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  • Feb. 19, 2010 10:36 a.m. engled Dork

    We wanted to add a shift light to our CSP car but I was to cheap too even buy an el cheapo light from ebay so we decided to make one.

    DIYPNP N76 with added voltage regulator for 99/00 Miata, this is what it looked like before we made this simple change.

    DB15 female two row (NOT a HD15 like used on a monitor) and a few inches of wire ($1.98)

    Hyperblue mad tight LED lights from Autozone yo… ($14.99 for two, you need one)

    Find WLED marked on the board and connect to pin 1 (square solder pad) and find an unused +12v and connect to pin 2 of the DB15

    Solder the black wire (ground) from the LEDs to pin one of the female DB15 and solder black wire with white dashes (+12v) to pin 2

    Put the case together

    When mounted it almost disappears but the lights are very bright.

    Enable PM5/WLED in Megatune or Tunerstudio and set to come on at what ever RPM you want it to come on, to keep it from blinking as it comes on try 50-100 for the hysteresis

  • jwdmotorsports

    Feb. 19, 2010 10:56 a.m. jwdmotorsports HalfDork

    Very nicely done.

  • mad_machine

    Feb. 19, 2010 11:24 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

    very very nice

  • Paul_VR6

    Feb. 19, 2010 3:00 p.m. Paul_VR6 Reader

    I have a similar output hooked to my stock CEL. Good work!

  • Feb. 19, 2010 10:00 p.m. engled Dork

    We were contemplating setting the CEL to come on at a high temp or low voltage. I don't think I have outputs left other than boost control. I need to look back over my notes.

 
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