da vTaK light yo!

[xxsenceo89x]

well after seeing my car on jacks for about a month i got the idea to do sumthing stupid to it. so i took a trip to radio shack to see if they had white lights for my licence plate. i was lookin in the led section and i came across a 12v green led and i was like "hmmm....IDEA!" so i decided to make a vtec light to know when vtec engages.


first i drilled a whole where i wanted to put it.

next, i put the light bulb in and hooked up pos and neg.


i put the black to the negitive on the radio


then i ran the wire to the green/white wire on the harness goin to the ecu.


then i put it all back together and tada!


it cost me $4 and around 10 mins. the part that sucks is that i have no clue if it works or not. this is all "in theory." i have no idea how many volts the vtec wire is. i looked up the wire colorcodes and i just assumed it was 12v. im gunna put a red one next to it for another retarded idea which i havent thought of yet.

comments?

 

[nurevEKcivic00]

i wana see vid of this in action

 

[hondacivvtec]

well after seeing my car on jacks for about a month i got the idea to do sumthing stupid to it. so i took a trip to radio shack to see if they had white lights for my licence plate. i was lookin in the led section and i came across a 12v green led and i was like "hmmm....IDEA!" so i decided to make a vtec light to know when vtec engages.


first i drilled a whole where i wanted to put it.

next, i put the light bulb in and hooked up pos and neg.


i put the black to the negitive on the radio


then i ran the wire to the green/white wire on the harness goin to the ecu.


then i put it all back together and tada!


it cost me $4 and around 10 mins. the part that sucks is that i have no clue if it works or not. this is all "in theory." i have no idea how many volts the vtec wire is. i looked up the wire colorcodes and i just assumed it was 12v. im gunna put a red one next to it for another retarded idea which i havent thought of yet.

comments?

I Installed one of these into my gauge bezel. works good.

 

[stolibears]

i put mine in the console with a blue LED and crafted a label using the ole deskjet printer and some transparency film.

 

[nitebeest]

That's the same light I'm runnin for my vtec light except I'm using red. Yes it works (at least in my car it does). My vtec kicks in at 5500 rpms so it's pretty nice to see it flash on when I hit it.

 

[tunerfreak87]

s**t im gonna do that itll give me something to do. awesome.

 

[wannabe]

i have a built it "shift light" in my ej7, so im thinking of rewiring it to be a vtec light instead. if all i need to do is wire it to the green/white wire, i might do this befor work tomorrow.

 

[EG_CaSe]

yes it works the way u did it, im not sure if thats the right plug for vtec but it will work if it is... i had one in my car for awhile, but not more VTEC so its out of order.. BTW it was kinda useless since my Vtec sounded like i had someone under my hood screaming


Also thanks for reminding me.. i think im going to make mine a shift lite.

 

[1999CivicEX]

Had this in my previous civic was nice to see a light but i knew when vtec hit because I could hear it

 

[Puff0028]

so how do you make a shift light?

 

[xxsenceo89x]

so how do you make a shift light?

good question! maybe wire somthing up to the dizzy or tach??

 

[Steven.]

kinda like this?

on my bros 90 hatch

 

[xxsenceo89x]

kinda like this?

on my bros 90 hatch

id be bouncin off the rev limiter tryin ta take a pic like that.

 

[Steven.]

that needle can go to 7500 lol

 

[madhopz88]

sumtin ive never thought of. i might have to try it.

 

[watisjdm]

umm good idea...mite have 2 do it

 

[Steven.]

easy as hell, radio shack LED(comes with mounting hardware and wires already attached) ground one wire run a splice from the solinoid wire, bam your done

 

[EG_CaSe]

so how do you make a shift light?

Best way is a MSD activation Switch.. its like $$50+ not really worth it but i have one laying around so why not?

i mean there could be another way but i have to think, Which i cant right now

 

[Mistermark]

there is a way to make your own RPM activated swtich
but ur better off buying one

 

[EG_CaSe]

Well if you have a Tach or a shift light you could hook it up to that.. Ive seen people run there Vtec to a tach and once it hits the point u set it at BAM VtECK