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Old 10-11-2003
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interior lighting color scheme

okie dokie, i wonder if this is the right section, here i go

since the dash lights and gauge lights of 03+ civics are red, and im thinkin about puttin some neons inside the car like under the seats, side of doors, under AC controls, etc, would blue contrast too much and clash with the red colors of the stock dash and gauges? imthinkin about an amber/orange color, but not red since its kinda too harsh on the eyes and dark. what do you guys think?
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i wouldnt put any neons in or on my car, but if i did i would say red since as you noted, the gauge and dash lights are red
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ohh hell no don't mix the blue with the red , thats too big of a contrast between them , just stick to a orange or red color , unless you like a blue color then you would have to change the whole dash and gauge colors to bluish too to match ,
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Yeah, try and keep the colors similar. Red at night won't be a distraction. It will probably be darker than blue under the seats.
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Just get some reverse-glo gauges or replace the red bulbs if you want blue neons.
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I agree with 01WingsWest. Even though I think neons looks pretty lame nowadays, if you were to do it, red would be the color of choice
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I don't get why everyone is so against neons.. what is so bad about them?
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nothin really... People just get carried away sometimes.

DIY your dash blue, and get blue neons... Thats what i did

Im going to be changing my blue dash to white L.E.Ds Soon... I think it will look a lot cooler wit my CF Dash
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yah just try to keep it the same colour as your dash lights, otherwise the colours would clash and it wouldnt look as good.
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aight thanks, nice suggestions
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I think red would be the best color unless you changed your dash to blue lights. Also, in regards to all the places you want to put them, try to make them hidden as best as you can. I think it looks cool when you can only see the glow - not the source. It looks cheap when you have the entire bulb exposed.
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hey guys, this seems like a good topic to put this so i ask you this, i have a 99' ex coupe and i was looking to put a little flair on the inside of it, something different, differnet color gauge lights would be cool, but what else could i put on it to be cool lookin? NOTHING RICE.
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Indiglos and new stereo to match. Neons under the seats would also look cool. Any more would be too much. Here's mine:

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im doin white dash to match car color/gauges.

kinda offtopic.. anyone know if the auto light on the window switch is changable?
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check out my ride, i have a picture of what blue neons look like with red dash lights. i have 2 under the seats and 2 under the dash, if you turn the brightness down on your dash lights the neo-blue will take over your interior.
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I am getting Blue LED's for my dash and hopefully sometime in the fututre green noeons under the seats to match the green underbody kit. I also am installing reverse indiglo and I can change the color of my TV screen, which is why I picked blue LEDs
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I went with the red on red Idea and I love it. It coorordinates with the
color scheme very well.
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use LED's if you're going to light anything
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I used to have the red thing going on in my interior .... then i got these new guages to enhance it a lil more.... so now I have a mixture going on and I still can put the red neons in the inside..(sometime in the dear future)......here is a pic of mines at nite.....it is working out for me....just a suggestion.
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where did you get those.. i want them
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I ordered them off ebay...they just came out and I saw them and flipped out.....go to this link and email them and they can hook you up with a price..... they are pretty good people to deal with ....

http://www.stores.ebay.com/id=46489449&ssPageName=L2

......I am getting ready to order the other guages and tach from them....take a peek .... oh and here is what they look like in the daytime ....
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thanks a lot man.. i need to get those asap
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ok i just checked and it says 01-02 but i have an 03 so i guess im not getting them
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shoot them an e-mail.....woooahhh.... i like the 03 guages......you might really wanna think about that ..... but shoot them an e-mail for GP
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Those are S7 dimensional gauges. Very nice looking!
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