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Installing Interior Neons...big pic warning

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So i have started this today and thought id make a How to on it at the same time as i couldnt fine one anywhere on the net lol!

So what would u need?...

Car(Tigra A in this case LAYLA )
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Interior Lights(Can find these on ebay for cheap)
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All purpose adhesive :)
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Switch(also cheap from ebay)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWNX:IT

And time...

SO!

At first i got everything together as you do when doing something like this .

Pulled off the fuse cover and had a look where i can get this in,

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Thought to myself that i will not be playing arround with fuses!
SO...
took out the ashtray...
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Then thought lets find some power quickly..using the wiring going to the Lighter i disconnected the lighter unit and connected the lights to the wiring and...
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Had a w00h00 moment for a second...sip a coffee and went on thinking wherre i should mount the passenger side neon...so i mounted it right behind the parcel shelf...

Took off parcel shelf...

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Had a look see if it would work...
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SO...
Layd the adhesive..and attached the light
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tied it down with twine to keep it there until glue dries,
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Glue dried...
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fitted the parcel shelf back in place and lay wiring through back of ashtray
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connected it again quickly to have look see :D
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Thats it for now, i will continue this when weather is slightly better and i got some time, all questions,views and opinions more then welcome!
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Bling Bling there my china
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lol
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what next, bud?

Disco ball and strobe lights :P
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Wait wait wait....

You own a Tigra!
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wow
just wow

i started typing a response but backspaced it
just wow
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GreyWolf wrote:Wait wait wait....

You own a Tigra!
i sure do my furry friend :)
Sojourn wrote:wow
just wow

i started typing a response but backspaced it
just wow
?...
jamin_za wrote:what next, bud?

Disco ball and strobe lights :P
lol nah gonna stay simple for the first couple a months :)
Spicy-McHaggis wrote:So today i decided that il fuse it anyway and started preparing to mount the driver side neon...

looked behind the fuse box and found a bar i quickly dusted off and had a look see if the neon would be a good fit lentgh wise,

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dusted some spots down and added the glue to the bar and light,
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run through the wiring...
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Connected the wires to some power to have a looksy!
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connected both sides...
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This is where il be installing the switch

in the back of the ashtray :)
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As the ashtray closes il have half an inch for the switch :)


im a happy man!

now il finish it off 2morrow with a fuse and install the switch
right so due to me getting chest infection and throat inflamation :( i have not worked on this any further... when im better il continue :)
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yeah freak accident when i was little...
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Spicy-McHaggis wrote:
Sojourn wrote:wow
just wow

i started typing a response but backspaced it
just wow
?...
Diff strokes and all, but you don't think this is a wee bit tappit and/or common?
Just my opinion, please don't take offense.
I'll leave your thread alone now.
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lol none taken i appreciate any and all opinions and feedback,

if i do engine upgrades insurance swallows me whole and squirts me out the back over and over again,

it main purpose will be for shows and daily driving, i will be installing a switch so they wont be on all the time :)

and also...

my screen project is on hold for now untill i get a new screen as i blew the first one and it was my own fault so they wont replace it...
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That reminds me
Now cruising in his Tigra, he sees homies as he pass
But if he looks twice, they're gonna kick his lilly a$$!
Ehy Bru, pimping ride and all. Gonna get some blinging rims there man, nothing less than 12 inches hey man you wanna get those shorties looking. Come cruise with us round Boksberg sometime.

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Congratulations, you are now an indian. :lol:
To receive your certificate of conversion, simply do a bad tint job on your windows. :wink:
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Prime wrote:Congratulations, you are now an indian. :lol:
To receive your certificate of conversion, simply do a bad tint job on your windows. :wink:
:lol: :lol:
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