Neon under lights, cool or un-cool?

[parello9]

i was guna buy 2 sets for extra glow lol!!

[GMballistic]

i was guna buy 2 sets for extra glow lol!!

 

[StevoD]

[StevoD]

seem inifitty are providing them as an option these days

 

[-Bradders-]

 

See now i think that would look ok if they were white neons

[Grundy]

Someone just do it!

[Payco]

oh dear, please no..

[StevoD]

im sorry but the below looks awesome

 

 

 

Edited August 6, 2014 by StevoD

[pjf1985]

They look pretty awesome

Edited August 6, 2014 by pjf1985

[StevoD]

[DoogyRev]

 

http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-Silver-Self-Adhesive-Bright-White/dp/B000CNB6VW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[grahamc]

im sorry but the below looks awesome

 

 

 

 

Im really liking the ones you are posting......... will the £33 ebay ones do this job? I think its time my chav car goes CHAV!!!

[StevoD]

im sorry but the below looks awesome

 

 

 

 

Im really liking the ones you are posting......... will the £33 ebay ones do this job? I think its time my chav car goes CHAV!!!

 

 

Not sure if serious?

[grahamc]

im sorry but the below looks awesome

 

 

 

 

Im really liking the ones you are posting......... will the £33 ebay ones do this job? I think its time my chav car goes CHAV!!!

 

 

Not sure if serious?

 

Sadly, I am about the neons.... leaving the chav bit

[Richie94gts]

Looks fun

I'd be interested to know where people routed the cables on a 350.

[AliveBoy]

Looks fun

I'd be interested to know where people routed the cables on a 350.

 

Probably up through the arches into the engine bay and then into the cabin, there's quite a bit of room back there

[samsniss350z]

It's just like fashion in clothes isn't it? What looks nasty and tacky 10 years ago is now classed as "vintage" and commands top prices. I've got an original Vivian Westwood, Seditionaries "destroy" shirt from 1977 and I've been offered £800 for it and i don't think its been washed since 1978 (i jest it was 1980). But as for neon's, not my cup of tea I'm afraid.

[Jakeswheelbarrow]

I think if done correctly it could look really smart. Doesn't even have to be for road use, pulling up in up in a car park, friends house etc. Relatively cheap mod, and if done properly, is an easy way to make the car stand out from the rest.

[Grundy]

I think if done correctly it could look really smart. Doesn't even have to be for road use, pulling up in up in a car park, friends house etc. Relatively cheap mod, and if done properly, is an easy way to make the car stand out from the rest.

As long as it's not bought from Halfrauds

[Rock_Steady]

I thought the police would pull you for blue neons as only emergency vehicles are allowed to have blue lights. Anywho, just makes the zed heavier and increases the possibility of more problems i.e. Why isn't it working anymore?, properly?

[ilogikal1]

I thought the police would pull you for blue neons as only emergency vehicles are allowed to have blue lights. Anywho, just makes the zed heavier and increases the possibility of more problems i.e. Why isn't it working anymore?, properly?

 

Only on the front of the vehicle.

 

But it's illegal to have any coloured neons on whilst driving anyway.

[StevoD]

Unless there

 

White on front

Amber on sides

red on red

[Pritchard]

as someone who has had neons fitted before - i have never, and would never, drive around with them turned on. they are reserved for carparks only.

unless i am mistaken ALL additional lighting options in ANY colour are labelled as ''off road only'', im not sure why its thought that blue only is illegal... they all come under the same rules.

 

 

as fit fitting them. Have you ever thought about cleaning them? they will get filty very quickly. its a show-car mod.

also, i assume the new LED ones dont suffer from this... but theres nothing more embarrasing than turning on your lights on to 'show off' only to find one neon is not lighting up... oh look, its been shattered. by a stone or scuffing a speedbump etc.

 

 

me personally, i love the 'proper' neons. the real show car ones look awesome.

 

 

Pritchard

[StevoD]

as someone who has had neons fitted before - i have never, and would never, drive around with them turned on. they are reserved for carparks only.

unless i am mistaken ALL additional lighting options in ANY colour are labelled as ''off road only'', im not sure why its thought that blue only is illegal... they all come under the same rules.

Pritchard

 

not totally true, if i wish to drive around slowly or in a wide load for some reason i cant put this on my car/van/truck legally

 

Edited November 20, 2014 by StevoD

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(1) No vehicle shall be fitted with a lamp which is capable of showing a red light to the front, except–

(a)

a red and white chequered domed lamp, or a red and white segmented mast-mounted warning beacon, fitted to a fire service control vehicle and intended for use at the scene of an emergency;

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a side marker lamp or a side retro reflector;

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retro reflective material or a retro reflector designed primarily to reflect light to one or both sides of the vehicle and attached to or incorporated in any wheel or tyre of–

(i)

a pedal cycle and any sidecar attached to it;

(ii)

a solo motor bicycle or a motor bicycle combination; or

(iii)

an invalid carriage; or

(d)

a traffic sign.

(2) No vehicle shall be fitted with a lamp which is capable of showing any light to the rear, other than a red light, except–

(a)

amber light from a direction indicator or side marker lamp;

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white light from a reversing lamp;

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white light from a work lamp;

(d)

light to illuminate the interior of a vehicle;

(e)

light from an illuminated rear registration plate;

(f)

light for the purposes of illuminating a taxi meter;

(g)

in the case of a bus, light for the purposes of illuminating a route indicator;

(h)

blue light and white light from a chequered domed lamp fitted to a police control vehicle and intended for use at the scene of an emergency;

(i)

white light from a red and white chequered domed lamp, or a red and white segmented mast-mounted warning beacon, fitted to a fire service control vehicle and intended for use at the scene of an emergency;

(j)

green light and white light from a chequered domed lamp fitted to an ambulance control vehicle and intended for use at the scene of an emergency;

(k)

blue light from a warning beacon or rear special warning lamp fitted to an emergency vehicle, or from any device fitted to a vehicle used for police purposes;

(l)

amber light from a warning beacon fitted to–

(i)

a road clearance vehicle;

(ii)

a vehicle constructed or adapted for the purpose of collecting refuse;

(iii)

a breakdown vehicle;

(iv)

a vehicle having a maximum speed not exceeding 25 mph or any trailer drawn by such a vehicle;

(v)

a vehicle having an overall width (including any load) exceeding 2.9 m;

(vi)

a vehicle used for the purposes of testing, maintaining, improving, cleansing or watering roads or for any purpose incidental to any such use;

(vii)

a vehicle used for the purpose of inspecting, cleansing, maintaining, adjusting, renewing or installing any apparatus which is in, on, under or over a road, or for any purpose incidental to any such use;

(viii)

a vehicle used for or in connection with any purpose for which it is authorised to be used on roads by an order under section 44 of the Act;

(ix)

a vehicle used for escort purposes when travelling at a speed not exceeding 25 mph;

(x)

a vehicle used by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise for the purpose of testing fuels;

(xi)

a vehicle used for the purpose of surveying;

(xii)

a vehicle used for the removal or immobilisation of vehicles in exercise of a statutory power or duty;

(m)

green light from a warning beacon fitted to a vehicle used by a medical practitioner registered by the General Medical Council (whether with full, provisional or limited registration);

(n)

yellow light from a warning beacon fitted to a vehicle for use at airports;

(o)

light of any colour from a traffic sign which is attached to a vehicle;

(p)

reflected light from amber pedal retro reflectors;

(q)

reflected light of any colour from retro reflective material or a retro reflector designed primarily to reflect light to one or both sides of the vehicle and attached to or incorporated in any wheel or tyre of–

(i)

a pedal cycle and any sidecar attached to it;

(ii)

a solo motor bicycle or motor bicycle combination; or

(iii)

an invalid carriage;

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reflected light from amber retro reflective material on a road clearance vehicle;

(s)

reflected light from yellow retro reflective registration plates;

(t)

reflected light from yellow retro reflective material incorporated in a rear marking of a type specified in Part I Section B of Schedule 19 and fitted to–

(i)

a motor vehicle having a maximum gross weight exceeding 7500 kg;

(ii)

a motor vehicle first used before 1st August 1982 having an unladen weight exceeding 3000 kg;

(iii)

a trailer having a maximum gross weight exceeding 3500 kg;

(iv)

a trailer manufactured before 1st August 1982 having an unladen weight exceeding 1000 kg;

(v)

a trailer which forms part of a combination of vehicles one of which is of a type mentioned in a previous item of this sub-paragraph;

(vi)

a load carried by any vehicle; or

(u)

reflected light from orange retro reflective material incorporated in a sign fitted to the rear of a vehicle carrying a dangerous substance within the meaning of the Dangerous Substances (Conveyance by Road in Road Tankers and Tank Containers) Regulations 1981(1) or the Road Traffic (Carriage of Dangerous Substances in Packages etc) Regulations 1986(2)

 

 

 

 

According to the above any light displayed on the front must be white (so white undergow at front is fine)

According to the above any light displaying on the rear must be red (so a red underglow at rear is fine)

and same for amber at the sides i think