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Sep 22, 2014 | 07:40 PM

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what shift light does everyone run?

I was looking at a few different ones, requirements are must be small, bright, and multiple settings. the raptor performance shift light looks like a solid piece, I was also looking at the msd 8963 and the 89631. What have you guys used? Looking to mount it in my vent duct of my 01 trans am.

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Sep 22, 2014 | 10:37 PM

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I run the raptor one in my A/C vent.

Sep 23, 2014 | 08:35 AM

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I run the raptor one in my A/C vent.

Does it have different settings like setting by gear?

Sep 23, 2014 | 10:27 AM

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Harlan shift light here. Placed mine in the little vent thing right under the A-Pillar. Set it to whatever RPM you want it to light up and the proceed to bang through the gears.

Sep 23, 2014 | 10:38 AM

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I personally like the Harlan shift light and the last couple I purchased were purchased through tunedbyfrost.com, here is the direct link to it off their website.

http://www.tunedbyfrost.com/products_he01.htm

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Sep 23, 2014 | 10:40 AM

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Yep, that's who I got mine through. Easy to install as well.

Sep 23, 2014 | 11:24 AM

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Autometer here, just wire it into tach wire for dash and change the pills over to suit.

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Sep 23, 2014 | 02:17 PM

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Harlan in the driver center a/c vent. Been in and problem free since 2003.

Sep 24, 2014 | 06:45 AM

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I use Autometer's Digital Pro Shift System Shift Light, Level 3.

Sep 24, 2014 | 08:56 PM

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Raptor in vent above head unit...

in the pic one of the louvers is in the way , its where I was holding my phone to take this picture - when driving it I can see it well , plus the pic was taken key on which just makes the leds cycle one at a time vs all lighting at once when setpoint rpm is reached , so that's just one led of the 10 or so that light up for a shift command.

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Sep 24, 2014 | 09:20 PM

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Raptor in the defrost vent. Not a single issue with it

Sep 26, 2014 | 03:14 PM

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one question about the raptor, does is prelight up before full brightness at shift point? or does it just come on right away and thats it?

Sep 26, 2014 | 04:51 PM

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All the ones I've seen, and the one I have, lights up for a few seconds when you start the car, but will only come on again once the desire RPM is met.

Sep 27, 2014 | 10:13 AM

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The Autometer can flash a different color to let you know the shift point is coming up. Never used it, but says it does it.

Oct 1, 2014 | 08:29 PM

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Picked up the raptor 4 wire light. Where do you pick up the VSS signal from? (Vehicle speed sensor?) Trying to tap off the ecu harness.

Oct 1, 2014 | 09:15 PM

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http://www.raptorperformance.com/pag...stall-firebird

Here is mine.

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Bringing this thread back up......

It appears that the Raptor light is about $50 more than the Harlan. Is the Harlan difficult to program the desired RPM for shift? The Raptor looks more straight forward, but I'm not sure it would be a $50 difference. Is there something else I'm missing that would be a reason for the price difference in the two?