hi i just put these neons on yesterday, i know the pic quality isn't that good i'll take a better one tonight. i thought i'd spice up the car a bit :slayer: I got a flick switch inside so i can it on and off whenever lol is this legal btw???

Need to make it so the actual neon isn't visible for it not to look crap IMO. As far as i know they aren't legal on the road but doesn't stop most people, it being a blue one keep a very good eye out for the boys in blue!

pretty nice, + yeah need to hide the actual neon itself.

was thinking of doing this myself, but with replacing the grill with a mesh. how hard was it to install?

+ as for the boys in blue, it is illegal as far as i know, blue more than other colours for some reason *shrug*

They pull you for stupid stuff so having blue lights on your car a very big no from them, used to know a guy who drove a polo, metallic blue paint, colour coded alloys, it was a right lax power motor but had blue lenses on tail lights and he got done for impersonating a police car. How exactly does it look like a police car?? They aren't forgiving on this kinda thing so just go careful

yeah there big on head/tail lights too >.< only way you could really impersonate them is if you had the siren + flashing lights on your roof ;D

Kaldra666 said:

pretty nice, + yeah need to hide the actual neon itself.

was thinking of doing this myself, but with replacing the grill with a mesh. how hard was it to install?

+ as for the boys in blue, it is illegal as far as i know, blue more than other colours for some reason *shrug*

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it wasn't too bad installing it, my friend knows about electronics so we went out and bought some wire n switches etc, the biggest problem was getting the wires through that rubber seal that seperates the engine bay from the inside of the car :bang: but we managed it. the only problem is, i can't get the big plastic grip type thing that held the rubber bit to the car back on, so now theres a big gap

If the bulb is showing, it is illegal, but if it is hidden so you can only see the light from it, it is not illegal. Well so government legislation and policy says anyway.

thanks for your help, ill try moving them, i dunno where to put them tho coz the sticky things ive got aren't strong enough for it too hang down. maybe i could just put something infront of the bulb to reflect it upwards or somethin

i've moved the neons down, it looks alot better

Donnie Darko said:

i've moved the neons down, it looks alot better

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awesome mate, lets hope they dont draw too much attention eh.

If the light is on while your driving and a Plod sees you, chances are you will be told to turn it off.

The polices argument is that if a person, who is not too bright, is in front of you and sees blue in there rear view mirror then pulls over and hits somthing thinking your a police car. then thats your fault and you would if you stayed around be prossacuted for impersonating a police officer.

Nearly the same as if you have a big sausage and you point it at someone through your clothing and they think its a big gun then you can be done for firearms offences.

god i love our legal system.

Must be pretty dumb to think a car with non-flashing neons on the front grill, not on the roof, is a police car. But saying that there's plenty of dumb people around

Your Very right there however if you do have blue LEDs on your car or Neons at the front and someone gets a glimpse at night and your ragging it. the lights will flash due to bumps in the road just like if your walking with a tourch. it looks to the distance like a flasshing light. its not but it looks that way.

Un-Marked Police cars dont have lights on there roof just a flashing strobe hidden behind the front grill and lights on the back parcel shelf with a mirror that pops up when there on. and there normally the top of the range chav cars.

i see your point falcon. The thing that distracts me more is people who drive with their fog lights on, i know loads of people do it but sometimes when a car is behind you with them on its so flippin bright. Much more distractin than a soft blue light. But the police don't care about that!

They do.. Its illegal to drive with your fogs on when it ain't foggy. I've had words from a copper about it, before anyone says anything it was foggy the night before and i forgot to turn them off in the morning.

Speaking of which, what's this stupid trend to put side lights on in combo with fogs?? :shakehead

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They do.. Its illegal to drive with your fogs on when it ain't foggy. I've had words from a copper about it, before anyone says anything it was foggy the night before and i forgot to turn them off in the morning.

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lol. im starting to wish i hadn't put the lights on, seems more trouble than its worth! apparently u can get fined for havin ur fogs on, so my friend says. but he says alot...

yeah my friends been fined for having his fog lights on when its not foggy, i think it was about £50

Kaldra666 said:

yeah my friends been fined for having his fog lights on when its not foggy, i think it was about £50

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if you go out on a fri sat night there are sooo many people with their fogs on, i spose the police have bigger fish 2 fry at weekends.

£50 fixed penalty. Not worth it and doesn't look that cool anyway!

And the Blue neons, if a traffic cop sees you with them on he will be after you in a shot. It is classed as impersonating a police officer, which is big trouble.