Hi,

I just saw a video w/ a silver TL entering a car meet parking lot and had an alternating strobelight effect w/ the headlights. It was like a police car or a pace car in a race. That effect was so cool. How would one do this mod?

 

this is that vid! http://andrew.icansp.com:8080/acura/videos/entry.mpg

 

prolly look at JC Whitney or something -- they probly have that junk I dunno if it would be to healthy for the HID's tho

 

that didnt involve HID's, its simply one strobe in the corner housing and one strobe in the high-beam housing. You seem to not know but strobelights are separate bulbs drilled and mounted into the housing. you don't flash your normal bulbs like that..the strobe bulbs are run by a user-controlled relay. You can set up to like 9 bulbs to run in sequence, parallel, simultaneous etc etc. you can also adjust how fast the strobes blink, up to like 700 flashes per SECOND. You can buy the good kits (Whalen, Federal Signal-same models police use) at http://strobeguy.safeshopper.com/index.htm?981

Some policecars and such also set their headlights to blink but its a very slow flash, not a strobe effect...

 

thats Crackpuppy's car with streeteffectz sitting next to him... it was at a meet in brooklyn.. thats what i was told

 

is it hard to install and/or expensive? How much ya think it would run? Is it legal to use?

 

Would this kit what I'm looking for?

 

Every state is different, but I imagine in most jurisdictions strobes would be illegal on public roads. Having them installed in the car and using them only for shows, etc would probably be okay but check your local laws. Strobes of any color are illegal in MA. If they just whack you for the illegal lights it's a $35 fine. But if they think you're impersonating a police officer (which in most cases hidden strobes would qualify--especially blue or red), then you're looking at a crimnal offense which could include finding yourself in jail.

Alternating flashing headlights are also illegal in MA and will get you at least a $35 fine and possibly a charge of impersonating a police officer, depending on how the officer views the offense.

 

that's a great kit to start with and yes installation is a pain because of all the drilling involved. My guy quoted me $400 for that same kit installed....

 

damn, thats a lot, but a pretty cool mod

 

http://www.detectortest.com/SUNDANCE.asp

 

$400 that is mad crazy.. My local PepBoys and Autozone too, Ithink have the kit.. Think it is four strobes. You can put different colors
red , blue , green and clear. It has a little controller that controls
the strobe speed, and on/off. I've seen a guy with it on his
Grand Prix, and it was pretty sweet. Altough totally useless!!
Anywayz.. The kit price is about $10-$15 You have to drill little holes in your headlamp housing and that's about it. I'll install them for you for $300 hahah!

 

You can pick up a strobe kit at autozone for $20.

 

no u idiots PepGays or RiceZone do not carry AUTHENTIC WHALEN STROBE KITS WHICH ARE USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY!!!!



Is this what you saw at RiceZone? Huh? Huh? Didnt think so

 

I'm not an idiot! I resent that remark. The cheap kit is a strobe,
it strobes, rather brightly I might add, just as well as the one in the video. Plus you don't have to drill as large as a hole. These
things are the size of perfume sample vials. You can go spend $200 on those if you want to! I'm not going to call you an idiot if you want to spend your money on those. I'd just rather save my money, I've seen the cheap kit in action and it works good.

Don't be rude!

 

lol, I feel tension here.