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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 08:04 PM
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Neons Anyone?

I've had these installed for quit sometime now...just haven't taken any pictures of them yet. Plus, I've only driven it once at night since I've had them installed. What do you think?

And yes, you can see the neon from this view..because I took the picture laying on my belly. You can't see the neon tubes at all since I got it lowered, which is a plus
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 08:15 PM
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Shawn looks awesome man!!! :hail: why did you just sign off on AOL? LOL
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 08:41 PM
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 10:32 PM
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Blue

heres my blues neon. no wheels on the car its stil on stands. ordered my bfg kdw's should have em in a few days to a week then i'll be sporting the boyds and it will finally be on the ground.

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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 12:36 AM
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that looks pretty cool man..even with no wheels yet
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 03:15 AM
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Car: candy blue 85 z28
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jetson mobile who needs wheels
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 06:49 AM
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Looks awesome dude! The only way glow bars work with any car is that when you tuck them under the car. you can't see the bar itself. This is something I've also wanted to tinker with. Good job!
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 08:02 AM
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Looks cool man, I love your car.

And Jeff, I really like those blue ones. If I ever got neons, I'd get the blue ones to match my stripe.
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 08:41 AM
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Looks cool man, I love your car.

And Jeff, I really like those blue ones. If I ever got neons, I'd get the blue ones to match my stripe.
You should replace the stripe with blue string neon.
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 01:21 PM
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i hear good thinkgs about the led style too but i have not seen any on a car yet to compair, anyone have the led style on their car that can post a pics. i seen some led's where you can change the colors and make em pulse to the music you play. sounds kinda interesting although i don't think i would use that feature but it would be neat to have.

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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 02:23 PM
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 02:24 PM
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i want to get red neons for my black/red themed Iroc. it would look good at the shows. LOL

congrats man, looking good
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 02:47 PM
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Neons on a Camaro?
uh...yeah...what are you confused about?
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 03:07 PM
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they look good. do you have anymore pics farther away from the car?
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 04:23 PM
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they look good. do you have anymore pics farther away from the car?
wish I did...it's put up for the season
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 05:19 PM
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looks nice, where did you get the idea for white?



personally i don't care for the led setups as they aren't nearly as bright. however the option to change colors is very nice and something that definately makes the package more attractive. it's a pain to hide 3 sets of colors.

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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 05:20 PM
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 05:21 PM
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...excuse the bad photo quality but they are older..
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 06:18 PM
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where did you get the idea for white?
lets just say....certain people influenced my decision

I think white looks & works best with the color black....and with the wheels
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 06:23 PM
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i had a hard time deciding between the white and blue but always figured i could do both. so for now its blue.

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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 08:51 PM
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now im torn between gettin neon's or LED's. my friend has blue led under body lights on his 00 s10 and he got them off of ebay for $20. im thinkin of the streetglow gold series kit in blue but ive hear they can break in the winter from the cold. is that true?
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 09:19 PM
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ive hear they can break in the winter from the cold. is that true?
never heard of that one. I've had them on a past Z28....it just sat in the winter..not driven...and they were fine...never cracked or anything..
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 09:48 PM
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leds can look really good on certian cars, and your is deffinatly one of them
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 11:25 PM
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leds look the same, just not as bright that's all.

and yes white was a great choice for your car!




as far as winter....anything plastic is more brittle in the winter but you should be fine.
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 09:03 AM
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looks nice... iwas gonna do white neons on my T/a
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Old Nov 22, 2004 | 10:43 AM
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i have green ones on my rs, unfortunately the picture quality is pretty crappy..i'll try to get them up when i get home from work
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Old Nov 24, 2004 | 02:37 AM
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I've never heard of them breaking, I've got em under my 89 firebird and they've yet to break. Even if they do there's a garantee by street glow. Just as long as the outside tube doesn't break. I've also added blue neons under the dash, replaced the cluster gage lights for blue ones (but theve turned white now because I bought the cheap bulbs). I put string lights along the back side panel where the speakers are. I've also redid my t-bar material, ripping out the dome light and replacing it with a neon tube. Looks cool, but it's not very bright. It sucks when your actually in need of light. But most girls don't realize that so it works.
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Old Nov 24, 2004 | 08:27 AM
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idea

Those look awesome. I never knew you had neons on your car JeffW. I think yours totally go with the car. Its Perfect.

Hey guys i have a great idea. I think im going to make a grill out of the diamond cut wire grill stuff. I am going to make the grill black but behind the grill put some of that string neon stuff so it will glow out of the grill. I think this would look mean at night.
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Old Nov 24, 2004 | 05:53 PM
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i don;t think the string glows enough, but i have not seen it in person. i would get some short neons to put above or below the grill opening. the do make them in diffrent lengths.

i think the string may just outline stuff not like the underbody tubes send out the glow.
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Old Nov 24, 2004 | 09:24 PM
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i have the neon string stuff in my sub box to aluminate my subs, u can see the string but its facing the subs and its not really bright. if u did the outline of something it will be bright but wont throw alot of light like the neon tubes.
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 05:50 PM
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heres a new one at night outside and on the ground all new ones for this car..

jeff
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Old Nov 26, 2004 | 10:09 PM
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that looks good, which underbody kit is that? and do u have a part number?

ive been lookin at the Streetglow gold series kit and they dont show a good blue like that, they have the turquiose and a neo-blue.
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