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Sorry buddy, was out late today and didn't have a chance to get pics, will definately get some and post em up tomorrow night.

On a side note, been stopped now by two R33 drivers commenting on the SKYLINE panel :)

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i did a setup like this on my 180sx i had a few years back. got the idea off a GT starlet that had a light up garnish. i just used a 8" neon and some alfoil to make it reflect like a headlight. worked well enough. going to do it to the skyline when i could be bothered.

Hey guys, I used to have one of the light up panels, believe it was genuine but who knows. . .

Used to until someone ran into the back of me anyways. the day after I got the car!!

Tried to get a replacement one but the only person I talked to who could get one wanted like $700 to get it in from Japan!

Ended up with the boring Silver painted panel. . .

The 'Skyline' writing has white paint on it applied from the inside, and the rest is just normal clear plastic, i think

Oh well

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Hey guys, I used to have one of the light up panels, believe it was genuine but who knows. . .

Used to until someone ran into the back of me anyways. the day after I got the car!!

Tried to get a replacement one but the only person I talked to who could get one wanted like $700 to get it in from Japan!

Ended up with the boring Silver painted panel. . .

The 'Skyline' writing has white paint on it applied from the inside, and the rest is just normal clear plastic, i think

Oh well

Later

yeah thats the genuine EL panel ones..

got a questions regarding this bread board ..

how do you cut it down to size neatly?

just picked some up for this other panel im doing... but instead of 5 rows that you need, its about 40 rows, but long enough to do the whole panel..

any hints?

I used a metal ruler and 'stanley' knife, then used a "bench mounted, grinding wheel" to smooth the edges. Or you can just use a file, it's only fibre-glass

yeah sweet

didn't get to see your post til now, but thats pretty much what i did anyway:)

cheers for that

might end up redoing my panel with 2 stage lights and run the 2V LED's that aare the 7000mva or whatever .. see how it goes

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Mine came stock with the car from japan, lights up blue. Didn't even no till i got home When i rang him up a few days later i asked him bout it and he said its an optional extra when u buy the car brand new over there, i'll take a pic at night and post it. i Dont know how its done and aint gonna try to find out on my own car, cause why f**k with somethin that aint broke haha

you can't have white pointing back unless it is the number plate light. otherwise cars may think it is a headlight.

i had a nice officer explain this to me one night. i didn't have any lights on my car, but i was just asking him because he had pulled me over because he was bored.

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