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Varad LED Underglow

I am looking to purchase the item from the link below from ebay, and i was wondering if anyone has the same kit, or one similar to it, and what they think of it. thanks


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wont the sides be kinda hard to put on, I took a look at it once and decided I have no idea how i'd install a kit, have you found any DIYs?
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I have it on my car with White LEDs.. the tubes are very skinny so, when you put then on the sides just make sure they are behind the frame.
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thanks for the input. Ill post up pics when i install them
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They won't be as bright as regular neons, but at least they won't break as easily.
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thanks for the input. Ill post up pics when i install them
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I thought LED's were usually brighter than neons???
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they are brighter... the only thing is the light is more "focused", so light isnt spread around evenly like regular neons.
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Ha no way. The led kits have a line of those tiny led lights in the tube. When I had my neons they were so bright you could see them reflecting from the ground off the mirrors. I saw a pontiac with red led kit driving last night. At first I thought it was reflection from the tails, but I looked again and there was a faint glow under the sideskirts. It was really dim to the point that most people wouldn't even notice. He had it on moving mode so you could kinda tell.
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White is VERY bright...

very noticeable but, as mentioned before the light is "focused" also,

make sure the leds are facing DOWN on the road and not too the side/up

that could have been the problem that the guy in the pontiac had, haha
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Dang... the only reason i wanted to go with LED's is because a good majority of people on this site say they are brighter. I wish i could find some decent pics to compare them. Varad is a very reputable brand for LED's, hopefully the one gearbox saw was a cheaper brand.
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I bought a cheap led underbody kit off ebay and I have it in my room, the controller is semi busted, but i could always wire it to on/off if i put it in the car, its white, and its bright enuf to light up the entire room.. (leds are facing up too, even pointed against the wall its plenty bright)

if the sides look easy enuf to put on im kinda debating about actually putting it on my car..
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post pics if u happen to put it back on
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I was actually thinking of getting a blue led kit, but it would be plasmaglow not varad. Even with a good kit tho, regular neons will be brighter than leds. Same reason turn signal leds aren't good. The ones I got had 15 leds in it and still wasn't as bright as a bulb. If you look at the led kits, all you see are tiny leds in a single line. And that little light has to reflect off the ground to actually be able to see it.
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yea that does make sense... i guess i will go with the neons instead. Is there any particular place you would reccomend buying them?
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