Styling Chinq Neons :)

[Jamieb]

Hello,

I want to do something that not many chinqs have and that is put neons on it.

Now im a student so are skint and found best way for me to put neons would be the 'led neon strips'. Now I don't know much about cars etc hence why im asking on here... I am looking at http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110500541505#ht_2846wt_939 I dont get how I can install them so they work only way I think I can use them is by connecting them to main car batt? But they they would be on all the time which is illegal I just want them on while im in car parks etc with mates for bit of a laugh... is there anyway I can say connect them to my fag lighter? Or install a switch?


Thank Guys!

Jamie

 

[TommyN9]

sound like a good idea. i'm no expert but i would of thought you could of just put a switch between the neon strip and the battery like on a circut. but i'm not an expert.

theres a kind of guide on this site.
http://www.all-neon-car-lights.com/how-to-install-neon-under-car-lights.html

might help,
Tom

 

[rallycinq]

You need a suitable supply of electricity, with a fuse and a switch.

Then you need to get the cables outside, so find a grommet that you can use.

Cheers

SPD

 

[ycming]

Na, just power it and plug it into some of these:

Ming

 

[Jamieb]

How would I do that ycming? I have added you so I can chat on the chat bar thing.

 

[ycming]

I was only joking mate, what message thing? Is it still illegal if it comes on when your head light comes on?

Ming

 

[Jamieb]

The chat thing at bottom.... I only want them for like in car park just random use. Its illegal to have them on whilst on the street..... So trying to find out how to power them...

 

[Benjammo]

we use them alot at work, we use them for lakota bars, new look stores etc.. I honestly can't see them being any good on the outside of a car, the glues not bad but I cant see them staying on for long sepecally with this weather and unless you've got acess to IPA or some very good degreaser, I recon they'd be off in a week. add to that you'll get a blue spot effect on the floor not a nice glow, and I think you'd be better off with a proper set of neons, or maybe the LED under car lighting systems, but they still leave dots on the floor.
I'd emal this lad:
https://www.fiatforum.com/classifieds/showproduct.php?product=17534&cat=19

also under the vehicle lighting act, I forget the year, it tells you what colour lights you can show at the front, sides and the rear of the car, NOT the underside, it also defines what a light is, and a glow is NOT a light according to the law. it also states that blue WARNING lights are for emergancy services only but it discribes a warning light as one that flashes or rotates. so if you can see the bulbs from the front, sides or rear then their illegal if you can't you'll probably still get pulled and told to turn them off. but thats the police for ya.
(I did a HND in public service management and I did an assignment on do the police abuse their powers, focusing mainly on the driver as I wanted to get into the traffic police)

 

[Jamieb]

Yeah, I only want them for abit of fun its nothing that im bothered enough to spend £80+ on bars, I just wondering how I can wire them up to my cigarette lighter or something can I can turn them on and off.

 

[craigb244]

Its simple.

Run a wire from the live(+) connection on your battery to the inside of the car
Connect this wire to a switch of your choice (http://www.maplin.co.uk/Family.aspx?Menu=1943&worldid=-2)
then take the wire(s) from your neons to the inside of the car.
Connect the live wire from the neons (im guessing it will be either red or if like speaker wire, most likely the wire with a white line)
to the other terminal on the switch. connect the other neon wire to a metal part of the car