SI Shift Lights - by E30 Innovative Goods

[E30 Innovative Goods]

Thank you for your feedback.
You kind of ruined the cookie surprise for the rest :) but never mind that...

Can you first tell us what you meant by this:
"With my setup I had do do the operating temperature thresholds first, then the warm-up thresholds."

The cold and hot thresholds settings are not dependent on each other, so the order should not actually be of any importance.

Regarding the not working as expected...
please keep in mind that when you turn the temp trimmer all the way to min temp - this means the thresholds are being set for way below freezing cold-engine temperatures.

So if you start the engine at outside air temp of approx. 65°F (20°C) it means you begin somewhere in the "middle" of the cold-hot curve. This means the first LED will come on at higher revs than you set for "cold engine" operation.

If you do not expect your engine to go to as low temps as that, you can always set the temperature for cold engine thresholds a little higher on the temp gauge - for example just enough for the dial to move a little.

Please tell us if this helped.

[MoreMayhem]

I've never been good at keeping secrets!

I was thinking exactly what you said: the temp trimmer was turned all the way down when the settings were made, and I'll try it again with the setting adjusts so the needle in the gauge is just in the blue area.

Disregard my comment about the order in which the settings were made, I see now that it doesn't matter.

[E30 Innovative Goods]

Anyone else tryied the shiftlights and love to drive with them so much you don't have time to post a comment ;D ?

MoreMayhem, any more news? Did you have time to try the setup again?

[Dirty325ix]

Whats the price
If i can afford it I'm in...anything about the wiper control

[Drew325is]

Stoked mine arrived yesterday...just not sure when I'll find the time to install them...hopefully this weekend!

[MoreMayhem]

I had some time last night to dig in and go through the calibration process again, but didn't have any time to take a test drive.

Today I did drive it and have this to say about the product:
It is really awesome and fun. It's a novelty that is also very useful. I'm very happy with it and am excited for the next product Joe comes up with.

If I had to come up with a complaint it would be that calibration is a bit tedious, and making any changes requires a lot of work. But if you are patient you will be happy with the results. For the price I think it is a terrific value. The ability to make adjustments after installation would be great, but I don't see how that could be done without doubling (at least) the cost.

I didn't install a day/night switch & I haven't adjusted the brightness from how it was at delivery. The brightness didn't bother me at all at night, but it is bright! During the day it seemed like an ideal brightness. It will get your attention when all the lights flash!

Thank you To Joe and the E30 IG team for a fantastic product for our old cars!

[E30 Innovative Goods]

Whats the price
If i can afford it I'm in...anything about the wiper control

The price for shiftlights is $150 including shipping, but the first two batches are already full. Please follow the thread to be informed.

Wiper control boards are in test phase. They should be available soon.
What they do:
- interval time is programmable with wiper stalk
- wash function enhanced with auto one sweep after 3 seconds to wipe remaining liquid
- slow and fast mode stays the same as original

[E30 Innovative Goods]

I had some time last night to dig in and go through the calibration process again, but didn't have any time to take a test drive.

Today I did drive it and have this to say about the product:
It is really awesome and fun. It's a novelty that is also very useful. I'm very happy with it and am excited for the next product Joe comes up with.

If I had to come up with a complaint it would be that calibration is a bit tedious, and making any changes requires a lot of work. But if you are patient you will be happy with the results. For the price I think it is a terrific value. The ability to make adjustments after installation would be great, but I don't see how that could be done without doubling (at least) the cost.

I didn't install a day/night switch & I haven't adjusted the brightness from how it was at delivery. The brightness didn't bother me at all at night, but it is bright! During the day it seemed like an ideal brightness. It will get your attention when all the lights flash!

Thank you To Joe and the E30 IG team for a fantastic product for our old cars!

We are glad you like the product and that it works as expected. We did extensive testing so we are not expecting any issues.

You are right, adjustments after installation would mean a few more cables hanging out of the cluster and a new board-box which would have to be attached somewhere in the car. We want to make stuff that enhances the car, but keeps the actual changes to minimal!

Thank you for the comment. This kind of comments keep us pushing to find new ways to enhance the E30.

[Mesarina]

I got mine yesterday, hopefully next week is going to be working on my car, Joe is a nice person to make buisness with.

[E30 Innovative Goods]

I got mine yesterday, hopefully next week is going to be working on my car, Joe is a nice person to make business with.

Thanks, so are you.

[E30 Innovative Goods]

Hi guys,

for everyone to see, we posted a new video on YT showing the E30IG Shiftlights in real action - Pro drift driver driving an E30 with our E30IG Shiftlights.
;D;D
Enjoy!

[aitch]

Hi guys,

for everyone to see, we posted a new video on YT showing the E30IG Shiftlights in real action - Pro drift driver driving an E30 with our E30IG Shiftlights.
;D;D
Enjoy!

Looking good . . . .

Looking forward to the second batch been released.

Any update on how far away this is?

[E30 Innovative Goods]

2nd BATCH info:

Since no bad comments were posted, we started work on the 2nd batch. Most of the work is complete. We still need to program the uC and test every set to ensure perfect kits are sent to you.

If everything goes as expected, we will send the invoices for the 2nd batch in the first days of the next week.

[Mesarina]

Finally got time to install mine, here is my review

started by removing the cluster



this is what I got



however I ran into a problem, my car already had a remanufactured SI board, the batteries sit on another board, so it hits the lights and adapter, lucky for me, we had a brand new SI board in the shop, so I just swapped it.









here is the SI Board compare





Now starting with the new SI Board, everything went as expected

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calibration took a little more time that it should, I think the screws are too sensitive, maybe if it can have less range to make adjustment more precise



here is a small vid on the work bench, those led's are really bright



this is a small video reving it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH1NPTOhT_Q

and another video from 2nd to 4th gear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XclgZoWcd0

Finally, I must say you get more than what you pay for, the product is really nice, being able to make adjustments is a plus because of all the different setups on e30s that everyone has, I can't wait to see more cool products for the e30 from innovative guys, keep it up.

[E30 Innovative Goods]

Thank you very much for the review.
Always nice to hear from a happy customer.

Regarding your issues...
Yes, re-manufactured boards are always a pain to work with and one can't really predict all the possibilities.
The adjustment can take a little more time, but is well worth it as you said. We will definitely look into this if more buyers think this is a real issue and correct it in the next batches.