Rep Power: 0

hello folks.. been a while since ive last posted here..[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
havent done much to the car but i put in two 10" tubes under the seats today
My Ride tell me what you think.. im very happy with it

also, can someone provide me with a wiring diagram for permanently wiring the neons instead of using the cigarette lighter plug? i have a giant awkward looking transformer in my car right now.. and im not very experienced with wiring and such but im pretty sure i could manage if i had a nice diagram and information as to where i "hook it up"

thanks in advance
-Neofusion

 
Rep Power: 0

looks pretty good. sorry dont have a clue about wiring them things

 
Rep Power: 349

looks good man

 
Rep Power: 0

OMG!!!! Is that a indiglo pair of dice hanging from your mirror! If your car is stock why would you have neons?? I would actually suggest peformance or some other sort of mods before i would do the whole disco thing!! JMO Dakota

 
Rep Power: 0

well.. the thing is, i decided not to go the performace route.. besides maybe a nice exhaust system and rims (if thats considered performance). i just figured that its not gonna be that fast no matter how much money i put into it.. unless i put ALOT of money into it.. ya kno? not that im dissing our cars or anything, im very happy with it.. just sayin that if im going to spend money on it, i want it to be FAST. so ive decided to just fix it up cosmetically and put in a nice system. actually im getting infinity perfects next week.. with headunit and aftermarket speakers shortly after that. so yeah.. my point is.. all show and no go baby

 
Rep Power: 0

I feel the same way man. That exactly what I think of my car

 
Rep Power: 0

read the instructions, read how much amps it must have. then you can cut the lighter plug off and it should tell you which wire is ground. then connect the ground wire to the body of the car (make sure you sand the metal not over any paint becasue it wont work well) then connect the + wire to your fuse box.

 
Rep Power: 0

NEO dude wassup!! i think i passed u the other day downtown, like friday, in the morning about 7-ish, but if that wasnt u we seriously need to hook up dude....i mean im like the only modded 2k1 out here in bham it feels like...i havent seen one yet..but we have like the same exact car. so lemme know where u are and well meet up somewhere...my email is RFPunch319@aol.com......drop me a line bro

later

 
Rep Power: 0

Here is how to wire it into the cigg lighter adapter...

first u need to get to the back of ur ciggerette lighter adapter, to do this...

follow This DIY until u have taken out the peice the cigg lighter is in.

then undo the thing with the 2 wires that plugs into ur cigg lighter.

now you have two wires. One yellow and one black i beleive.

the yellow is power, and the black is ground.

cut the ciggerette lighter adapter off of the neons, leave some room, cause if u end up not wiring it into the car, u can wire it back to the adapter :-D

there should be two wires comming form ur neon, one should have a stripe going down it somewhere, the one with the stripe is power.

u then want to either use wire tappers ( i get them from wallmart ).. 1 or strip the end of the 2 wires comming off the neons. 2 strip a little section of the 2 wires that plug into the back of the cigg lighter. 3 take the power wire from the neons ( one with a stripe ) and wrap it around the part u stripped from the yellow power wire on the back of the cigg light adapter. 4 do the same with the other wire from the neons and the black wire going to the cigg lighter. 5 use electrical tape and wrap it around where u have the wires touching.

Now whenever ur car is on, the neons will be on. that isnt good though, i would suggest wiring them to a switch. to do this, do everything the same, except wire the power wire of the neons to one prong of a switch ( u can get one from radio shack ) and run a wire from the other prong of the switch to the yellow power wire. then ground ur neons the same way as above, or ground them to any metal on the car. unless u have a switch with a light on it, u wont need to ground the switch.

hope that helps/works.

-Drew

 
Rep Power: 0

Hey Drew,

I installed my Neons about a month ago with a switch from Radio Shack with a light, and everything works fine but I can't get the light of the switch to turn on. Everytime I tried hooking it up I would blow the fuse, and I got tired of trying so I just stopped..


My Switch has 3 inputs, Power, Ground, and Line I believe and I obviously hooked up Power and Line but everytime I hooked up the ground it would blow up a fuse. Do you know what i'm doing wrong?

 
Rep Power: 0

thank you so much to everyone who replied, im about to go try this in a few minutes.. will post results

bluemeanie: no, sorry i wasnt downtown on friday, i dont ever go there[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG] . my AIM screenname is kpgotrice, ill hit you up sometime

 
Rep Power: 0

<< Hey Drew,

I installed my Neons about a month ago with a switch from Radio Shack with a light, and everything works fine but I can't get the light of the switch to turn on. Everytime I tried hooking it up I would blow the fuse, and I got tired of trying so I just stopped..


My Switch has 3 inputs, Power, Ground, and Line I believe and I obviously hooked up Power and Line but everytime I hooked up the ground it would blow up a fuse. Do you know what i'm doing wrong? >>



what did u ground the ground wire to?

the power, should be a wire u run from the power prong to whereer u are tapping power off of.

the line in should be the power wire of whatever u want to give power to.

and the ground should be a wire u run from the prong to metal on the car, or a ground wire of the car.

u do NOT ground ur neons to the ground on the switch, which may be what u were trying to do. however, if u ground ur switch, u can then run ur ground wire of the neon into the ground wire of the siwtch.

to test, just try getting the switch to work with nothing running to Line in. if that dont work let me know and ill draw a diagram, right now i jsut got off work and am too lazy

-Drew

 
Rep Power: 0

same here
i have 2 10" under the front and a 15" in the trunk.
i kept blowing the cig. fuse and was getting down to my last 2 or 3 replacement fuses i bought. iwas tryin to hook it to a switch and eventually gave up for the day. i just tapped all the neons to one cig adapter, got a stronger glass fuse, and ran all the wiring under the console. the cig adapter just sit in the little compartment under the socket. i unplug my radar detector and plug in the neons when im crusin' and dont have to worry about cops.

if anyone can draw up a diagram for the switch it would be most helpful to all of us

 
Rep Power: 0

grrr i cant get that b!tch of a screw out... you know, the two that hold the cigarette lighter thingymajig to the dash... it just wont budge [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG]

 
Rep Power: 0

Ha, your interior in dark looks exactly like mine, I have two neons under my front seats...

 
Rep Power: 0

Attachments:
[IMG]/forums/themes/orbitz/paperclip.gif[/IMG] in-car.jpg (18 Kb)

 
Rep Power: 0

sonsonzai: where did u get those gauges from? they look Very nice.

Neo: you are the one, you can remove the screw, just remember, there is now screw.

Speedracer: as soon as i get home from school, ill try and remember to draw a little diagram in paint for u, or maybe even take some pics of my wiring!!!

-Drew

 
Rep Power: 0

Looks nice man...need a job so i can get some[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]
It does look kool tho.

 
Rep Power: 0

thanx DREW
that'll be just in time for spring break[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG] who knows what i might buy or find to do to my car.
definitely want to get this switch hooked up thou.

 
Rep Power: 0

allright, i tried to make this as good, and as quick as i can. the supplies needed are, an illuminated swith, wire cutters, wire, quick disconnects, and electircal tape. tou can get it all at pep boys, or radio shack, or wal mart, so it shouldnt be hard to find!!! oh and u need ur neon :-D

Click here for the DIY, hope it helps

-Drew

 
Rep Power: 0

hey Drew
it's saying <font color=white style="background-color: 3E3E3E;">FORBIDDEN</font ft>

 
Rep Power: 0

<< hey Drew
it's saying <font color=white style="background-color: 3E3E3E;">FORBIDDEN</font ft> >>



weird, let me take a look at it, i should ahve it up in 5 min.

 
Rep Power: 0

New link

 
Rep Power: 0

umm.. just wondering but what does this do to my warranty??

 
Rep Power: 0

Some info for you guys trying to wire up neons. I have 2 recommendations for you guys. 1st Find a different 12V+ source other than tapping into you ciggarete lighter. That is designed for fairly low current draw, 1 neon MIGHT be okay, but I still recommend using a higher voltage/bigger wire. 2nd, its not a good idea to use your switch to supply the 12V+ to the neon. Switches are genereally designed to operate a relay. Switches, especially small ones are not made to supply the voltage. Check the ratings on your switches, if anyone needs a diagram to hook up neons, etc.. using a switch with a relay just let me know.

 
Rep Power: 0

i have 2 neons wired to a switch wired to my ciggertee lighter, and no problems here, i can even plug my phone and radar detector into the cigg ligther witht he neons on and no problem whatsoever. i think if its made with a cigg lighter adapter, there shouldnt be a problem wiring it into it... but im no professional so could be wrong...

-Drew

 
Rep Power: 0

thanx DREW