I'm doing this mod!
MIKE

 

And I believe blue is a big no no with LEO.

I'm up for ths Mod next myself, I'm looking at neons or a DIY LED bar made oughta plexi (easy RadioFlyer, down boy! lol) tied into my interior lighting or Fog lights (after I Mod those to stay on with the highbeams too)... sigh. When does it end?

I also want to light up the rear bumper vent screens and add a white spot light to my enhancement plate...

 

I also like the blue as well. I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks.

 

The blue isn't bad, but I am pretty sure it is a sick bird. I believe blue is reserved for LEOs only. An Athens City cop friend of mine always mentions the blue LED windshield washer nozzles being illegal.

Personally, I like the "something is hot under the hood" look

 

Selfish?....selfish?... Ooooo, cant do that... lemme see if I can clear it up for ya :-)
We (you and I) are meeting with the cars somewhere. I arrive before you and there are only two parking spots left, one on the end of a row and one between two minivans. I pull in to the one on the end of the row. You arrive after me, you look at me, I look at you, the feeling I experience is not "selfish" :-) <just injecting a little levity here, no foul :-) >

Ok back to the mod:

Yup, already done on car.

Yup, I think I understand what you want regarding the brightness (soft glow) and thats why the regular double side marker lights (two incandescent bulbs, mounted on a base with a colored snap on lense and two wires out the back) worked out to be just bright enough. The package is secured to the inside of the outside skin inside the cove with double sided tape.

Regarding using a different bulb tech (neon, led, cold cathode), not gonna work. They are "instant on" and will do more of a "blink" rather than the perceptably slower warm up and cool down of an incandescent. The look we want here is to mimic "fire" which is analog rather than "lightning" which would be digital :-)

And, yup, the beat box thing has a switch that does constant on, and you can also turn up the sensitivity all the way so it just stays on. And no, I dont have a problem with the music over-riding the engine exhaust note (flowmasters, and stock Bose system, and Im half deaf from 30 yrs of emergency service :-) ).

 

You go right ahead and take that spot on the end and I'll park between the two mini-vans and then hook up with the two single moms that are driving them (hopefully the kids aren't there).

Everything else makes sense. Certainly don't want the blink effect. That could put this mod into ricer territory...can't have that.

Any reason something like this wouldn't work? Lights

Thanks for what you do.

 

The Cathode tubes are very in-expensive. (about $7 for a pair) you'll want to run seperate transformers to ease up on wiring so all the parts will run about $10 plus shipping.

the lights in the Ebay listing are going to be difficult to mount and i'm not even sure they'll fit.

 

Dimensions of the mounting bar is approx. 16"L x 1 3/8"W

Yup, don't think that one will fit.

The one I used was like $3 or $4, it's a side marker light, take a look in any autoparts store.





btw....I dated the redhead.....don't know the blond.....but I think it's her mom....good luck :-)



and re: "Thanks for what you do.", I say the same to you :-), only for me....it's "did" (boy that seems funny to hear...been retired a whole six days now :-) )

 

FYI , For all us CA. vette drivers, if you choose blue and drive with them on or parked somewhere on a public road you can get a hefty ticket! Blue is reserved for law enforcement cars etc. Lots of Out of state truckers have found out the expensive way. Great look regardless.

Shinny side up!

 

The red looks
Kepp it burnin'
savage1

 

I just hooked mine up, and on the left side, only half of the cathode is illuminating??

edit: I was just looking on the oznium website, and I extended the white wires going to the transformer. They said that could cause a problem. But the white wires are only 11" long. I needed alot more wire than that!

 

that's highly wierd, try switching it on and off repeatedly. If that doesnt' work, take a picture if it and email it to the company you bought it from. Both Oznium and Xoxide have excellent customer service.

 

Nevermind, I was poking around on their site and they tell you not to extend the wires going from the transformer to the cathode. They only give you 11" of wire to play with, so I did extend the wires. Thats probably my problem. wtf

 

Well I ordered the 12" Cathode kit, and extra transformer and a white Prewired Superflux 4 LED Chip for my rear enhancement plate thingy, I opted for express shipping and it came to $21.00... Not too bad!

I'll try and get some install Pics while I'm doing it. I'm going to tie them into my interior lights or parking light circuit. THe superflux will be tied into my rear parking lights...

 

I had to do this mod after reading this thread, especially since I already had my fenders off of the car. I could not decide between the red or blue cold cathodes so I installed both. The reds are hooked to the turn signals and the blue are hooked to a switch. Looks great!!! Thanks for the idea!

 

Well... now you HAVE to take some pics and show us!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

My camera takes horrible night pics, but here they are. Three up close, three from a distance, and one showing inside of the vent (you can see the nitrous purge line)

RED


BLUE


BOTH



RED


BLUE


BOTH


INSIDE

 

wow!! those came out great.

Where did you mount your cathodes? on the plastic piece or just inside the opening of the vent wall?

 

Thanks. I first mounted the cathodes on the plastic piece but I did not like how you could see them through the vent. They are now mounted right next to the vent directly on the fender. I just siliconed them onto the fender. You cannot see them through the vents now. I mounted the control boxes to the back side of the plastic piece.

BTW. Thanks for starting this thread!!! I love this mod.

 

That's freaking AWESOME!!!!! Much better then mine will turn out! I can just imagine what purging your NOS will look like at night now!!!!! that will be the cat's ***!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent job!!!!

You got the 12" Cathodes right?

OH! try getting a tripod for your camera and then set it on timer.... Or place it on a table or something solid. See if that helps!