Interior/Exterior NEON Lights
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NEON Lights
Sooo, I have been thinking about installing a GE kit on my cooper S. If any of your are fimmillar with the 2fast 2 furious movie, you may remember the Evo with the neos the showed through the front grill.
I would like to do the same thing, but with a dark blue neon, I have looked at LEDs but for a custom strip it can be expencive, in the upwards of $150. Do any of you have a kit? If so can I see it in a picture, and can you tell me about how you rigged it.
Also any comments on this idea would be apreciated.
I would like to do the same thing, but with a dark blue neon, I have looked at LEDs but for a custom strip it can be expencive, in the upwards of $150. Do any of you have a kit? If so can I see it in a picture, and can you tell me about how you rigged it.
Also any comments on this idea would be apreciated.
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I have one sitting around that I never installed.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...highlight=neon
Color is white though.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...highlight=neon
Color is white though.
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yah, probably is. put a toggle in series then.
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You throw something out on an open forum, your going to get both sides of the issue. Thats life. He wants neon:impatient thats his choice but dont expect everyone to just go ... "sweet":impatient
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vitamin deprived and he's not even a MINI owner. He's RAV4 owner.
Rav4 = pure hottness!!! jk jk chows.
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Dude ..... YOU have no idea how good neon lights look under a jacked up RAV4 ... with a catback.
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I'd go LED over neon personally - neon is VERY fragile and draws a lot of current, whereas LED lighting is very, very tough and draws almost nothing, power-wise.
Oznium.com is about the best place I've seen on the web for underbody kits - they have an active installation forum for help and the owner, Phil, is a great guy with a 100% satisfaction guarantee warranty.
I'm planning on adding LEDs under my car in the spring - I know some people don't like them, but I figure that they're 100% invisible when not switched on and unless THEY want to make my car payment then the only opinion that matters about whether or not it looks good is MINE.
Here's a link to Oznium's single-color LED kit, with controller:
http://www.oznium.com/single-color-underbody
Alternately, you could use Cold Cathode bars instead of neon (they're brighter, more durable and draw LOTS less current than neon), bbut even cathodes are more breakable than LEDs. Cathodes would need to be sealed with silicone in an external application.
I used cathodes in my interior:
...and in my grille:
Also, I just added 4 blue LED "puddle lights" to my underside door sills and a set of LED strip lights in my boot and in my supercharger scoop - they look GREAT. I'll get some pics later this week (I hope).
Oznium.com is about the best place I've seen on the web for underbody kits - they have an active installation forum for help and the owner, Phil, is a great guy with a 100% satisfaction guarantee warranty.
I'm planning on adding LEDs under my car in the spring - I know some people don't like them, but I figure that they're 100% invisible when not switched on and unless THEY want to make my car payment then the only opinion that matters about whether or not it looks good is MINE.
Here's a link to Oznium's single-color LED kit, with controller:
http://www.oznium.com/single-color-underbody
Alternately, you could use Cold Cathode bars instead of neon (they're brighter, more durable and draw LOTS less current than neon), bbut even cathodes are more breakable than LEDs. Cathodes would need to be sealed with silicone in an external application.
I used cathodes in my interior:
...and in my grille:
Also, I just added 4 blue LED "puddle lights" to my underside door sills and a set of LED strip lights in my boot and in my supercharger scoop - they look GREAT. I'll get some pics later this week (I hope).
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