n00b Question: Neons

oh no i feel a flaming coming on, to be honest mate that was one of my first posts here and well there s**te to be honest, they can break easy. if the escort is standard people laugh, cops tend to get a bit up tight bout them, there a bastard to find somewhere under the car to secure them to, they use f*ck all power really (well the LED tube type do anyway)

i had one which i wired into the boot on my cav when the bulb went, was pretty cool but on the outside hmm doubt i'd ever think of doing it, to much weight :)

Woohoo, it's Vamp Mk2 :)

KnobTronics.

People will laugh at you.

Not especially. You'll need a switch, a relay and some wire. Pretty standard stuff.

Unfortunately, subject to the usual lighting regs. Completely illegal on the grounds of taste tho, and no doubt the colour will clash with your washer jet LEDs as well.

Because declutching quickly in a K reg Escort is *so* impressive ?

Hmm - Thanks :)

If the car is otherwise standard, it'll look highly amusing :)

Go and watch The Fast And The Furious movie - THAT is the sort of car you need, to "get away with" neons.

It's pretty easy. Drill holes. Screw neons inplace. Connect wires.

Course not - just run your wires via the switch.

Yep, as long as the lights themselves are not visible from outside the car. The "glow" is fine, but you mustn't be able to see the tubes.

Er, no.

Don't do it. Neons look great on great cars.. they look absolutely awful on average cars.

If you happen to trade the escort in for a highly modified Skyline, whack them underneath as the finishing touch, it'll look ace. Don't put them on an escort... please don't.

Cops don't worry (generally) if the tube itself isn't visible. I had Neons under my CX, which has chassis rails substantially in from the car's sill, and the only cop that ever took an interest complimented me on the car and the standard of work I'd done. OTOH, it could just be because it was on a Citroen CX that wasn't exactly a boy-racer mobile.

Neons look stupid on most cars. I'm considering installing tubes on the inside of the door trim, at the base. on the Sera - so when you open the door, the lights come on and 'sweep' up as you lift the doors. There's nowhere on the chassis to install them.

Richard (trying to kill another 10 minutes before Missy is delivered - the driver just phoned from Newmills! *runs around*)

Well, it is advisable to hook up an onsite type generator to your LED illuminated tow ball, plus it will help with the 5mph look at me I'm cool cruising speed. That though may cause drag on your clutch/transmission.

New Mills as in Newtown, Furness Vale, Hayfield etc?

Oh the memories, I should sue you for post traumatic stress.

Lordy wrote: ::: Im an ABSOLUTE n00b so all help is appreciated. Im getting hold of ::: a K reg escort and wanted just to put some *subtle* white neons ::: underneath the sides for when Im bored and driving home on a ::: saturday night. :: :: Woohoo, it's Vamp Mk2 :) ::

I like the handerling better on the mk2's

;-)

-- Did everything just taste purple for a second?

No, Newmill (IIRC) - I always get it wrong. A little village on the A7.

Poor bugger left Wolverhampton at 5:15am! And I couldn't give him a lift to Edinburgh (his next destination) because I'm waiting for UPS :/

Richard

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