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robbz28 · 11-12-2012

The tach in my car is a little sluggish, I'm sure a trip to the repair shop or possibly a new filter might fix this issue, and I'm sure I will get to that eventually. I have also seen the cool shift light mod, hiding the tiny light behind the a/c vent and have almost pulled the trigger on that, until I was watching a rerun Top Gear the other day. They were testing out the Lexus LFA and talked about the electronic digital display and how they had to use an electronic LCD tach because an analog one wouldn't keep up with the revs. Now I know a good aftermarket AutoMeter would probably do just fine, but I would love to see an aftermarket Digital LCD screen tach that has a "needle" that sweeps like an analog tach and not that silly little 4 digit screen that most of them have. I have seen only a couple and they were for sport bikes, but this could be a huge deal. I see the gauge being just a "screen" that would be flat, thus depth not being an issue for mounting, with multiple layouts offered as far as getting your info, if you wanted to have a needle, press a button, if you want the digital readout, another button, both....whatever. You could have the screen blink on and off, or strobe whatever color for a shift indicator. You guys picking up what I'm putting down? Seen anything like this, know of anyone cooking something up? I know that more and more cars are moving to this type of electronic readout for gauges, and just wondering how long before the aftermarket companies have their own thing ready.

11-12-2012	#1
robbz28 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Louisiana Posts: 74	Digital LCD Tach The tach in my car is a little sluggish, I'm sure a trip to the repair shop or possibly a new filter might fix this issue, and I'm sure I will get to that eventually. I have also seen the cool shift light mod, hiding the tiny light behind the a/c vent and have almost pulled the trigger on that, until I was watching a rerun Top Gear the other day. They were testing out the Lexus LFA and talked about the electronic digital display and how they had to use an electronic LCD tach because an analog one wouldn't keep up with the revs. Now I know a good aftermarket AutoMeter would probably do just fine, but I would love to see an aftermarket Digital LCD screen tach that has a "needle" that sweeps like an analog tach and not that silly little 4 digit screen that most of them have. I have seen only a couple and they were for sport bikes, but this could be a huge deal. I see the gauge being just a "screen" that would be flat, thus depth not being an issue for mounting, with multiple layouts offered as far as getting your info, if you wanted to have a needle, press a button, if you want the digital readout, another button, both....whatever. You could have the screen blink on and off, or strobe whatever color for a shift indicator. You guys picking up what I'm putting down? Seen anything like this, know of anyone cooking something up? I know that more and more cars are moving to this type of electronic readout for gauges, and just wondering how long before the aftermarket companies have their own thing ready.