Made a hidden LED adjustable rpm shift light (video)

[98 SNAKE EATER]

OK, so the PO of my Runner installed a big cheesy Monster Tach with shift light


I absolutely hate it since it just ruins the clean factory look I've been going for :hmh:


My plan is to get a factory tach from either Tachman or whoever else sells an OEM tach that works like a modern one, but I still want a shift light.


I've learned that a regular tach simply doesn't compare to a light at the drag strip :headbang:


Anyways, I didn't want a light sticking out of the dash and my old trick of hiding a light in a dash vent just wouldn't work for the Runner, so I grabbed a leftover LED light strip from my R/C camera drone and stuck it behind the dash lip in front of the instrument cluster facing the gauges.....


This way, it's completely hidden and no one would be the wiser unless they run their fingers behind the dash lip and the soft glow of the LED's reflecting off of the panel is bright enough to see during the day, but not blinding :icon_thumright:




Here's a quick test video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLTr1Wyk7uM


I'll take some driving footage next time.

 

[HT413]

That's pretty wild. Love the stealthiness of it.

 

[Cornpatch MO]

That is a great idea. I didn't know such a device exsisted.. I would like to do that with the tach I want to use that does not have a rpm light........................................MO

 

[Meep-Meep]

Very cool!

 

[98 SNAKE EATER]

That is a great idea. I didn't know such a device exsisted.. I would like to do that with the tach I want to use that does not have a rpm light........................................MO

The RPM switch also doubles as a digital tach while running (not that I would use it for that as I prefer the sweep of a gauge)