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Post by ptricky on Mar 18, 2009 15:57:37 GMT -5
So I'm planning on starting a project on my Scion xB. I want to put neons on the ceiling but obviously this poses a problem with wiring, or atleast to me it does. I don't want wires hanging everywhere so any ideas as to how to hide the wires? And does anyone have a link to installing neons, there used to be a really good one on the old forums but I can't find it anymore.
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Post by Da' Boulder (aka-tritontim47) on Mar 18, 2009 21:26:17 GMT -5
You can tuck the wires up in the headliner and just run them down the A-pillars...
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Post by JSewell on Mar 18, 2009 22:30:52 GMT -5
first things first man, make sure your neon position won't blind you hah. then mount your neon, then you'll have to cut of the cig lighter and use some extra speaker wire to extend your wires and just do what boulder said, tuck the wires into the ceiling and then down your pillar to your power source
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Post by mroriginal on Mar 19, 2009 1:43:11 GMT -5
I will look for what i had done in my old malibu. If i find pics then i will post if not then just do what they said. Its not that hard. Also Cold Cathodes can be taken out of their tube with some work which make them even smaller and it is just the bare element. They are VERY fragile once removed from the tube. If you want some info on that let me know and i will post it up.
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Post by BumpinG-Am on Mar 19, 2009 11:16:01 GMT -5
I will look for what i had done in my old malibu. If i find pics then i will post if not then just do what they said. Its not that hard. Also Cold Cathodes can be taken out of their tube with some work which make them even smaller and it is just the bare element. They are VERY fragile once removed from the tube. If you want some info on that let me know and i will post it up. that's pretty cool, I didn't know that. You could get creative and cut a slit in your headliner, put the cathode in there, then cover it with plexi. not hacked, you could actually do a good job with it if you took your time. *side note* I'm the only one in this computer lab at school and someone's snoring in the next room and I can hear it from here. annoying as hell |
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Post by ptricky on Mar 19, 2009 19:26:36 GMT -5
Alright cool and yea if you could post how to do that, I might put them in the headliner like you said but yea the info on how to take them out of the tube would be much appreciated, any tips are welcome, like I said I'm a noob at this.
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Post by JSewell on Mar 19, 2009 22:38:59 GMT -5
well tricky if your a noob like you say then i wouldn't go taking them out of the tube, i wouldn't risk breaking the bar until your more experienced
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Post by ptricky on Mar 20, 2009 11:20:06 GMT -5
Alright, well I have plastic covering the upholstery on my a frame, should i remove it to string the wires through
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Post by JSewell on Mar 20, 2009 13:30:03 GMT -5
could you take a picture of it
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Post by ptricky on Mar 21, 2009 10:07:53 GMT -5
Yea I'll take a picture today when I head out.
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Post by mroriginal on Mar 21, 2009 13:01:33 GMT -5
Here is the link for the writeup on how to remove the Colds from the tubes. enjoy! Sorry fixed i dunno why it didnt show up lol www.oznium.com/forum/topic5488 |
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Post by JSewell on Mar 21, 2009 15:37:49 GMT -5
i don't see it
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Post by ptricky on Mar 21, 2009 18:26:49 GMT -5
Okay so I looked in a friends car and he has the same thing which led me to believe what I call an a-frame might be different than what is actually an a frame. An a frame is where the the front window meets the windshield that divider.
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Post by JSewell on Mar 21, 2009 18:43:41 GMT -5
 The vertical plastic left of the screen is what were refering too, So just run your wires through your roofing (plastic, carpet) whatever, make it lead to that post and have to run down to your power source thus just showing a bright neon bar |
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Post by ptricky on Mar 21, 2009 22:14:16 GMT -5
Okay yea thats what I thought, but by run down you mean run down not behind, thats what I thought you meant. And I found some instructions on how to wire and basically I was going to try to run it to the battery which I was told was the best way instead of the cigarette lighter, is that what you recommend? Thanks!
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