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04-13-2005, 06:02 PM
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Light install?
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Whitesnake
Join Date: Oct 2004
City: Lincoln
State: Nebraska
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Well I just got one of Zim's panels and I want to put a light behind it. What would be the best way to wire a light back there? I was thinkin of wiring it into my stereo for power.
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04-13-2005, 06:19 PM
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Crash
Join Date: Aug 2003
City: PSU
State: Pennsylvania
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Yeah I was wondering the exact same thing...just dont know what light to use....i had an old switch panel wired up to my accessory wire of my stereo before and that worked for me. |
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04-13-2005, 06:26 PM
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YA RLY
Join Date: May 2004
City: Midwest City
State: Oklahoma
Posts: 894
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04-13-2005, 06:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2004
State: California
Posts: 9,197
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tap into the head light wire that way when you turn on your head lights, the light turns on. |
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04-13-2005, 06:34 PM
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FormerMod
Join Date: May 2003
City: Riverside County, CA
Posts: 3,405
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nooobz 
10" blacklight attached to a switch in the panel  |
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04-13-2005, 06:59 PM
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Whitesnake
Join Date: Oct 2004
City: Lincoln
State: Nebraska
Posts: 1,900
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not a noob thanks, I just want a light for the panel and doesnt light up the rest of the car too. and green to match all the other lights
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Last edited by 19ClearCobra96; 04-13-2005 at 07:06 PM..
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04-13-2005, 07:11 PM
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Pizza Lover
Join Date: Aug 2003
City: Arlington
State: Virginia
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my suggestion is a neon stick.. wire it to your cigarette lighter. i have both my underbodies and interiors wired to that. there is a crap load of unnecessary electricity goin to that thing.
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04-13-2005, 07:15 PM
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Skimboarder
Join Date: Jan 2004
City: New Port Richey
State: Florida
Posts: 663
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i put in a small neon stick and wired it to the cigarette lighter and another wire to a switch |
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04-14-2005, 12:28 AM
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Whitesnake
Join Date: Oct 2004
City: Lincoln
State: Nebraska
Posts: 1,900
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im leaning towards LED's, just need to figure out mounting and need to buy of course.
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04-14-2005, 12:42 AM
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Skimboarder
Join Date: Jan 2004
City: New Port Richey
State: Florida
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this is what my neon looks like, so you have an idea |
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04-14-2005, 12:45 AM
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Whitesnake
Join Date: Oct 2004
City: Lincoln
State: Nebraska
Posts: 1,900
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does it match all the gauge lights?
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04-14-2005, 08:17 AM
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Not so green anymore
Join Date: May 2003
City: Canonsburg, PA; Aberdeen, MD
State: Pennsylvania
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if your leaning LED www.modsthatglow.com has pretty good prices (they supply you with resisters too)
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04-14-2005, 10:21 AM
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postarama
Join Date: Aug 2003
City: Southaven
State: Mississippi
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O snap, I'm gonna go buy a 99 or 00 now, I want one of those panels.
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04-14-2005, 01:00 PM
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FormerMod
Join Date: May 2003
City: Riverside County, CA
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Ok, I can see you cant take a ******* joke, so I'll just have to give you the smartass answer you were looking for. :  Geez
Hard wire from a hot lead into a 6" to 10" neon stick. One end to your ground, the other to a switch in your panel (if thats what you want to do).
There is enough room behind the pane, on top of the stock amplifier to put even a 10" stick. Obviously, you wont get as much light from a 4" or 6". The coverings of the center front console is sufficient to hide MOST of the light, but the light will bleed out slightly from the access ports on the sides near the back of the console.
Matching lights to swtiches is your deal and you'll have to figure that part out on your own since ther are about a milllion different shades of green |
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04-14-2005, 01:51 PM
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WTF^^...
Join Date: May 2003
City: Hoover / Florence
State: Alabama
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when do you want the light to come on? the stereo has a key hot and an all time hot wire... if you run it there it will be on anytime the car is turned on unless you wire a switch to it.
You could have ran it off the rear defroster if you had it over there... which you dont on your year, and the accesory power is all time hot...
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04-19-2005, 03:59 AM
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I need bolts
Join Date: Oct 2004
City: Dallas PA
State: Pennsylvania
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Like whoever said, wire it to your headlight wire or check your user manual for a fuse that is only hot when the ignition is on.
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04-19-2005, 10:03 AM
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Whitesnake
Join Date: Oct 2004
City: Lincoln
State: Nebraska
Posts: 1,900
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I wired it into the stereo. will get pics up soon
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Last edited by 19ClearCobra96; 04-20-2005 at 01:36 PM..
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04-20-2005, 01:36 PM
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Whitesnake
Join Date: Oct 2004
City: Lincoln
State: Nebraska
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Last edited by 19ClearCobra96; 07-27-2005 at 08:29 PM..
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04-20-2005, 01:40 PM
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I liek gramer
Join Date: Jan 2004
City: Birmingham
State: Alabama
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04-20-2005, 04:53 PM
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Not so green anymore
Join Date: May 2003
City: Canonsburg, PA; Aberdeen, MD
State: Pennsylvania
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did you use neons or LED's?
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04-21-2005, 02:47 AM
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Whitesnake
Join Date: Oct 2004
City: Lincoln
State: Nebraska
Posts: 1,900
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