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04-04-2006, 03:01 AM
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#1 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seal Beach
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| Best Neon Kits Im looking into some Neon for the box and am not too sure where to look. I want a kit thats bright with a good quality of color. I was looking for diffrent sizes and what not. I wanted to place 2 down the sides, one in the front one in the back, some in the headliner and some in the engine bay...any idea where i should look and what sizes i should check out |
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04-04-2006, 09:13 AM
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#2 | | Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ames, IA
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| I'll beat my dead horse here...
Mine is a HotGlow Neon 6 piece underbody kit. Exactly the configuration you mention.
Size? Um, I guess each one is about 3 feet long or so.
Engine bay is two cold cathodes from Bill at Scion Specialties Vegas. His site is here: http://www.scionspecialties.net/. I know you can buy the stuff to do this cheaper, but it was so damn CONVENIENT to get Bill's kit.
As for interior, I'm looking to do the headliner/OS handles too eventually. I'm not sure what I'll be doing exactly though... Mark from the club has a plan about that though. He posts here at Point_Oh.
Good Luck!
-Alex |
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04-04-2006, 05:23 PM
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04-04-2006, 08:29 PM
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#4 | | Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edmond Oklahoma
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| best neon kits= none
neons need to stay in the fast and furious |
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04-04-2006, 08:33 PM
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#5 | | Registered User
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| Thanks for your opinion..i still want neon |
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04-04-2006, 08:37 PM
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#6 | | Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SO.CAL. "LOOK BEHIND YOU"
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| i am going to go nuts with strobes ! |
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04-05-2006, 06:54 AM
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04-05-2006, 02:28 PM
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#8 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seal Beach
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| I just want some glow kits..LED, NEON, what ever is brighter ill go with |
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04-05-2006, 04:13 PM
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#9 | | Registered User
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| ive read LED's are brighter, how true that is you'd have to ask someone on here. |
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04-05-2006, 04:53 PM
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#10 | | Registered User
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| LED's brightness is directly related to how many you use. They CAN be brighter, but you need a whole lot of them.
I haven't seen anybody running white LED so I can't really give you an apples to apples comparison, but here's mine with neon (one of the pictures above) and Greg's with LED on the same night:
-Alex |
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04-05-2006, 05:31 PM
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#11 | | Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Lorain, Ohio
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| i got the million color leds they are pretty sweet under my box.. |
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04-05-2006, 05:32 PM
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#12 | | NEXT LEVEL MOTORING
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: 東京都 / 新宿区
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| if you're going with LED's, blue, and white is the brightest colors that will show/shine/light then other colors in the LED's. |
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04-05-2006, 05:42 PM
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#13 | | Registered User
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| Im in need of orange and red and white... |
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04-06-2006, 01:17 AM
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#14 | | Registered User
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| dont go with neons, thats my pw xb with the star and im running varad leds the one that has a bunch of different colors, the kits that are single colors are a little brighter and that picture there doesnt do my kit justice cause it was on a fade in fade out mode plus red isnt always the brightest. i know quite a few people that have hade neon tubes and nothing but trouble because there fragile. The varad kits are extremely thin and mount easily. i beleive there website is www.varad.com as for inside, neons, leds or cold cathodes are all good, cold cathodes seem to be good and cheap. |
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04-06-2006, 01:19 AM
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| also there is still not a good true red cold cathode kit if you want red go with leds, the other ones give off an orange or pink color |
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04-06-2006, 01:21 AM
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#16 | | Haole Grandpa Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Huntington Beach CA
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| My son got this kit after I got mine. I like his a lot better. 4 pieces plus mounting hardware, remote control and a lot more options for light display. It's on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...RK%3AMEWA%3AIT
His is very bright. 
Hard to tell from the pic.
If you need help putting it on let me know, I've done a couple of them now.
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04-08-2006, 10:18 AM
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04-08-2006, 06:12 PM
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#18 | | Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: So. Cal.
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| Varad Scion Xb I would stay away from Neon and get some nice LED lights for your car Chris. I think the best company for LED lights out there are http://www.Varad.com
Good Luck |
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04-10-2006, 04:58 PM
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04-10-2006, 05:16 PM
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#20 | | Egistered Ruser
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Redlands, Ca
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| yeah I would recommend LEDs as well. I'm running a SoundQuest setup. I think I have like 10 total colors, and 12 different modes for them to light up to. Including a music dance option and remote control. A little over double the cost of some neons, but a million times cooler  |
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