Boost Gauge Light

[Ground Rat]

I feel pretty dumb asking this, but where is a good place to wire in the boost gauge light so it only comes on when my headlights are on?

[Darkwolf]

I just rednecked mine and jammed the wire right into the fuse panel for the dash lights. Even dims like that :).

[Bob Sweet]

I wired the one on my 86 Z when I had it to the original bulb wiring for the factory guage.

[Dave]

I have a traveler system in mine and wired it into there... somehow it worked?

[WVRampage]

Mine had a wire in the console going down to the shifter and I spliced in to that.

[BadAssPerformance]

I just rednecked mine and jammed the wire right into the fuse panel for the dash lights. Even dims like that :).

If you redneck it into a fuse, just remember to put it on the 'fused' side and not the 'hot' side of the fuse :thumb:

[Murphy]

i pulled out the headlight switch and tapped into one of them...use a test light and get the one that dims

[Austrian Dodge]

i wired it into the ash tray light...works ;)

[DeckSetter]

if you've got a multimeter or voltmeter or something, just start checking wires to see if they're switched power.

[Ground Rat]

Thanks for the help guys.

I ended up looking up which wire at the fuse panel is for the dimmer (it's the tan one in my '90 voyager) and I just crammed my boost gauge light wire into the same part of the fuse panel.

The light seems pretty bright though compared to the rest of my gauge lights. Can I use a resistor (what size?) to bring down the voltage?

[Darkwolf]

Is it just a bare bulb? You can buy well I call them bulb condoms that slip over the bulb to change their color to match your dash lights. It also dims them down a bit. I know summit sells them but I can't remember what they are really called. Took me awhile to find them the last time I looked.

[Ground Rat]

Is it just a bare bulb? You can buy well I call them bulb condoms that slip over the bulb to change their color to match your dash lights. It also dims them down a bit. I know summit sells them but I can't remember what they are really called. Took me awhile to find them the last time I looked.

Yeah it's just the bare bulb. I'm very interested in that part you are talking about; I was going to try to find a greenish bulb but it sounds like that part will kill two birds with one stone. :thumb:

[Ground Rat]

Are these what your are thinking of? http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?N=4294925228+4294923437+115+42948642 83

[Darkwolf]

Yeah those are the things

[Ground Rat]

I just picked some similar ones up at autozone for $2.

[85_600]

i wired it into the ash tray light...works ;)

Simliar here, but I spliced into the HOT wire for the light for my defroster. The switch is illuminated when the lights are on, so I thought "Hey, why not". Worked pretty good.

[cordes]

It does not get much easier than splicing into the sterio wiring. No guessing, and it will come on and dim with the headlights.

[85_600]

It does not get much easier than splicing into the sterio wiring. No guessing, and it will come on and dim with the headlights.

Heh, you're thinking faster than me :o That comment reminded me of WHY I spliced into that particular section - dimmer ability :thumb:

[Ground Rat]

Mine dims too. :eyebrows:

[turbo xtc]

mine has a extra bulb holder behind the gauge cluster i just used it it dims with the switch too