Hmmm......that gives me an idea...I could mount the shift light in the cowl somehow...

Not a humble brag. It's not mine.

Understood. I didn't mean it in a mean way.. I just want to try to avoid the "race car" look at much as possible!

That's fine. The original question was about shift lights. My focus is race cars and making anything in the car as effective and useful for it's purpose as possible. Typically, a shift light (or tach for some old school guys) is a critical piece of hardware in a car where the driver does the shifting. Hitting the shift points accurately is a big deal. Hence, the in your face positioning. When a guy with a full face helmet, strapped in, with maybe a HANS, wheels in the air, paying attention to every thing else going on, says he didn't see it, it needs to be in his face.

A street car, cruiser, weekend car is a different situation. Every owner needs to decide what's best for their situation and needs.

absolutely !
i am thinking about a shift light, not sure of the color, that i could mount on the dash or a pillar [a small, super bright LED mounted flush] of my charger.
i really don't want a big, stand alone light, that is commonly used today.
i have an MSD box that has provisions for chips that could possibly be used to work a shift light at xxxx rpm. could that be connected to a say, 1/4" [or so] diameter LED mounted flush on the a pillar at eye level, to be used as a shift light ?
would that even be a viable idea ?

Mine is the smal LED Pro light and I have it mounted up next to my rear view mirror.

where next to the mirror, and what do you use for a trigger ? [TIA. ]