ineterior neons

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Originally Posted by CaRtZ

looks awesome man...

Thanks heaps man. only 3 more LED sticks left to install.

cheers

[Sick EB]

r u running them directly from the battery of how else? is it a big power drainer? Is a fuse needed? r u running them all from one switch?

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Originally Posted by Sick EB

r u running them directly from the battery of how else? is it a big power drainer? Is a fuse needed? r u running them all from one switch?

i have a 4 socket ciggiret lighter board (like a power board for your ciggi lighter) in my car (baught from k-mart for $8) and pluged the LED's into that and they have a switch with each sitck so i can turn them on and off individually.
and no it doesnt drain the power much

[bArNsY]

I was looking at installing either neons or LEDs in mine as Courtesy lights similar to that found on the fairmonts.
My question is do the neons/LEDs require a constant 12volts, as the courtesy light fade after 20 sec? What sort fusing or relay is best to use while wiring it all up?

PS love the blue REDED

Cheers Adam

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Originally Posted by bArNsY

I was looking at installing either neons or LEDs in mine as Courtesy lights similar to that found on the fairmonts.
My question is do the neons/LEDs require a constant 12volts, as the courtesy light fade after 20 sec? What sort fusing or relay is best to use while wiring it all up?

PS love the blue REDED

Cheers Adam

im not 100% sure but i think that they need constant volts. but if you have money to waste i would by them and just try to relay them to the wires from the Courtesy lights.

thanks (i was tossin up between red and blue LED's, im glad i went blue)

cheers troy

[NC_Lane]

I have got a similar type of setup on mine.

Thinking of putting some in the back as well. Anyone found a suitable hiding place for them?

[crannersEL]

Originally Posted by NC_Lane

I have got a similar type of setup on mine.

Thinking of putting some in the back as well. Anyone found a suitable hiding place for them?

My ones in the back sit up under the front seats where the straps for my seatcovers run. The neon tube sits very well but ive noticed it does move around a little, but thats nothing a zip tie wont fix. I'll take some shots of mine tonight and post them up after bball.

My 4 neons are wired up from behind the cig lighter linking together including a switch so they can be turned on and off at any time. You can't see any of the wires or neans tubes at all with my setup. They were installed by -jjm- who did a great job.

Cheers Paul

[BRADMAN]

i love neons.
ive got em everywhere
including underneath the car. **** the rice crap. different is not rice. rice is putting stickers of performance parts on a stock factory crap heap.
ok if you want a fade effect you will want to use leds. neons run a transformer style circuit meaning they prefer 12v if you drop the voltage they dont fade they kinda dull then turn off. not to mention under powering a transfer is not a real good idea.
secondly. neons draw bugger all. so a 1amp 12v switch will power about 5-10 neons without a worry.
yes u should use a fuse.. just in case...for 10 neons use a 1-2amp fuse.
ohh i prob should mention im basing the 1amp on inside small neons. not the underneath huge neons.
if you want the neons to stay on after the door has been open buy a cheapo turbo timer from jaycar or something. the door will be the ignition turn off wire sensor. and the output that goes to other side of ignition will go to neons. (btw i havent done this)
i run a set of switches that control all the neons in my baby.
i also have a "million colour led kit" underneath. they arent bad they come wid a remote as well which has its **** factor.
as for pics. ive only got this one from a e-series meet

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Originally Posted by BJSPENCER85

ive got em everywhere
including underneath the car. **** the rice crap. different is not rice. rice is putting stickers of performance parts on a stock factory crap heap.

i also have a "million colour led kit" underneath. they arent bad they come wid a remote as well which has its **** factor.
as for pics. ive only got this one from a e-series meet

im not a fan of the exterior neons only good on show cars were they've spent to 80K on the car but still looks goo mate. how much the underbody neons cost?

[nugget378]

While I really dont like neons,if your gonna do em,do it properly,
not like some half bodge job.
For those that like neons,try this link..
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/youare.swf

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HAHAHAHAHA nice!! are you bagin me out?

[BRADMAN]

my undercar leds were originally $179.95 plus $10 delivery
i think now the same kit on ebay is about $160 odd.

the problem with the ea's n prob most of the e series is the wavey floor system ford created. therefore with long tubes it is impossible to push them up higher so that you cant see the tubes on a standard body. the only way around it is like what ive done. mount them as high as possible & then save for a body kit (im saving as we speak. hehe)

one day when i got body kit. you will no longer see tubes & you will get a more haysy sorta glow instead of a solid beam.

neons are an aquired taste. much like subs & huge dollar systems. some people like performance. others like crusin **** factor. im in the **** factor section. but also wanting to move into performance section.

bradman

[nugget378]

Originally Posted by BJSPENCER85

neons are an aquired taste. much like subs & huge dollar systems. some people like performance. others like crusin **** factor. im in the **** factor section. but also wanting to move into performance section.

bradman

I thought your car would be an absolute rocket, well going off your avatar,
You have so many guages that you must have an F1 engine in there or something,Im suprised you havent snapped your chassis in half with all that power...
Are my eyes playing tricks on me,or do you have TWO monster 5" tacho's???

[NC_Lane]

Originally Posted by crannersEL

My ones in the back sit up under the front seats where the straps for my seatcovers run. The neon tube sits very well but ive noticed it does move around a little, but thats nothing a zip tie wont fix. I'll take some shots of mine tonight and post them up after bball.

My 4 neons are wired up from behind the cig lighter linking together including a switch so they can be turned on and off at any time. You can't see any of the wires or neans tubes at all with my setup. They were installed by -jjm- who did a great job.

Cheers Paul

Thanks Paul,

Will have alook to see if i can get mine in. Unfortunately i dont have aftermarket seatcovers, i have the standard Ghia seats. I think there maybe a bit sticking put though.

[BRADMAN]

it goes ok. i would love turbo on her.
my problem is i added so much weight cos of all my "gear" so ive lost like 50% of performance.

nahh only one monster tacho. the other guages u can see are the standard S Pak guages with white faces instead of black.

i run mine mainly in semi-manual mode instead of auto which gives me a tad more grunt. only catch is i think the gearbox is starting to die. cos she is slippin and not going into gear when in drive. well at least i think thats whats goin wrong.

bradman

[DEVL-XR]

Originally Posted by BJSPENCER85

i love neons.
ive got em everywhere
including underneath the car. **** the rice crap. different is not rice. rice is putting stickers of performance parts on a stock factory crap heap.
ok if you want a fade effect you will want to use leds. neons run a transformer style circuit meaning they prefer 12v if you drop the voltage they dont fade they kinda dull then turn off. not to mention under powering a transfer is not a real good idea.
secondly. neons draw bugger all. so a 1amp 12v switch will power about 5-10 neons without a worry.
yes u should use a fuse.. just in case...for 10 neons use a 1-2amp fuse.
ohh i prob should mention im basing the 1amp on inside small neons. not the underneath huge neons.
if you want the neons to stay on after the door has been open buy a cheapo turbo timer from jaycar or something. the door will be the ignition turn off wire sensor. and the output that goes to other side of ignition will go to neons. (btw i havent done this)
i run a set of switches that control all the neons in my baby.
i also have a "million colour led kit" underneath. they arent bad they come wid a remote as well which has its **** factor.
as for pics. ive only got this one from a e-series meet

sorry mate but i dont like what your've done to your car. i hate undercar neons, equals rice and tackyness. also are they chrome hub caps??lol!sorry not a fan.
anyway each to their own!haha!

cheers

ps. i dont mean any hard feelings to you.....just your car...lol!sorry mate!

[CaRtZ]

Originally Posted by BJSPENCER85

i love neons.
ive got em everywhere
including underneath the car.

i dont like em mate, sorry. probably wouldnt be so bad if you couldnt see the lights themselves

[DEVL-XR]

lol yeh that just makes it even worse!

[BRADMAN]

Originally Posted by BradensEBxr6

sorry mate but i dont like what your've done to your car. i hate undercar neons, equals rice and tackyness. also are they chrome hub caps??lol!sorry not a fan.
anyway each to their own!haha!

cheers

ps. i dont mean any hard feelings to you.....just your car...lol!sorry mate!

you are exactly right, each to their own. i believe your car should make you happy, not others, my thing is ****y lights, but all dat matters is i like em.
and no they are real rims. my prob was insurrance at the time, they wouldnt let me change wheel size damn aami. cos i already had an exhaust. now that ive moved to just car they couldnt care. i wish i had waited 8months b4 buying rims. i would have gone much bigger.
as for the tackyness. im saving for bodykit as we speak to stop that prob. but as most of us know money dont grow on trees.
and finally, its all good. i didnt take offense personally.
bradman

[NC_GHIA]

If money dosen't grow on trees then how come banks have branches???

[bArNsY]

a comedian on the forum! ......go on......tell another joke!

[NC_GHIA]

why is it that they put man on the moon before they figured it would be a good idea to put wheels on big suitcases?

[EB 2 XR8]

why are fords going rice?

we don't fill up with rice when we take our cars to petty stations

[NC_GHIA]

And the reason there called rice is cause they are mostly on jap cars...

[bArNsY]

**off topic** australia supplies a majority of asia's rice because they don't have the room to farm!

I want to see more pics of neons especially UV ones!

[BABOSS]

That's weird, a mate of mine was just ordering rice from asia over the phone for his Honda.

[DEVL-XR]

Originally Posted by 6cylEA

If money dosen't grow on trees then how come banks have branches???

mate i give you the crown!!!! thats a ****er!!!!hahahahaha. i laughed me t!ts of when i read that!!!!!
anyway....its funny how it was just mentioned that we dont fill our cars up with rice etc etc...because just today i was saying the same thing to my mate..

"when your at the petrol station and i ricer pulls up next to you to get petrol, just say to himm yeh the rice station is on the next block!!"

hey bradman...dont worry we all know what bloody insurance companys are like! im only allowed 1 mod too and thats the exhaust!luckily enough my car is an xr6 so the ride height is majorly 4wd spec! as for the money...about april this year i had a grand total of $10 in my bank, i only had my car to show for my hard earnings! i now have almost a grand saved to play with and iv got money saved for insurance/rego in a seperate account.i hate money!why cant we all live in harmony and just give each other stuff without trade!!!then we'd all have the sickest looking cars out!!lol!

cheers

[clontarf_x]

On the topic of neons, I was running a 12" in the front grill of my AU. I have a pic on my phone so when I find the cable I will post it up. Looked pretty damn nice, it was a deep blue colour and wasn't over the top. Lit up the ground under the front bar and the grill (which was an awesome effect). Then it got water on it and died.

Just received 2x full length water resistant for under the car (~ 1 metre each) so once it's all hooked up I will take some pics.

Just a note my car is an AU Series 3 XR6 VCT ST. IMO the AU's look damn sexy with neons, inside or out I'm all for lighting!

[NC_GHIA]

Originally Posted by BradensEBxr6

mate i give you the crown!!!! thats a ****er!!!!hahahahaha. i laughed me t!ts of when i read that!!!!!
anyway....its funny how it was just mentioned that we dont fill our cars up with rice etc etc...because just today i was saying the same thing to my mate..

"when your at the petrol station and i ricer pulls up next to you to get petrol, just say to himm yeh the rice station is on the next block!!"

hey bradman...dont worry we all know what bloody insurance companys are like! im only allowed 1 mod too and thats the exhaust!luckily enough my car is an xr6 so the ride height is majorly 4wd spec! as for the money...about april this year i had a grand total of $10 in my bank, i only had my car to show for my hard earnings! i now have almost a grand saved to play with and iv got money saved for insurance/rego in a seperate account.i hate money!why cant we all live in harmony and just give each other stuff without trade!!!then we'd all have the sickest looking cars out!!lol!

cheers

Cheers mate... I am glad you like it...

[bArNsY]

Originally Posted by 6cylEA

If money dosen't grow on trees then how come banks have branches???

This is now part of my signiture hehe

thanks
Adam