Neons Or Leds?

[32GTRB]

hi, thinking of ricing up my car for my czns formal, what better way then putting on an undercar light show!

the main problem im having is whether to buy neons, or the led kits? (off ebay)

im worried about the led kits being spotty (uneven lighting).

has anyone tried both? if so good and bad on each please.

no postwhoring please.

thanks in advance

[bankids]

hi, thinking of ricing up my car for my czns formal, what better way then putting on an undercar light show!

the main problem im having is whether to buy neons, or the led kits? (off ebay)

im worried about the led kits being spotty (uneven lighting).

has anyone tried both? if so good and bad on each please.

no postwhoring please.

thanks in advance

of coz led

[32GTRB]

reason being?

[Omurru]

I used to sell these through my business...back in the day. Neons give a much better spread of light where as leds tend to be spotty as you said. Vegas Glow have a product called fading neon kits which are probally more of what you are after. Where the light runs up and down the tubes to engine revs of music or whatever. From memory there about 240 for a kit so a little more than standard neons.

Only thing with neons though is for them to look good you have to be able to mount them so that when you are standing beside the car you can see the tube itself only the light, so you need to have some decent skirts on the car and it also needs to be fairly low to the ground so you get a good bright spread of light. If the car is high or you can see the tubes it just looks plain shit regardless.

If you are in Melb, forgot to look before I started typing this send me a pm and i'll give you the address of the place that imports vegas glow stuff there in nunawading think you can buy for them without a dealer account, or on ebay I have dealt with 'online performance autos' many times before and there very good they should be able to get them in for you at a reasonable price if you ask.

[LatinR33]

I would not consider any of the two. Makes the car look cheesy

[Nav2k]

i remmeber a while ago a guy was distributing really bright LED's that changed colour etc displayed multicolours etc. looked really nice and even but price tag of like $700.

this was 2 years ago , dunno if its gone down yet. but it really looked 100x better than any neon and other led set i've seen.

i can't remember which forum i saw this on..i think www.caraudioaustralia.com . didnt pay much attention sorry.

Edited September 12, 2006 by Nav2k

[32GTRB]

ended up getting a led kit off ebay. its about 50 dollars cheaper and i wont be using it much. thanks for the replies

[R34NRG]

LEDS have their advantages but i rkn neons have a better effect. LEDS are mroe of a pure light while Neons have this glow...which is kool.

google em and ull find wat u need

[Topaz]

L is pronouced with a tongue lip vowel first so its 'an led kit'.

Learneding is we.

[Savage Bliss]

Baaaahahahahaha! Would you like some bling with your rice!?!?

Edited September 13, 2006 by Savage Bliss

[32GTRB]

we all know its rice, but are ricer components still rice if there on a fast car? i can understand if it was on a honda, but ?

[NA power]

nah sorry man...... its still rice not matter what

[qikstagea]

Guys the question was "which one", not "would you". He'd said it was only for a formal drive.

a led kit, or an L.E.D. kit. its not led as in lead, the metal, they are Light Emitting Diodes. You studying a Bachelor Ed, or just wish you were?

THought that seeing as others were posting answers to questions that werent asked..... i would too!

[lanky71]

Hey,

I thought neons and underglow of any sort was illegal?

Or is that only in NSW.

I have seen like one car with underglow and it was a WRX on the central coast.

Drew.

[qikstagea]

Legal to have, as long as you arent distracting drivers by driving with them on, or playing with them in view of the road.

[lanky71]

Legal to have, as long as you arent distracting drivers by driving with them on, or playing with them in view of the road.

Ahh... So no use buying them if you want to drive around with them on

Drew.

[qikstagea]

depends on how much of a risk taker you are, i guess.

whether you like to live on the edge and all that, night-rider.

I dont see how a set of neons is any different to a set of chrome 18s. neither are gonna make your car go faster. Neither is a nismo or HKS sticker etc. but people still put them on.

Im all for neons, its part of the seen. i dont HAVE any, but i dont pay out those that do. If done properly, they can look very good, hey.

[32GTRB]

yup there simply for display. cant drive around with them on. im only going to turn em on near the formal event. his a bit of a car fanatic, so im going with my 2 friends as a sort of cruise kinda thing

[Shaun O]

Not sure how similar your neon laws are compared to us over in NZ but I believe to have neons here the tube has to be out of view and also any undercar lighting has to diffuse rather than concentrated light, ie. a spotlight.

[mad082]

my mate got booked for neons. his came on when you opened the door (had it for show use). he was hoping out of the car one night and the cops drove past and booked him.