S4:86-87.5

On the 88 wire diagram i see, its just looped in with the speed sensor/tack

Okay, cool.

I've been thinking of the lenses and it might be pretty cool to use a light bar or elongated LED's if I can't source a proper arrow lens (I sent out a few emails, waiting to hear back). Thoughts?

I'm trying to avoid the standard circular LED's.

i've got nothin for ya, sorry

I am searching us suppliers at the moment but they all have millions of LEDs

Might try these guys http://www.kingbright-europe.de/index_fr.htm

^^ These guys have a Dot matrix you could light in an arrow in any color for that race look..

Got em here is you arrow leds.

http://www.signal-construct.de/index...infolamps.html

Another

http://www.conrad.com/LED-indicator-..._17318_0233517

These guys are in the US and can get Signal-Construct stuff.

http://www.alliedelec.com/

That's the site I pulled the PDF from. I've emailed them, but no response yet.
Thanks. Now to see if they'll accept international orders... It looks like they don't ship to the USA.

He says USA and Canada but it says because of high insurance costs. So maybe he will since you will be ordering such few LEDs. If not get a hold of http://www.alliedelec.com/ they are in the US and seem to be able to get Signal-Construct products.

I may end up going with these to make my life easier:
http://www.kingbrightusa.com/categor...angular&Page=1

I'd prefer
http://www.ledtronics.com/Products/P...ls.aspx?WP=435

but with the minimum orders that makes it harder to deal with.

Or .... OR... just throwing this out here... go to radio shack and get some normal fricking LED's and be done with it..... just a suggestion :rofl:

I don't want regular LEDs for blinkers (too small, etc, etc, etc). For Brights indication and WBO2 indication will do. I'm actually going to hit up Radio Shack tomorrow and see what they have.

Well, I bought some regular old LED's, but I'm not going simple ;)

But this is a handy tool for people deciding to wire up their own LED's

http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz

Remember: Anode (connect +) is the long lead from the LED, while the cathode (connect -) is the short.

I found what I'm going to replace the Innovate push-button and LED with:
http://www.frozencpu.com/images/prod...ain/ele-72.jpg

I'm also toying withe the idea that I will replace the IQ3 dash buttons with these similar type buttons:
http://www.frozencpu.com/images/prod...ain/ele-70.jpg

Thoughts?

(I'll be working on modeling the on the dash shortly)

What's the OD of them?

The OD mounting spec is 16mm, with the bezel it comes to just shy of 18mm

Kinda big to put on the dash, no?

They're a bit bigger than I would like; yes. But they seem to fit without issue on the dash. I'll post up a work in progress which shows the mounting holes:

Whats the space for the one gauge it looks like you've got on the outside?

Here's what the Dash looks like with those buttons. I don't know how to simulate leather wrapping on it, but you get a pretty good idea of what's going on anyways.

Are you talking about the hole on the left side? If so it's the Fuel level gauge.

I really like

Yup, that's the one I'm talking about. What are you using for a gauge?

I'm actually toying with the idea of selling 'em if I can find a company that does both water jetting and sheet metal bending.
I'm planning on using this one:
http://static.summitracing.com/globa...o-301107_w.jpg
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/VDO-301107/?rtype=10

I'd like to get a stainless steel type gauge as I think that would accent the black fabric/leather overlay better, but that's cheap, the right ohm rating, and will probably work just fine.

if that floats your boat. I walked down the gauge asile at summit last friday, and didn't really like that one in person.

There's not a whole lot of fuel level gauges that meet the proper requirements of our senders. In fact my only choice is this one:
http://www.summitracing.com/search/D...l/?Ns=Rank|Asc

Fuck that noise. BELIEVE me as I've been down this rd a few times. Keep the stock sender (which that gauge won't work with) and get one of the programmable Autometer gauges.... TRUST me on this one. Aftermkt senders are such junk.

Found some more fuel level gauges:
http://www.egauges.com/vdo_ind.asp?T...C2&PN=ATM-7114
I really like these gauges, but they don't sell the fuel gauge alone:
http://www.egauges.com/images/Classi..._d/MA01BLF.jpg

Adjustable fuel gauge huh?... I suppose I should to eliminate more head aches down the road.

I'm taking recommendations for fuel level gauge. The unicorn I'm looking for would have a stainless steel bevel with a black or stainless face and work with the stock sending unit (that means adjustable Ohm setting).

I told you, how many different ways can I say it? Pretty sure they have one with the SS bezel as well, if not look at Livorsi Marine

AUTOMETER
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I've checked Autometer, they don't have SS, they have chrome which when looked at next to SS it looks like cheap plastic. I'll check out Livorsi Marine.

For my reference:
(All Autometer fuel level sensors with adjustable Ohm readings)
And the other offerings from summit.

Here's yer damn pics!

See what I mean about the angle that the dash should be at isn't close to the angle of the back of stock dash?

Also see what I mean about the side that you need so as not to see the plastic?

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_foru...1&d=1299561401

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_foru...1&d=1299561401

http://rotarycarclub.com/rotary_foru...1&d=1299561401

Is the angle more out of visual necessity or is it out of physical limitations?

Visual necessity

In that case I'll need to hold off until I get the digi dash delivered to verify the proper angle of viewing.

I'm waiting for Chris to get back to me, but I've verified all dimensions. If you look closely you'll see where I massaged the corners for more accurate fit with the stock dash.

Additional Resources for the IQ3 dash:
http://www.britishspeed.com/forum/sh...3-Dash-install
http://www.myrobtv.com/Home/Lotus_Al...h_Install.html

Finally heard back from the manufacturers of the Arrow Lensed LED's and they are willing to give me a small batch order, I just have to figure out shipping. Which makes the turn signal indicators really easy. Nothing more than drilling a hole and plugging in the LED.

Noice! Was it Signal-Construct directly or Conrads?

Signal-Construct, I think (whatever a .de is... Denmark? Germany?). I have alternates available if they're unable to ship. Also there is a revision in the works to make construction easier so it can be done in a regular shop which means lower price :).