Well, I decided that I would buckle down and see about putting in my headunit that's been sitting in my room for about 6 months. I got estimates as high as $200 to put it in, and I, of course, didn't like the sound of that. So I called around, and sure enough, I talked with a car audio guy who said it wouldn't be that hard for me to put mine in. I also decided I would put in my neons as well. So, I got some hardware and 3.5 hours later: Finished. Soon, I am gonna make a custom switch panel and cover that will go in the empty DIN slot.
Some of the neon pix are brighter than others cause I used some different effects that my digicam has. Its bright, but not too bright.... anyway, enjoy...

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http://www.geocities.com/hquakers/page2.html
http://www.geocities.com/hquakers/page3.html
http://www.geocities.com/hquakers/page4.html

Sorry, but the images might be a bit big so 56k beware!!

P.S. My parking ligths come on when I turn my car on. Do any audio experts know why this might be? I really have no clue...

 

What wires did you mess with?

 

I didnt mess with any wires....I just hooked all the colored wires up to each other.... ?

 

OK, so all you did was install the radio and now your parking lights are always on?

 

Yeah, I installed the radio, and my parking lights are on only when the car is on (thankfully). They go off when I turn the engine off. Weird...

 

yur neons are fIIkin sick. Where did u get, what size and what wires do i need. can u post install instructions?

 

pics don't work man..

 

Ahhh, some of the pix work sometimes....I threw them up on the website in a bout 2 minutes...once I am done the whole install, then I'll move them to a better website.

oulaw29: I got them on eBay, like 40 bucks for 4 10" neons. I just tapped into a power source and zip-tied them under the seats and dash. Not very hard to do, considering I know zero about electrical stuff. You might need to go out and buy axtra 12V cable in case the wires they come with aren't long enough...

 

Do you have them on all the time? Just when the doors are open? on a switch?

 

Well, at the current time, none are on switches. All the wires are there, I just need to make a switch panel (probably gonna make it tomarrow). But, once the switches are installed, one switch will control the neon under my pedals, one will control the other 3 in the car, and another is gonna control a 15" that is going behind my front grille.

 

I made a cardomain webpage and put the pix up on there.

http://www.cardomain.com/id/hquakers

peace

 

Just finished the DIN switch panel. It took me 8 hours from start to finish, but that's because I have no tools here whatsoever. I was basically using a pair of scissors, pliers, and box cutter. I'll post pix on my cardomain site as soon as possible.

 

POST THE DIN PIC!!! I've been waiting to see someone that did this mod.

 

Pix will go up on the weekend. I am still waiting for some things that I ordered. Then, it'll be complete.

 

Ok, the new pix are posted on my cardomain site ( www.cardomain.com/id/hquakers ). The switch panel is in and everything works (fingers crossed). BASISON, hope you like it...

 

i like the switchbox.. its kewl how it got its own cover and all.. i had to stash my switch for the neons under my dash... nice work...