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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 08:11 AM
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ok thats BA! I love the look of that. Anybody have that in a blue??
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 12:36 AM
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im doing something similiar, wiering 2 blue 15 inch neon tubes to my roll bar and wireing it to my dome lights, it looks SICK with the top down at night
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by shadowpro-jk
ok thats BA! I love the look of that. Anybody have that in a blue??
This is in Riprock's, he did it in blue after seeing mine on another post.
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 09:23 PM
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i tied some lights into the dome light wire and ran them by the foot well for more light when you get in and out. i think they look pretty good....

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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by axsys
i tied some lights into the dome light wire and ran them by the foot well for more light when you get in and out. i think they look pretty good....

That does look pretty swell. Nice job
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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I've got this on my to-do list. Thanks for putting it all together (again). I figure a 3" green up front, a 3" back of the console on the dimmer & a white in either footwell ( & maybe back of center console) off the courtesy lights. Now I just need to figure out how & stop being afraid of cutting wires...\
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 05:18 PM
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Great job everyone!
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 05:27 PM
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Wow , that is so cooool . I love it.
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by d8piccini
I've got this on my to-do list. Thanks for putting it all together (again). I figure a 3" green up front, a 3" back of the console on the dimmer & a white in either footwell ( & maybe back of center console) off the courtesy lights. Now I just need to figure out how & stop being afraid of cutting wires...\
you dont necessarily have to cut any wires, you can just tap into them with a wire splice, which can be removed whenever you want. one of these:

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Old Dec 1, 2008 | 05:48 PM
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This is a great mod. I was at Harbor Freight the other day and I saw that they had LED light strips for $7. They are the 9" strips. The whole installation took me 30 minutes TOPS. I left some clamps on the light strips to make sure the double sided tape adhered properly.

As you can see, I did mine in red so it wouldn't impair my night vision. I took these pics with a "candlelight" setting on my Olympus Stylus 600 and it picked up more light than you notice. It's perfect at the mid setting for the dash lights. I think the low setting will work well for country driving where it's really dark.

The pictures are a little grainy due to the low light setting but you get the idea.







This is the highest setting.

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