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Old Feb 1, 2002
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lights flashing to the beat

i wanna hook up two neon tube blubs, like the ones in schools, and i want them to flash with the beat, how can i do that? the blubs are 12volt

anyone know?
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go to crutchfield.com and look at the speaker box buildinggear and accessories. youll need the street glow musical interface
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oh ok
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man u can go to just about anywhere
i have seen em in walmart and i think like Pep boys
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That'll be a pretty interesting mod. Hope you don't get arrested while cruising....that would be pretty embarrasing.
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I got mine at Pepboys for like $25...its just a neon tube that you can mount wherever. Plugs into the cig. lighter.
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so are they illegal then?
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On a SIde note. If you want you headlights to flash to the bass beats. Just get a 1000 watts amp and run 8 guage wiring [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG].. Your electrical will fry in no time.. But it would be a cool effect

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P.S. PLEASE do not do that.. It's a joke
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i got the flashing neons going on inside, just installed this weekend, almost got pulled over, but i turned off stereo, which turned lights off. I wired it to the amps in the back. Definately need to get a switch up front for neons. Oh and if your'e gonna do this, it'd be wise to get some tint on your windows if you haven't already, or you'll get pulled over quick.
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so what do i do, just run one of the speaker wires into the light?

i wanna wire up a pair of neon lights i already have to be able to flash to the beat of the music
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WALMART = $9.99

kool & cheap direct plug to the cigarette lighter, got 3 colors either, purple, blue, red & u can put it steady light or flashing to the beat............got one & its sweet

kool & cheap dude!!!
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i have a stick of LED lights i took from a spoiler that flashes only when the bass hits. wired to the output on the amp. and still have enuff power for my subs.
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<< i got the flashing neons going on inside, just installed this weekend, almost got pulled over, but i turned off stereo, which turned lights off. I wired it to the amps in the back. Definately need to get a switch up front for neons. Oh and if your'e gonna do this, it'd be wise to get some tint on your windows if you haven't already, or you'll get pulled over quick. >>



yea same here...i dont have tint and i had them going on, on the freeway...it was at night and the cop pulled to the lane next to me and i quickly turned em off with the switch i got put in and he just cruised with me for about a half mile and then he sped up and went away.
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yeah they're not very legal while your'e driving, but that's when it's fun, so i just try not to get caught, as for the strobe, i don't even turn that on unless i'm parked. As far as trying to hook up wires to the neons you have, if they don't have wires on em, i wouldn't use em. Just go to pepboys or another auto place and buy the light bar that plugs into cigarette lighter, cut off plug, and hard wire it. I got a 10" blue light bar for $20.
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I bought two of those cheap 10" tubes from Wal-Mart for $10. I prefer Streetglow...but I'm pretty happy with these tubes. I simply mounted 'em in the back, cut off the adapters, and hard-wired 'em to a switch along with the rest of my neons. As for cops, I don't have my windows tinted, and I have never gotten pulled over for 'em. I have two 6" tubes under the dash, two 10" tubes in the back, and I'm getting ready to get a neon license plate frame. It's gonna be wired to my brake lights, tho...cops don't like frames around here. It's also gonna be on a switch, that way it can be on all the time, or only when I hit my brakes. That way, if I see cop lights, I can flip the switch, and then I can prove to the cop that they only come on with my brake lights. I can say that the reason I bought it was so I could have an auxillary brake light.
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