find tape, why not just use green/red LED's for those indicators?

colemab

Why not use this:
http://www.sci-ed-ga.org/modules/mat...materials.html

CleanCL

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the colors will bleed into the other letters.

p.s. they def make colored plastic. i worked with a lot of it for another car in which we wanted to turn the backlit display red without having to solder LEDs. it worked great. the material is used for lighting. you can normally buy small round pieces made for stage lighting. and they also sent me a ton of free sample sheets. just gotta search around.

subtledreamer

Thanks for the suggestions & links to the colored overlays/plastic sheets... I'll look into them and see if it's cost-effective enough for me to purchase (afterall this is a <$20 mod). Keep you guys posted~

And as promised... here's the list of the 12 members whose indicators (& LED) will be shipped out tomorrow~!

BLUE
GreenMachine, 5spd
HockeyMan0920, 5spd
dnd2984, 5spd
mystikk, 5spd
CASHOST, 5spd

WHITE
sojue, 4spd
InspireTL, 5spd
InspireUA5, 5spd
911tl, 4spd

WHITE & BLUE
colemab, 5spd
torez, 5spd

NO LED
JpnSamurai, 5spd

redsly

I don't know if you ever took your shift gate indicator out, but all of the indicators are lite up by one bulb. There is a clear plastic piece that runs the length of all indicators (to include the + & -) that distributes the light from that one bulb to all of the other areas.
In order to use different LED's, one would have to make separate 'chambers' to house each LED and would be a pain in the ass as well as not very cost/time effective...

Therefore some sort of filter would be the best route to go.
Personally, if you didn't want to change the lettering/numbers you may be able to just remove the bottom filter (it's a green filter on the bottom layer) by cutting it off... Haven't done this, just said it may be possible...

colemab

I plan to mod the mod I get. LOL, I plan to take some of the colored plastic I linked to above and make my own color mod. I found the same stuff at a local art store for alot cheaper.

BTW, thanks for the heads up on shipping the items out.

subtledreamer

do let us know how that goes Anthony~!

redsly answered teh question for me, awesome.


The thread (first post) will be updated soon. New prices are effective tomorrow as mentioned earlier.

redsly

Here's a pic of the bottom side of the shift gate indicator. You can see the clear plastic piece that distributes the light to all of the gear indicators.

You can see here that it is crooked on mine, which makes the 'P' dark on one side. I need to take it off and re-glue it on straight.

That green filter that is on there is the one I was saying that you could probably remove for a brighter indicator...

.

BigLizard

just got mine in the mail, will install pronto

subtledreamer

Sweet!

Hope everyone from the 1st batch is receiving their indicators & LED's as well tomorrow or saturday... do let me and others see how it looks installed~!!

redsly

Is the LED a blade type with the resistor built into the blade?
In other words, is the LED a direct plug that fits in where the OEM bulb is or do you have to splice the wires and use an insert?

Just wondering, because I was doing this before and couldn't find the blade type led bulbs in any stores around here...

subtledreamer

resistor built-in... plug and play~

redsly

Nice, did you make them, buy them locally, or did you get it from an internet site? I know of a few that I can get them from (internet), but just curious as to where you got the lot from.

RYANGP

oh wow
i was totally under the impression that the groupbuy was for the chrome shift gate
haha my bad
i'll snag this when i convert my interior lighting to LED though

colemab

I have an 03 CL Type S and if you find a Chrom shift gate I would be interested (please pm me if so). However, that is not the topic of this thread.

I just got my kit in the mail today and I can confirm these are the blade type leds with no need for soldering / wiring resistors.

When I get free time (maybe this weekend but who knows!) I'll install and post pictures. At the moment I am going to install the blue until I get time to cut out the filters for the other colors but I bought a white LED also so when I get that in place I can goto white + filtered colors.

Just FYI

Thanks again for the prompt shipping!