neon under car

[anfsvl]

look i dunno but i was wondering if i got a standard light fitting say froma hardware store n ran it off a switch to the battery would tht be fine if i had a coloured light in it to glow under the car...
n aslo i was thinking sum were near the gear box so its in the center of the car if so can u let me now if its safe...? thanx

[SNY.3LT]

no idea, i know what a few of my mates did to their ricers (lancer, seca and a swift) went to super cheap.. bought neons and mounted them under the sills of the doors the front bar and rear bar... they ran the wires together to a switch and then the battery

it wouldnt really glow enough to be seen if it was directly under the center of the car (gearbox) and im not sure about the heat generated by the gearbox aswell, automatics do get very hot and you got a catalytic converter there as well which gets to a temperature of... im not sure what but ive burnt my hand on them many times.

One wouldnt be enough though... it shouldnt cost you too much afterall supercheap is... super cheap!

[seabs]

yep, like SNY.3LT said, supercheap it up mate!

[ucwepn]

I used PC (computer lighting) tubes and it works great and is water proof and clearly visible, I need a walky front bar tho coz u can see the tubes from the side sometimes.

here is the link My undercar neons not getting enough power

[Stewart1000]

just a question, why dont you just buy under car neons, something like 150 for 1 side neon?
Hope if your putting them on your car its not a dead stock vl with neons...

[macdee]

nothing worse than seeing the tube under ur car! make sure that u hide them! and i found jaycar to be a better place to buy neons!

[Jules86]

What sorta light fitting you looking at, no imitation light will look better than original underbody neons, and i'd probably say you'd need an inverter too, to convert a 240v fitting to 12v (not exactly cheap). If it was to work without one it'd probably have a duller glow.

If u want to bodge up some lights under the car y don't you try solar lights, no inverter, no wiring, no worries

[Bax]

But they're under your car.. No sun under there unless your planning on rolling it ??

[Jules86]

But they're under your car.. No sun under there unless your planning on rolling it ??

I wouldn't imagine anyone doing it, i temp. put some under just to see how it'd look. Not too bad nice big white spotlights in the front corners (2min job). Just get the ones with moveable solar panels and have em sitting outside the car, maybe a little bit of wiring but if ur desperate enough u'd try it. But i can't see ne1 desperate enough to do it.

[rattattack1313]

I have seen cars with solar panels on the rear window shelf.........don't know what they powered, but they were wired to something......

[Bax]

hehe yeah Jules I was just playing man.

I've seen solar powered dash fans. But thats about all I've seen.

[MarzVP]

Why dont you try Led lights for under your car they have a better light and you can get lots of colours. Check out my sig if you want to see some. And NO It is not my site.

[Bax]

From what I've heard LED lighting doesn't seem to have an equal spread / glow as much as a neon does. And they look tackier - if its possible.

But I'm sure you could avoid the clustering and disperse it better?

[walesy]

i dont like neons under cars, maybe they should be left to jap imports

[s0sage]

well thats basically what the vl is ......

[Bax]

And isn't it fantastic.. A good engine

[anfsvl]

lol the vl is german lol
but yer i have a clean ass engine my mechanic shat his dacks wen he saw it n tht hsi nephews (my mate) his engine was younger thn mine by 10 years looked lke it was sitting in the dump for them 10 years...lol

[anfsvl]

sorri tht was the laughing about tht rice boyz pic lol

[GH05T]

i have aun nudercar kit sitting in my room somewhere one is craked.
but undecar neons are the best way and if u have no skirts and wanna hide the bar then use an L shaped peice of aluminium to lip over them . u can get it in black. and the neons do look dull in the day time compared to night even though their under ur car. uv light is allot stronger.
i dont see many vls with undercar neons but if u i like it do it its your car

[Peteske]

why would any1 want queer neons on their car? sum ppl have no idea.

[ucwepn]

Peteske LOL you must be an expert on what people should do to THEIR cars I mean with all of your 2 posts.... Hey everyone we better do our cars like Peteske's he's got the best VL around!!!!
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LOL sorry just had to poke haha *poke poke*

[rattattack1313]

why would any1 want queer neons on their car? sum ppl have no idea.

Hee hee hee..I didn't know lights had a sex...........it is up to each persons taste, Peteske.........some like them..some like you don't.....there is nothng forcing you to have them , or even to loook at them on other cars......

[Stewart1000]

i think they look good and honestly if you see a car with them on you're gonna look, because you dont see it very often.

[corz]

Hi all. I put neons on my car about a year ago,

5 in total, (1 behind grill) u cant see the tubes at all, nice blue glow at nite, gets a lota looks, just keep an eye out for cops, ?(they dont like)

[My Car Pwns]

i got a neon the other day from autobahn.. its got a little computer with a sensivity switch and mode choices.. so it dances to the music... its on my back parcel shelf..
whoever it was that originally started this thread.. normal lights will work but not well and will most probz break.. best off going to autobahn n gettin good ones.. if u get normal ones then hook em up to your parking lights.. not your battery.. if u get dancing ones.. good luck in getting em to work properly if u have an exhaust.. lol