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Black-Out · 07-09-2012, 01:43 PM

I REALLY need to get a shift light! But I don't want to stick in the a pillar, or the vent, let alone in/on the dash.

So I was thinking stuffing it in beside the HUD (pointing up), or in the bulge in the hood.
Anyone else try either of those?

Sir Nuke · 07-09-2012, 03:41 PM

regardless of the type you get, or its actual mounting.....what you want to do is to mount it so that the light is in your peripheral vision, so as you are racing and looking straight ahead, your view is not blocked, but you can still see when the light comes on.

Black-Out · 07-09-2012, 03:58 PM

Right... Thats why I was thinking HUD. You've already got the tach etc In your view. Just add a bright light saying "shift stupid!!!".

HaubSS · 07-09-2012, 07:50 PM

Never really thought about it, but it's a great idea. And I think it would be fairly simple to install.

Black-Out · 07-09-2012, 08:18 PM

Should be. I've only had the car about 7 weeks now, so I haven't really torn into it that much. Anyone else pulled apart the HUD? Got pics?

What really got me going was on Sunday I ran some dude in a Mustang GT (ummmm, at a sanctioned event at a closed course! Yeah... that's it....) and hit the limiter at the top of 1st gear. Rather embarrassing normally to have your engine shut down between gears.... but luckily for me I was so far ahead of him he probably couldn't hear it.

07-09-2012, 01:43 PM	#1
Black-Out Drives: himself insane Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Delta, BC, Canada Posts: 192 View My Garage	Shift light position I REALLY need to get a shift light! But I don't want to stick in the a pillar, or the vent, let alone in/on the dash. So I was thinking stuffing it in beside the HUD (pointing up), or in the bulge in the hood. Anyone else try either of those? __________________ {sold} -- 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS - Black on Black. Kooks catted LT's, CAI, Accell 9070c ceramic wires, Barton shifter, custom catback w/Dynomax VT's, quad tips, Pfadt springs/sway bars/trailing arms, Diablosport tuner {Lew tune}, 3.91 gear's, Energy cradle bushings.

07-09-2012, 03:41 PM	#2
Sir Nuke Master of All Things Drives: '20 Corvette Stingray Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southeast of Houston, Texas Posts: 22,330 View My Garage	regardless of the type you get, or its actual mounting.....what you want to do is to mount it so that the light is in your peripheral vision, so as you are racing and looking straight ahead, your view is not blocked, but you can still see when the light comes on. __________________

07-09-2012, 03:58 PM	#3
Black-Out Drives: himself insane Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Delta, BC, Canada Posts: 192 View My Garage	Right... Thats why I was thinking HUD. You've already got the tach etc In your view. Just add a bright light saying "shift stupid!!!". __________________ {sold} -- 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS - Black on Black. Kooks catted LT's, CAI, Accell 9070c ceramic wires, Barton shifter, custom catback w/Dynomax VT's, quad tips, Pfadt springs/sway bars/trailing arms, Diablosport tuner {Lew tune}, 3.91 gear's, Energy cradle bushings.

07-09-2012, 07:50 PM	#4
HaubSS Drives: '11 IBM 2SS/RS LS3/M6 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lemoore, CA Posts: 469 View My Garage	Never really thought about it, but it's a great idea. And I think it would be fairly simple to install. __________________ 2011 IBM 2SS/RS - LS3/M6 - Grey Interior Full bolt-ons + TSP 229/236, 112 LSA Tuned by STARKWEATHER PERFORMANCE BMR Stage 3 suspension MRR 288 - 20x10(+35), 20x11(+43)

07-09-2012, 08:18 PM	#5
Black-Out Drives: himself insane Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Delta, BC, Canada Posts: 192 View My Garage	Should be. I've only had the car about 7 weeks now, so I haven't really torn into it that much. Anyone else pulled apart the HUD? Got pics? What really got me going was on Sunday I ran some dude in a Mustang GT (ummmm, at a sanctioned event at a closed course! Yeah... that's it....) and hit the limiter at the top of 1st gear. Rather embarrassing normally to have your engine shut down between gears.... but luckily for me I was so far ahead of him he probably couldn't hear it.