Sooo, I have been thinking about installing a GE kit on my cooper S. If any of your are fimmillar with the 2fast 2 furious movie, you may remember the Evo with the neos the showed through the front grill.

I would like to do the same thing, but with a dark blue neon, I have looked at LEDs but for a custom strip it can be expencive, in the upwards of $150. Do any of you have a kit? If so can I see it in a picture, and can you tell me about how you rigged it.

Also any comments on this idea would be apreciated.

 

dont do it..

 

ok, well It will be a professinal job, so it will be clean. it won't be any ricer install crap

 

I have one sitting around that I never installed.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...highlight=neon
Color is white though.

 

sry I need blue

 

You can go to Autozone and buy one neon tube that can fit behind the grill. Use your imagination.

 

and tap it to your parking light harness. should be a very easy install.
no need to have it "professionally" done unless you've never worked on
cars before.

 

Isnt it ilegal to have blue or red lights (other than tail lights) showing on your car while moving.

Not that i really care, but it seems like it would get you pulled over fairly quickly, as its pretty obvious.

 

I know it is illegal here in GA to have blue lights, stemming from all the yahoos that were posing as cops and mugging people, not sure where you are though

 

yah, probably is. put a toggle in series then.

 

I was saying I do professional work, and not a hack and slash job

 

oh, you personally are the pro. i see.

i thought you were going to take it into a store to have it done...which
imho would be a waste of money as the install will be easy.

 

Adding neon to ANY car makes me sad.

I applaud your wish to "you-ify" your MINI, though, so I wish you good luck with your project. Please post pictures upon completion.

 

well, at least he's working on his car, not yours. i think neons and LED's
are fun to work with. adds sparkle if done correctly.

 

Especially on Corolla XRS!

 

Man, just let the guy try and put some neon on his car.

Can you guys go ***** about something else, like which intercooler is the best, street racing, or some more of the typical crap you guys complain about?

 

You throw something out on an open forum, your going to get both sides of the issue. Thats life. He wants neon:impatient thats his choice but dont expect everyone to just go ... "sweet":impatient

 

05cooper - hang in there. One thing you'll find about MINI owners is we're all passionate about our rides. If neon will make you and your buggy happy GO FOR IT.

 

If you want neons get them....but neons on a car that hasnt been lowered at all looks pretty darn silly as the light gets very diffused.

 

XRS stands for ExtraRice!

 

yah, and another thing you'll find about chows is that he's often
vitamin deprived and he's not even a MINI owner. He's RAV4 owner.

Rav4 = pure hottness!!! jk jk chows.

 

Dude ..... YOU have no idea how good neon lights look under a jacked up RAV4 ... with a catback.

 

you're right, i dont get intoxicated.

 

I'd go LED over neon personally - neon is VERY fragile and draws a lot of current, whereas LED lighting is very, very tough and draws almost nothing, power-wise.

Oznium.com is about the best place I've seen on the web for underbody kits - they have an active installation forum for help and the owner, Phil, is a great guy with a 100% satisfaction guarantee warranty.

I'm planning on adding LEDs under my car in the spring - I know some people don't like them, but I figure that they're 100% invisible when not switched on and unless THEY want to make my car payment then the only opinion that matters about whether or not it looks good is MINE.

Here's a link to Oznium's single-color LED kit, with controller:

http://www.oznium.com/single-color-underbody

Alternately, you could use Cold Cathode bars instead of neon (they're brighter, more durable and draw LOTS less current than neon), bbut even cathodes are more breakable than LEDs. Cathodes would need to be sealed with silicone in an external application.

I used cathodes in my interior:


...and in my grille:



Also, I just added 4 blue LED "puddle lights" to my underside door sills and a set of LED strip lights in my boot and in my supercharger scoop - they look GREAT. I'll get some pics later this week (I hope).

 

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