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    • November 4, 2002 at 4:25 pm #9463
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      ive added “neons” to my rx7, they are the sort that are at the bottom of the door and are visible from the outside + light up the road…

      http://www21.brinkster.com/gtahh/neon.htm

      anyway have a squiz

    • November 4, 2002 at 6:34 pm #16655
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      why dident you just use 1 5mm super bright led. woked bad ass on mine cant see any leds but lights up under the whole car

    • November 5, 2002 at 4:59 am #16676
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      i wanted to be able to see the leds, like those neons u stick under your doors….only problem is they are abit wonky

    • November 5, 2002 at 5:36 am #16680
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      cool looks bad ass tho.

    • November 5, 2002 at 6:52 am #16686
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      i added light up washer jets aswell

      u can see them here…

      http://www21.brinkster.com/gtahh/washer.htm

    • November 5, 2002 at 7:02 am #16690
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      are the light up washers just really bright red LED’s underneath the hood, or have you done somtehing special

    • November 5, 2002 at 8:12 am #16695
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      I put some body lights on my car like a month ago. There are 2 bright green LEDS powered by a lithuim batterie. I have also got 2 cell mod. Many bodies with body kits i moled on tight mufflers and sweet spoilers.

    • November 5, 2002 at 9:00 am #16700
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      Yeah i’ve been toyng with underbody lights. I ordered in some leds, cant tell you what colour yet…..but its gonna go off!! :smiley15:

    • November 5, 2002 at 9:08 am #16702
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      nah the LEDs for the washer-jets are SMD LEDs i got from dicksmiths (they are rectangular, with a round lense, about 3-4mm long) , i made a 1.2mm hole in the bonnet and stuck the lense through, ill scan the data sheet when i find it..

    • November 5, 2002 at 10:00 am #16709
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      i found purple yellow lime green red orange blue white leds at this store by my house

    • November 10, 2002 at 5:11 pm #17283
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      $30 US for 6 UV LEDs? ripoff. In aus they are $2.50retail which is ~$1.25 US

    • November 10, 2002 at 5:26 pm #17285
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      Lacer is just pulling his chain again.

    • November 11, 2002 at 12:22 am #17289
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      they go by color. red green and yellow are the cheepest white and blue are the most exp. look um up at http://www.radioshack.com and theres 3mm leds put out by street glow for havic lighting for real car’s in every neon. and lemme guess you dont think there bi colored led’s either?

    • November 11, 2002 at 4:13 am #17301
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      Originally posted by GT-ahh on 10November2002

      $30 US for 6 UV LEDs? ripoff. In aus they are $2.50retail which is ~$1.25 US

      It *might* be possible… :smiley3:!!

      There are some special LEDs made for “voltage”, not current. These have a little microchip inside (can be seen if you look closely) so you can connect them direct to a voltage source with infinite current (read 12V battery) without them blowing up, you don’t need resistors. Some also blink, or glow/pulse etc etc. They’re targetted at the ICE crowd so most of them run only on 12V DC.

      Pricing on these aren’t cheap, they sell for A$5-10 each here in Oz even for the basic ones. Superbright & UV ones might be even dearer (as superbright ‘normal’ UVLEDs are already A$5-7 each).

      ps: UV is bad for your eyes. You may be young and immortal now, but you may regret it bad when you get cataracts in 20 yrs time.

    • November 11, 2002 at 4:23 am #17302
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      i just read up on them and there filled with neon gas like a neon tube thats why there so expensive but the purple orange yellow blue and white at the most expensive.

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