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Old 01-29-2001, 07:13 PM
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Getting The Bird To Light Up, PICS

Ok, well that was a bit of false advertisment, so heres a picture of what i got done, this is just the pontiac lit up, so once i eventually get the bird to light ill post that pic, neways, here ya go. Ps, if the pic doensnt werk, what the bloody am i doin wrong?


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looking thru the document source, its showing you used (img) address (img) try using (img src="address") substitute < for ( and > for ), respectively.
should work out nicely.
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also, i like the originality of the light up pontiac... it's kinda cool, but how does it look during the day? night is one thing.. but up close and personal during the day is what makes or breaks a car....
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Do you have a description or instructions on how you did this rear lighting conversion?Thanx

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Description, Much Pain,
Instructions: ill prob do a pic by pic once im ready for the bird, i used a knife and flat head to scrape, but its so hard to be detailed, so im gonna try a roto zip, and to disperse the light i used a fed ex box spray painted chrome on the inside, with a 194a socket with a red bulb,
ill write more later, time for school
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Did you ever get the bird to light up? Can you post the instructions on how to do this. I think it looks great, just that you need a little brighter bulb. How does it look during the day? Please get back to me. Thanks.
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I, too, am interested in this mod. Any more details? Thanks in advance.

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ok, ok, ill get to crackin,
it might be more complicated than i think, ill start messin with soon
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Hey, you started before I did! I guess I need to get mine going now and test my own ideas out. (FedEx box painted silver?????) Were you pressed for time/materials or something?

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lol,
check my sig for my company name,
It would look better if you use two 194's on opposite sides,
the more the merrier, cept try not to make the center like a halogen light compared to the rest of the tail lights
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FiReBReTHa: That is really cool looking. I am defintely going to try this mod, too. Did you just shave it down until it was thin enough to emit light?

Regardless, I really like it.
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ok, well, first just take a razor and do the outline, just the outline, and then scratch off from there, then get finer and finer sand paper so it smoooths over,
im gonna see if i can get it down perfect, if so, ill do a core exchange program, tty all lata
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Can you post some new pics? Thanks.
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give me about a week, im talking to a guy about some 6 inch neons, That would be some serious illumination,

so, im gonna cleeeeean it up a bit, and get it all purty and ill take a roll, bed calls, gnite
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The link isnt working.
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what the..........
link's ok,
heres it again
http://www.geocities.com/firebretha/pontiac.jpg

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still hasnt worked yet
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