Custom concealed switch panel.

[AL GReeNeRy]

howd you do that? i always wanted my stock lighter to be a push start button and if you take it out you cant start the car..

mwahahhahaha (evil laugh) hmmm i see yall really liked that idea.. but that comes SECOND to my BEST IDEA EVER! turn the oil service light into a progressive shift light.. cant picture it? 5 greens 1 yellow 1 red.  

greeen
1k 2k 3k 4k 5k

yellow
6k

red
7k   SHIFT!!!!

[FL318i]

mwahahhahaha (evil laugh) hmmm i see yall really liked that idea.. but that comes SECOND to my BEST IDEA EVER! turn the oil service light into a progressive shift light.. cant picture it? 5 greens 1 yellow 1 red.  

greeen
1k 2k 3k 4k 5k

yellow
6k

red
7k   SHIFT!!!!

and the winner is.................AL GREENERY..... for the best freking idea most of us wish we would of tought about first, dang i like that !!!

[christophbmw]

mwahahhahaha (evil laugh) hmmm i see yall really liked that idea.. but that comes SECOND to my BEST IDEA EVER! turn the oil service light into a progressive shift light.. cant picture it? 5 greens 1 yellow 1 red.  

greeen
1k 2k 3k 4k 5k

yellow
6k

red
7k   SHIFT!!!!

for me it will be:

green:
1.warning
2.warning
3.warning
4.warning
5.radar "power on"

yellow:
k band radar

red:
x band radar

.....and both red and yellow for KA band radar.

[gearheadE30]

I'm still feelin the shiftlight idea.... Any idea how difficult that would be to find a cheap controller and wire it in? The SI lights on mine don't really do what they're supposed to do anyway, and the instrubents are coming out soon anyway. I might take a look and see what I can do... This project is getting longer and longer. New batteries, chrome trim, red needles, shift lights, OBC conversion (maybe)...

[AL GReeNeRy]

I'm still feelin the shiftlight idea.... Any idea how difficult that would be to find a cheap controller and wire it in? The SI lights on mine don't really do what they're supposed to do anyway, and the instrubents are coming out soon anyway. I might take a look and see what I can do... This project is getting longer and longer. New batteries, chrome trim, red needles, shift lights, OBC conversion (maybe)...

yea this idea is a little harder than the cig lighter idea.  acutally i posted this thread up on e30tech and people HOPPED on the cig lighter/start button idea.  check it out in theyre electronics section under the 'custom electronics' thread or somethin.

but yea my SI crapped out before i even had the car.  i tried reseting it with everything i got and never got it back to green.  although it does flicker from yellow to red from time to time.  thats how i got the idea.  also som black electric tape would work perfect to cover the word 'inspection' when it lights up