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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 08:38 AM
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it hit me the other night driving home about 1 or 2am that man....its DARK inside this thing at night expecially with tinted windows
i couldnt see my cruise control buttons or hardly anything that didnt already have backlit built into it
so it got me to thinking what if i put a couple of those little neon tubes above your feet hidden where you couldnt see the bulbs just the light

a member on here did it in blue, but i would go with red/orange to match my guages an cd player face an all the other stuff in the cockpit

heres a pick of the guys interior in blue
http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...urrent=104.jpg

would it be tastefull and usefull for my car
or to much like a ricer
of course i would have a small rocker switch mounted out of sight to turn them on or off
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 08:38 AM
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 08:48 AM
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it's suppose to be dark in the cockpit man!!! my car gets 2 bright inside cause all the electronic screens that I felt people can see me clearly at night with my black tint. the pix looks very nice, but I bet u that u won't feel comfortable driving it after a while, especially with cops harrasing u all the time. The only neon light I have on my Z is at the buttom of my door that lights up while the door is open.
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 09:02 AM
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im doubting the cops will even be able to see any lighting at all
besides theres nothing illegal about interior lights as long as they arent flashing or strobing
i found a better example of what i wanna do

http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...eflector10.jpg

but in red to match the existing interior
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 10:44 AM
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Please don't...
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 10:55 AM
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i just dont want the car to look stupid
but it really bugs me not having any light inside
i dont think it would be to bad with an on off switch

note, im not going to drive around with the light on
only if i need to see something inside but more subbtle than turning on the interior lights
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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Yeah I know what you mean bud.
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 09:25 AM
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I have purple neons under the dashboard wired to a on/off switch (you can pick one up from advance auto or napa) I like it. I used very small 4 inch tubes instead of 8 or 12 like everyone else. I dont like a blaring glow. Just a hint of color. Just wire to a on off switch, wire the power to one of the acc fuses in the fuse box and your done. If you get pulled over you can just switch them off.
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Old Jul 19, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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it hink the blue would look great if it came on with a switch or when the door was open etc. I wouldnt rock it all the time.
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Old Jul 27, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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I think the lighting wouldn't be bad. My friend had one installed and it looks pretty nice inside.
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Old Oct 14, 2008 | 03:58 PM
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i'm getting one too but this place said 80 bucks for labor and i gotta get 2 led thing from pepboys..
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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 05:41 AM
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RICE!!!! Either adjust your interior light intensity or at most put a solitary led over each floorboard, but don't put neon. It isn't 1994 anymore, besides, you shouldn't put anything you'd find in the "mod section" at pep-boys in a Z.
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 07:31 AM
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AMEN PETE!
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 08:29 AM
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keep a flashlight
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 08:44 AM
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https://my350z.com/forum/exterior-in...od-lights.html
that's the perfect solution! and its not rice/ghetto at all
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