I just got my 2004 RX-8 Grnad Touring. I want to install a shift light, but I have never done this. Can anyone help me find information about installing a shift light?

thanks,
TK

 

Is the beep not enough for you?

 

i like the beep and i hate the little tiny light. and usually im bumpin and cant really hear tha lil beep. does anyone know where i can find the shift speeds for each gear?

 

what little tiny light?

and shift speeds are in the owners manual.

beers

 

theres a little tiny shift light. lights up when the beep beeps.

 

really,

where?

 

when i get my car back from tha shop ill let you know. i only had it for a ferw days b4 it broke down....heater went out

 

well if you really already have a shift light then all you have to do is splice wires from the new into the old and your done

 

and you are worried about a shift light?? i find that a bit odd..

beers

 

i think the light is a shift light, or it might be connected to the beep.

 

ok?

beers

 

CEL from over revving?

 

how about a shift light that says "shift" it's just as lame as a light.

 

Have you got your car back yet?
We want to see the light you're talking about.

 

There is no shift light on an RX-8, sorry to burst your bubble. (my '86 Fiero had one though... kinnda cool feature)

I think you're referring to the Tach needle at night. I've noticed that upwards of 7,500 or 8,000 the blue lighting used to backlight our display "catches" the needle and it can quickly appear as though a light has come on. I know it sounds weird, but try driving and right before you get to 8,000 you might see a quick 'flash' of light...it's the needle reflecting the blue for a split second.

 

i have a Road and Track magazine from when the rx8 was just coming out. it was a supplement that was dedicated to the 8. there is one picture in the magazine i guess maybe from a prototype of the gauges with a shift light in it there. its just next to the fuel gauge. it says shift with an up arrow above it lit in green. i cant help you guys with a pic just yet but ill take one of the mag and try to post it up here.

 

I'm going to go ahead and say what I'm sure everyone is thinking-

WTF ARE YOU DOING DRIVING AN RX-8 IF YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SHIFT WITHOUT AN IDIOT LIGHT???

Sorry mate, but maybe you should trade it in for a cavalier or something a little less complicated to drive ;-)

 

I KNOW HOW TO SHIFT.

i was just curious about shift lights.

IF YOUR SO SMART WHY ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TIME TRYIN TO TALK ****.

 

the standard shift light that your car has on the new one you want to put in..

beers

 

does the post above this make any sense?!!!

 

no one will say "no" for fear of swoope laying the smacketh down with that A-10

 

it does before you edited your first post where you claimed you had a shift light..

to bad you cant edit the quote in my post where you say you have a shift light..

beers

 

hope this helps. its from the road and track magazine i stated above...

 

i dont think it made it to production in any market.. i am sure it never saw the light of day here.

beers

 

i know. ive had that magazine for a while. i think i got it back when the 8's were first coming out so it was probably a prototype model. i just figured i'd post it so everyone didnt get into a brawl