Red LED maps lights installed
10-14-2003, 01:38 AM
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OMG 
You guys making too much fun out of this ... it is just lights... it looks good from the inside... it will be even better if you hide the light from people directly seeing it
Have a cap on it or something - so only the panel is illuminated
Tori
You guys making too much fun out of this ... it is just lights... it looks good from the inside... it will be even better if you hide the light from people directly seeing it
Have a cap on it or something - so only the panel is illuminated
Tori
10-14-2003, 12:56 PM
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That was exactly what I was thinking. The trick that Audi uses is they make it seem like its coming out of nowhere. You really dont want to see those beams of light. Put a piece of trim in front of the lights themselves.
10-14-2003, 05:50 PM
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That's why they are where they are, you don't even notice them when they are on because they are on the other side of the console drop down.
10-14-2003, 05:50 PM
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That's why they are where they are, you don't even notice them when they are on because they are on the other side of the console drop down.
10-14-2003, 08:34 PM
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Originally posted by mikeb
me too
me too
10-14-2003, 08:51 PM
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I have a buddy who also installed this type of lighting for his alarm system. When he gets out of the car and sets his alarm there are three LEDs right behind the shifter that blink from left to right. I guess it would help keep people away from your sh%t.
I will try to get PICs next time I see him.
I will try to get PICs next time I see him.
10-14-2003, 10:25 PM
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Originally posted by Dugless
Holy crap Mikeb!!!!! You have how many thousand posts???
Holy crap Mikeb!!!!! You have how many thousand posts???
10-15-2003, 02:21 AM
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Originally posted by mikeb
i would say its illegal
cops give tickets for everything in ca
i would say its illegal
cops give tickets for everything in ca
But a great install job Dugless! You reminded me of something I miss from my previous car.
10-15-2003, 02:24 AM
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thats the funny thing
if the car comes with it stock its ok
if you add it to your car its almost always illegal
like is 300 lexus taillights legal
apc taillights I put on my civic that look the same illegal
if the car comes with it stock its ok
if you add it to your car its almost always illegal
like is 300 lexus taillights legal
apc taillights I put on my civic that look the same illegal
10-15-2003, 03:41 AM
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Red light doesn't dilate the pupil like other colors of light and thus unlike normal interior lights won't hamper your driving.
It should be legal.
-Mr. Wigggles
It should be legal.
-Mr. Wigggles
10-15-2003, 12:37 PM
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Ditto w/Wiggy....As long as it doesn't 'broadcast' the light outside of the car, it can not be considered illegal. If you have the light 'broadcasting' to the front, back, or sides of the car, it's another story. But from the looks of it, I'd say it's fine , (at least in TX).
10-15-2003, 09:30 PM
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Those lights look great. I understand how you ran the wires, but how did you actualy mount the lights? I've never worked with LEDs, so I'm a total noob when it comes to this stuff...