Shift Light / Tach Install

[Fox Slaughter]

Just installed a shift light so I decided to make up a write up for it since I couldn't find any good ones and cut the wrong wire.

http://www.raptorperformance.com/ This is the light I installed.


STEPS:

1. Disconnect Negative Battery Terminal
2. Remove Passenger kick panel. Held in by 4 Philips screws on the bottom.
3. Remove pannel under steering wheel. Held in by 2 philips screws and 2 7mm bolts.
4. Remove pannel around stereo. Held in by 2 7mm bolts on drivers side, 3 7mm bolts on passenger side (have to open glove box)
5. Remove Radio. Held in by 2 7mm bolts on driver side, 10mm nut on passenger side.
6. I used the radio power and ground to wire my shift light, its easy, know it works, and is fused. So splice the ground on the shiftlight or tach to the black on the radio, and the red one is ignition power, yellow is hot all the time.
7. Green wire goes to the passenger side kick panel where you will see a blue connector. The white wire is the wire you are looking for. Tap into that wire.
8. I ran my wire through the panel below the glove box to the passenger kick pannel, behind the stereo, then out where the steering wheel panel is and mounted it on top of the steering column.

Obviously now just replace the panels. Pretty darn simple. You could even splice under the hood where the white wire is coming out of the PCM. I opted to just do it down in the Passenger kick panel.

IMG_0392.JPG This is the wiring to the stereo. As you can see the red power wire is hooked to the ignition red stereo wire (Hot only when the key is on)
IMG_0393.JPG This is the wires in the passenger kick panel. You are looking for the white wire coming out of the blue connector.
IMG_0394.JPG Two 7mm bolts holding the radio in on Drivers Side.
IMG_0395.JPG One 10mm bolt holding radio in on Passenger Side.
IMG_0399.JPG Here is the shift light on the steering column doing a LED test.

[blacklt1firebird]

Thanks for the right up! I'd like to mount one of these inside the vent on my dash in my formula

[Fox Slaughter]

Go for it. Its easy and that shift light was a little over 100 bucks. It does to 18900 rpms (have to read the settings). I have mine currently set to 5200. I had it 5800 and hit the 5850 stock limiter haha. I haven't changed it yet, besides I have no traction in 1st at WOT.

I did the write up because on another forum said the green wire, which on my car was splice already (must of been from Ryan haha) and that wasn't the wire I wanted. So it didn't work. Found out from Shbox its the white wire.

[blacklt1firebird]

alright thanks for takin the time to right it up!

[kyleozzie]

man if i still had my stick i would entertain the idea of putting one in.. who knows maybe ill do it just for the heck of it! thanks for the write up!

[meissen]

Thanks for taking the time to do the write up and sharing it with us!

[Nocooler]

after installing my shift lite - I realized how lazy my stock tach really was......it just can't keep up.

[1999Black_Z28]

after installing my shift lite - I realized how lazy my stock tach really was......it just can't keep up.

Agreed!!! You told me this awhile back but I didn't know how bad it was until I installed one in my car. A shiftlight is a must have in manual trans.

[Fox Slaughter]

Yupp I have my set to 5200 right now and when the light comes on the in dash tach says about ~5400.

[Lucky SOB]

I love my shift light, it's mounted in the vent in the A-pillar and comes on at 6,000 rpm. Definitely nice at the track so you don't short shift or tag the limiter