koolkorsa
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looking to put some neons into my car. I know how to put one in my boot so it comes on when the boot op ens. Thats easy. Just wondering if the fuse needs uprating or anything? Next, i want some neons in my doors lighting up the speakers. Where can i run a wire from in the doors>? Any tips or advice on this would be much aprreciated?
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chris_uk
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i might do this, how did u wire them to come on wen u opened the boot?
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koolkorsa
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opped off the boot light, popped the wires in there instead.
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chris_uk
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is it bright enough 2 see, wat size neons?? how many?
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koolkorsa
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a 10 or 12inch neon. seems pretty bright wen i tried it just now. You coudl wire it so your old boot light works as well
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chris_uk
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ok i may do that.
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koolkorsa
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anybody help wiv my intial question?
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Noonster
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
ok i may do that.
Where are you going to mount them mate??
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chris_uk
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probably under the parcel shelf, and run the wires round the side,
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the_legend_of_yrag
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I was thinking of also changing the boot bulb to a blue one, what sort of bulb would i need?
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1.6 Sport BadBoy
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the_legand_of_yrag -
Go get an OSRAM prism blub from MOTORWORLD or somewhere like that, failing that mate, get your existing blub and colour it with that blub paint you can get, least this way you can get all your blubs blue at probs a fraction of the cost.
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koolkorsa
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where can i wire front door neons off in the door?
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koolkorsa
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IntaCepta
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putting leds behind the grille will be a more practical idea than neons.
check my avatar my digicam is real bad for taking pics in the dark. but u get the idea
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neoquip
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LED'sbehind grills and air vents are kool
http://www.neoquip.com/shop/accessories/prod_details.php?pid=101
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barry_kellett99
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They are cool, but thats a bit steep for 4 LEDs dont you think? £15.99 ?
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koolkorsa
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how do i wire them? what can i wire them into in the door? cheers
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koolkorsa
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AYNONE?
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IntaCepta
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total cost for 8 leds + 8 resistors came to £7 sumthing.
But i've decided to have only 3 leds in each speaker grille.
feed a 12v live from the headunits remote, or fusebox to the door multiplug.
U'll need to drill a hole thru the multiplug where there are no pin connectors.
pull the wire thru into the door. can take a while (is a pain).
wire up the leds in parrellel
live 1 -> resistor 1 -> led 1 -> earth 1
live 2 -> resistor 2 -> led 2 -> earth 2
live 3 -> resistor 3 -> led 3 -> earth 3
solder the resistors + leds together.
insulation tape exposed wire.
duct tape the leds onto the grill, so that the tape doesn't show but the led does.
Don't get really bright leds as they can be very distracting while driving sometimes.
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