Can you change the color of the passenger Setbelt icon n picture?

[FrostsCelicaGTS]

I see that there is a little Led bubl in there that is red is it able to be replaced with another color? Also am I able to change the picture instead of having a picture of a guy in a selt belt i was wonder if you could do something like Caution Turbo or another Kind of picture I saw someone do it on here they had pictures. Can anyone provide some info ?

[Darius Rucker]

You're probably thinking about that guy vatik. He turned the seatbelt guy into a VVTL-I engagement icon. Pretty fresh if you ask me! Maybe you can ask him how he went about doing it?

[Mayhem2k]

link?

[vatik]

im not on that computer right at this second, but ill upload a pic when i can get to it.

[robare99]

Hey did you get the whole headlight thing figured out?

[vatik]

Here are the pics, but they were taken with a camera phone instead of my good camera. If you are more interested, i can go take some better ones for you.
http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/uploads/5020/vvtli_logo.jpg
http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/uploads/5020/vvtli_logo3.jpg

As far as the headlights go, they are pretty much done. I will have them to my group buy people here in 5-6 weeks, im just waiting on payments. I am avoiding making post about it in this forum until they are sent out. I want to become a sponsor and have a bunch ready to go before I reveal any final details.

[Mayhem2k]

thats pretty cool does it only work when the passanger doesnt have on thier seatbelt? :)

[vatik]

for now. i never got around to finishing that project up completly. i got side tracked by more important things.

mallory makes an rpm trigger, that im almost sure would work. basically just hook it up to a 12volt led, and make it turn on when you hit 6300 rpm. place a little black tape over the old seatbelt led, and there you go.

http://static.summitracing.com/global/images/prod/norm/sum-830449_m.jpg

the cost of the trigger is about $45. i assume it is relatively straight forward.

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=2880

[Tater]

^^^Steven, save the $45 and power the light with the OCV voltage. :thumbup:

[vatik]

Thanks Eric, does that voltage change with rpm? I don't quite understand how this would work, please explain.

[Mayhem2k]

if you can figure out a way to make it work im might consider doing it :)

[Tater]

Originally posted by vatik
Thanks Eric, does that voltage change with rpm? I don't quite understand how this would work, please explain.
Steven,
The voltage to the OCV off of lift will be 1v which will likely illuminate the LED so dimly that it is in effect visually off. When the ECU kicks lift in the OCV actuation voltage spikes to 9v and remains there until the engine falls off of lift. This voltage is more than sufficient to illuminate an LED with an appropriate voltage correction resistor in series to the LED. The easiest place to tap the OCV wires is on the harness near to the OCV plug on the driver

[vatik]

Wow, thats great info, thanks! Il'll try that.

[jway83]

vatik, where did you get the vvtl-i thing to put in place of the seatbelt guy?

[vatik]

I made it with an inkjet printer and a piece of transparency film. The black ink still allowed light to come through, so I went back over it with a black paint marker. Its also a good idea to put a piece of wax paper behind the icon to difuse the light.