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Old 07-27-2007, 04:01 AM
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speedometer vtec color change?

i was looking at vvti videos on youtube and i ran into this. yes, its a corolla but thats besides the point. i really love the color change when it hits vvti. has anyone thought about or done this to our cars? it think its pretty cool. it'd would be a good mod to do and i'd do it to my car if someone figured it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQamT...elated&search=
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Pretty cool if you ask me
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yo that would be sick..some one do it!
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Originally Posted by kyle77777
Pretty cool if you ask me
I second that!
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Originally Posted by fuzzy02CLS

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Ive thought about that many times for the Tach (at least the #s from vtec to redline)
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i think it's pretty cool....
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thats pretty dope
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Anyone have ideas on how this would be done?
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Originally Posted by Slow97CL
Anyone have ideas on how this would be done?
would need to locate an electrical signal that is sent at that moment of vtec. you can tap off that to use the signal to signal the gauge color change. i believe i'm on the right track but i'm no electrical engineer.
Old 07-27-2007, 11:56 AM
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thats pretty tight
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buy a lexus, and you get two color rings that come up under the tack and speedo. the first rings are orange which can be set at any mph or rpm then they will stay on after those parameters are hit. the orange ring turns to a red ring when you hit 100mph and the red ring on the tack comes on right before the rev limiter.

amyways it's pretty neet and props to the guy that made it.
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Neat. Could be kind of hard to do. You would need to solder in LCDs that are multi-color (all in the same unit). As distortedolskool said, there's a wire from the vtec solenoid that you can use to check when its on..
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gotta love the horn on the corrolla
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would you like some soya sauce with that rice?
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id want my car to scream vtakkk when im in vtec
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Originally Posted by distortedolskool
would need to locate an electrical signal that is sent at that moment of vtec. you can tap off that to use the signal to signal the gauge color change. i believe i'm on the right track but i'm no electrical engineer.
You could tap off the tach so when the rpm that vtec engages on our car it could be used as a signal to light up. I Dunno just a thought from my electronics side
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sorry for a double post, but if you google vtec light you'll come up with links suggesting that you would wire it to the solenoid.
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Thats badass!
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or just get one of them rpm switches...
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a more useful mod would be a shift light
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Originally Posted by The Dougler
would you like some soya sauce with that rice?
i don't think its rice. smart as hell if you ask me.
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if you have an auto the light does nothing. if you have a manual the light does nothing unless it changes at the set shift point.

still yes it does look cool.
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I've always thot those were cool and not rice.
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I'd rather see something like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLDxA-z3VbI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXZqxh82z40
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What's the point? Do you really want the gauges to be flashing different colors every time you shift?
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Originally Posted by mrsteve
What's the point? Do you really want the gauges to be flashing different colors every time you shift?
i wouldn't want it everytime i shift either. that would become really annoying. but i drive pretty chill so i don't hit v-tec as often. it would be pretty cool if someone figured it out. i've been thinking about tapping the vtec selenoid?
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Connecting to the ECU for the VTEC input is easy. It's installing different color bulbs/leds and making it look good that would take some serious work.
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Originally Posted by gaping46and2
wow that one is pretty cool, much better than the corolla
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I've contacted Sean who is the owner of that site ledmod.com

He's willing to work on it. I don't mind sending a spare gauge cluster, but he wants an electrical diagram for the gauge. ANyone know where I can find it?

And I just want to see how many people will be interested in something like this? I'm trying to ask him to make a kit. Not just a custom one for me. Thanks.

-soul
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find the video of the volkswagon cluster. its 100x better
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Those would add a nice touch.
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found this one... looks like it was installed in a teg though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI9xQ_bj0ug&NR=1

if anyone finds out how to do this, pm me... ill try it in the tsx
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yeah if the guy at ledmod comes back with something attractive I and not really $$$$$$$$$ I would get one. I really like some of the stuff he has done on his site, they look much better than some of the led gauge mods people on here have done themselves.
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I think it'd be a lot cooler if the dash changed colors when switching to sports shift

default is green and sports mode is red rawrrrr
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Thumbs down

thats about as cool as this bump i have on my junk
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thats pretty sick
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writeups for the vtec light here:
http://www.hazone.com/hvlight.htm

and

http://www./forum/showthread.php?t=216170

and

http://home.earthlink.net/~civicex95/vteclight.html
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Originally Posted by jacksonlan33
I think it'd be a lot cooler if the dash changed colors when switching to sports shift

default is green and sports mode is red rawrrrr
Thats actually kinda got some potential. I mean it would be real easy to put a switch on the sportshift gate. I wouldn't go as far as to do the whole dash but having your gauges go entirely from blue to red would be pretty sick. hmm.....
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