I am looking into one of these for my CL. The question is, how and where would I be able to mount this thing inside the cockpit. I've really liked these "shift-light" type tachometers since I first saw them some time ago. I liked the idea of the LED light too, but I'm more into the Autometer product. Anyways, back to my question, do these things come with mounting brackets? Or can I just attach it to the dashboard with 3M two-way tape? Any help would be welcome. (In how/where to install the damn thing) And if you think that this is "rice," just shut the fuck up with your comments. My CL is a classy car and it always will be. Thank You.


One Love

 

most of them are screw in brackets so you have to drill you dash, 3m tape would come loose in a crash, then you would have a tackflying at your head(ouch). one thing you could do is just mount a shift light in the gauge cluster or on the A pillar.

 

yeah same here I thought about getting a tach and stuff but I think a shift light with the pills would be better . I'm guessing its all about taste and shit theres also the ones that change colors those look pretty cool . But as far as me i think im getting just the shift lite so that i dont f$#@ my engine up !

 

Hey, whatever gets you going. My opinion was not asked and not valued, but there its below anyway:

Shift light on an automatic car = :shakehd:

 

IMO, it is not rice, but it is pointless. You have a tach and you have an automatic so you don't need a shift light.

 

Not necessarily true -- now, I would never do this BUT when I am racing and I go from 1 - 2 - D3 a shift light would be very helpful. I would not go overkill with a huge ass tach though....

AdamR

 

but i think the central issue is this. while racing in SS i sometimes forget to shift because 2nd feels so good at about 7000 rpms!! car starts to jerk and you lose the race. I think, if the tack was located on the other side of the guage (where the gas and temp guages are) and if the guages were positioned a little higher, i dont think I would have problems hitting the rev limiter!!

sidemarker

 

I think Pull T has one of these on his car, check his sig for a link and video.

 

I know the feeling, I often bang my rev limiter while racing in SS.

 

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of anyone putting inside their CL and I'll say so because it's my opinion. You might not want to hear it but I'm still gonna say that's a stupid mod.

 

You don't drive a 3500 pounds car for racing, you drive it for cursing around.
:wackit: Look, he needs a shift light, too.

 

Are you serious ?

 

Thanks for the input guys. Some of you guys need to take into mind the "seriousness" of some of the posts on this forum. For fuck's sake, I only brought this whole tachometer thing because I actually LIKE the idea. Did you motherfuckers ever consider that?! I'm not going to do things to my car just to impress some of you fuckers whom I will never meet, living here in Utah and all.

I thought that this would be a great idea because you can set the tachometer at a certain RPM, the RPM which will be most beneficial to shift at. I heard from you guys that shifting on the CL is kind of shady because of the time delay. So if I set the meter at a specific RPM, I could avoid that horrendous delay. You dig?

You don't race a 3500 lb. car, but why is there a fucking "Racing Stories" section dedicated to the CL on this forum? Are you saying that half of the CL owners on this site are idiots because they race their CL's?

Shift light on an automatic car? Our car is an automanual remember? So indeed, we will need to shift. Idiot.

Peace

 

He's right some people on this board do need to take some shit around here serious and grow up a bit and answer the damn question ...instead of smartass remarks !

 

Actually in my opinion (if it was a sports car) it would have a huge tach stock. and a tiny speedo... and the tach would be in the center. As speed is not nearly as important as shifting.

but... I also have to agree putting a tach in a semi luxery car is kinda cheezy man. But go nutz! I hope it help. I dunno why you just didnt go and do it....

LOL oh ya, it may have a manual shift. But it's no faster using D5... according to all of the 1/4 mile runs I've been hearing on here.

And don't forget to make the light a bit premature to make up for the tranny delay! take some pics when your done.

 

I would like to thank God and Siggy for the positive thinking...yeah, Siggy, I think I mentioned that in my post, er, setting the shift light to blink prematurely and all.

Putting a tachometer in my CL is cheesy? What is your opinion on putting 20's on a CL then? That is pretty fucking cheesy too (You trying to front as a Euro car?). Yet, some of you guys on here jack off thinking about it, and hopelessly photoshopping it onto your cars. Okay, the CL is not a "real" sports car. I accept that. So if it is a "cruiser," then some bling-blingin' 20's would make it even a slower cruiser.

In my opinion, putting a tachometer in my CL is more logical and it would get more respect than putting dubs on it. The tachometer shows that I am more serious about the performance of my car. Dubs make a underpowered car even slower and it gives people the false image that you are some baller-ass gangster or something. Plus, the ride must be horrible!!!

Peace

 

Lol, thanks (i think)

good luck with the light! I hope it helps.

cool, someone else here who isnt a ricer!!!

ya, i think dubs on a CLS are stupid too. Some of the 18's and 19's ive seen from pics on here are nice though. But once again stock is fine with me.

fu#&*ing honda means mod's that are all SHOW and NO GO for the most part. (or thats what most do anyway) and really expensive for the little HP gain.

Most of my friends back in chicago have some real hot rods. May they be fast and straight only there DAMB fast! some 9 second cars. and a 10 second jeepy! lol, I just dont get the honda racer peeps. They hang out just down the street from my apt. every weekend. granted some of the cars do look sweet. they make more noise than anything else. Screw HP rate hondas in Decibals!

bawawawawawawwawawawwa (my honda exhaust simulation)

 

I'm not flaming but I wanna straight something out.
1. Who said you get the same time in D5 for quarter mile runs? So far, I heard SS and 1>2>3 get you the best times. I didn't just hear, I've been to the track more than once.
2. If you race someone, put in it in D5 and floor it. You can wait a decent amount of time before the tranny finds the right gear so you can start pulling.
3. I'm sure everyone, who uses SS, has experienced fuel cut-off at least one in 2nd.

Anyway, at first I thought a shift light in the CL is weird, but hitting fuel cut-off (because of the sweet sound of VTEC) in 2nd several changed my mind. Even though I am not installing one in my CL, but I wont make fun of anyone who puts one in.

The big tach is a different story though

 

have a look at the topic...

"no flames please"

give the guy a break...

 

Sorry, but if you were serious about the performance of your car you wouldn't drive an automatic. At the very least you wouldn't put a huge tach on an automatic non-sports car.

You talk shit about people who like nice rims and then try to pass off the ricing of your CL as "performance", and you expect no response? Reality check.

 

cool...

So what were the time differences between the two?

The posts I read said they had little to no difference between SS and D5. On multiple passes

And your #2 just isnt correct, since most people brake torque the car anyway when they race. The tranny most definetly is in 1st, and isn't hunting for a gear from a stop. Unless your talking about from a roll or racing above 20 mph. Than ya, D5 sucks.

 

The number 2 regards racing while rolling to stress the difference between SS and D5.

I dont have the difference times between SS and D5 in the back of my head, have to search the forum and look at my slips but it makes a diff, not much but at the track, every tenth of a second counted.

Peace

 

I am putting down this quote as the pentultimate definition of "rice".

Yeah, I have a shift light, but it is not a huge 5" tach siting on the dashboard. It is a small bank of LEDs sitting on the dash that reflects the light onto the windshield (HUD, if you will). Very stealthy, as I am not at all interested in having a huge attention grabbing tach and 1,000,000 candlepower flash in my face.

Link is in sig. This light will work on the Acura, btw...you just need to get the same RPM control module you'd get to install any other shiftlight/tach.

 

Pull T also has a Mustang Cobra, not a family car. :P

 

By definition, you stupid fuck, the CL is not a sports car, but to me, it is MY sports car. Who gives a fuck what you think. Yeah, "If Iwanted a real sports car, I wouldn't have gotten an automatic." If you do not yet know, the CL did not come out with a manual tranny prior to 2003, and I bought the fucking car last year moron. I got a great deal on the car ($13,500), plus I always wanted a CL prior to the purchase.

I still think 20's on the CL is foolish, whether or not you consider them "nice" or not. A tachometer is more logical than 20 inch rims. So many people out there already consider our car as slow, that would just make it worse.

Next time, just answer the fucking question, don't drop in your little 2 cents about whether it is cool or not 'cuz JRock said so. I joined this forum 'cuz I wanted to learn more about my car, and I knew that there would a lot of knowledgeable people in here who could help me out with these kind of things.

I already knew that there were some ignorant people in here who continually bitch about "rice this" and "rice that." That's why I said no flames please. I seriously asked you to not talk shit but yet you did, you thick-skulled pussy. I can't believe that you would waste the fucking time and brain cells just to post a reply dissing me and my ideas. I think you enjoy talking shit. I'm sorry that I fell out of your grace for wanting to put a tachometer in my car. Now I can't be your friend and I'll never be able to impress you ever again. Fucker.



Peace to those who keep it real

 

Mugen_Power.
Autometer sells Pillar Gauge Pods.. this what you may be looking for.

As the CLS has a SS... Pillar Gauge Pod wiht a Big Techometer and a Shift Light is NOT ricey!

It would be cool!

 

What the fuck are you talking about Siggy?! There are plenty of modified Honda's out there that are not "rice" that could hand the CL-S its ass. I think that a lot of the opinions you guys harbor about Honda tuners are spawned from not being around the culture too much. You guys probably run into Honda Civic DX's with Type R stickers, 5 inch exhausts, and aluminum drag spoilers all the time. These are not the REAL representation of of fast and classy Honda's. These fuckers, which you term "rice," just spoil the fucking image of the import scene. It's just like saying, "All white people are racist nigger-hating bastards because of the Klu Klux Klan and other white supremacy groups." That is illogical thinking and false representation of a whole. There are a lot of cars out there that are done right, they are outright fast and classy. Once you see some of these cars which I have mentioned, you will retract every thought you ever had about imports.

Not all imports are rice. Just check out some of the cars in import mags like SCC, Turbo, etc. Those cars are the least bit rice and they would eat the CL-S alive.


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Okay you super secret underground hardcore player that "dreams of Civics", I'll have to watch my back with hardcore toughguys like you around.

My God, I don't think I've ever seen a more pathetic ricer in my life. You get all defensive because you want to rice your car out, which is your prerogative but yet you want to insist it's not rice. Look fool, no one would have a problem with your ricer mods if you didn't try to play them off as something "cool" or normal for a CL-P of all cars. At least people with some nice rims on their car make their car look nice. You on the other hand want to stick a giant tach made for cars with performance potential in a fucking family car. Do what you want with your car but if you're going to do dumb shit while claiming it's not dumb, you're gonna hear from posters who don't like people trying to play off idiocy as being cool.

Stop wearing so much poser jewelry and gold plated junk with your baggy clothes and silly poser attitude and grammar. You're not hardcore, you're almost definitely not black, and you're not "underground" or a "player". Grow up, wake up, and shut the fuck up.

Oh yeah and word up, shoutz out, and peace to your hard azn whiteboy brothazzz with da phat ridez and da loud pipez and da big gauges. We be chillin n clubbin in da city yo. Yo yo, YO! ! Mugen Power! Keepin' it reeeeeal... real dumb.

 

This is what is known as a "red herring", of course 20" rims on your little CL-P would be ghey and thankfully you don't have them, but that does nothing to reduce the gheyness of statements like "The tachometer shows that I am more serious about the performance of my car. "

"Shows"...exactly...that's rice, to show performance when you have none, or showing more performance than you have.

I pretty much came to my own conclusion that a 5" tach and shiftlight on a CL-P is rice.

 

closed. :shakehd:

oh well..