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Old Sep 1, 2004 | 07:12 PM
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anyone have underglows?

hey . quick, can anyone who has underglows on a 4th gen tell me how you wired them? like a rwrite up or just tell me where the wires went? thanx

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Old Sep 2, 2004 | 09:27 AM
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Dude check out streetglow.com they have install instructions that you can print out. Makes it really easy... Even has diagrams.
Old Sep 2, 2004 | 09:31 AM
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does anyone have pics of them on threre car> please post i am curious to see how they look on a max
Old Sep 2, 2004 | 09:54 AM
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I rarely use them..
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If you but Black Electrical tape across the neons tube that you see it looks alot better.
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shyt they sure do have write ups, thats great....i heard LEDs are better than Neons....they shine out more, and last longer...and is there something wrong with 7 color-changing LED undercar kits?
Old Sep 2, 2004 | 10:30 AM
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shyt they sure do have write ups, thats great....i heard LEDs are better than Neons....they shine out more, and last longer...and is there something wrong with 7 color-changing LED undercar kits?
The 7 color kits are pretty sweet too. A few of my customers have the 7 color Plasmaglow kit and love it.
Old Sep 2, 2004 | 10:47 AM
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based on what u just said, uhm i think im actually going to buy it and try to install it myself, is there drilling? and do they come with instructions? im looking at them for $260 shipped, is there a better price out there? thanks for the help...
Old Sep 2, 2004 | 11:13 AM
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based on what u just said, uhm i think im actually going to buy it and try to install it myself, is there drilling? and do they come with instructions? im looking at them for $260 shipped, is there a better price out there? thanks for the help...
I have a set in blue laying around that I never installed...i'd giv it to you for way less than $260...but not the streetglows...another brand.
Old Sep 2, 2004 | 11:15 AM
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hey mura how much r u willing to sell them for i have first dibs if the price is right -hit me up with a pm
Old Sep 2, 2004 | 01:43 PM
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I was thinking of getting white... but I scrape pretty much every other pothole I find so I'm scared of breaking one.
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Originally Posted by Ant96GLE
I was thinking of getting white... but I scrape pretty much every other pothole I find so I'm scared of breaking one.
Plasmaglow has a lifetime warranty on their platinum kits. I'm on S. techs and haven't had a problem with hitting anything..
Old Sep 2, 2004 | 01:57 PM
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Thats good to hear but the streets here are horrible
Old Sep 2, 2004 | 02:00 PM
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i have a set of blue laying around that i never put on that arent streetglow there Optix. i will let them go for alot less than 260! they've never been used just open the box to see inside. PM me to let me know.
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so much rice
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You can see some pic on my cardomain page....I have taken them off since then though....I liked the way it looked in the front but I could not hide them good enough on the sides and rear.
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Originally Posted by happyricefob
so much rice
Not your car, so no worries.
Old Sep 2, 2004 | 04:57 PM
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Lol, I Scrape Just About Everything Too, I Haqve A Feeling One Day Im Gonna Come Out Of A Sloped Driveway And That Will Be The End Of The Lights, Lol
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i inquired about getting this on my car as well a while back when streetglow had them for 150 shipped (gold series), but i've heard they are hard to hide under the car.



LEDS are the newest series, but i've been told they dont shine as well as the tubes
Old Sep 2, 2004 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Nismotic
i inquired about getting this on my car as well a while back when streetglow had them for 150 shipped (gold series), but i've heard they are hard to hide under the car.



LEDS are the newest series, but i've been told they dont shine as well as the tubes
The only bulbs you can see on mine are on the sides. Stillen side skirts will cover that right up though whenever I can afford em..
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there no good hiding spots on the bottom. so you can see the bulbs unless you got abody kit. my gf gave it to me, so i had toput it on.
Old Sep 2, 2004 | 06:48 PM
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ummm.... stillen body kit doesnt help the sides at all!
what i did was went to Lowe's or Home Depot and got the metal corner things that they use on walls and taped up the holes, then sprayed the whole thing satain black. then when ever you go to screw the bulbs onto the car, screw them in with it. you dont really notice them if your not looking....
Old Sep 2, 2004 | 07:56 PM
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there no good hiding spots on the bottom. so you can see the bulbs unless you got abody kit. my gf gave it to me, so i had toput it on.

Ah..the "gf gave me a present so i had to install it" excuse huh? LoL
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I have a Street Glow gold series in white on my Maxima some here call it rice but I say it's your car do what ya want...................
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Originally Posted by metallic97gxe
I have a Street Glow gold series in white on my Maxima some here call it rice but I say it's your car do what ya want...................
uncle will got rice for me?



Old Sep 3, 2004 | 09:48 AM
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The gold series is actually brighter than the LEDS. Im sure if u did the install from the directions and i'll give u the benefit of the doubt and say u got some commen sense.. you'd be able to hide those tubes. Ive seen some horrible installs on cars arround here, you can actually see the TUBE! FUGGLLYYY! Ive never installed it though, and im getting my soon but wondering on how i can hide the tubes where you cans see them? I want mine to look like oh boiz... but with neo blue.
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i think it looks good
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Originally Posted by bigleman
ummm.... stillen body kit doesnt help the sides at all!
what i did was went to Lowe's or Home Depot and got the metal corner things that they use on walls and taped up the holes, then sprayed the whole thing satain black. then when ever you go to screw the bulbs onto the car, screw them in with it. you dont really notice them if your not looking....

i know exactly what ure talking about....hmmm i might try that....either that or the elec tape idea, shyt this sucks,,, they need to make flat LED strips to put on ure car......
Old Sep 3, 2004 | 11:20 AM
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hahahaha, yea it sat in my garage for about 6 months, until she started barking at i hate the gift......so i put them on and never turn them on......suits me and her
Old Sep 3, 2004 | 01:46 PM
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I used to have red on my old VR6. I wouldnt get them again just cause i dont like the way they look. The only problems i had with them was cleaning them every once in a while.... get dirty quick and restricts the light.
Old Sep 3, 2004 | 03:50 PM
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if the light was not seperated i would like it... like if it was all fluid and you could not tell where the bulbs are... there are too many breaks in the light for me...
Old Sep 3, 2004 | 04:02 PM
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yeah that woulod be cool, but honestly i think thay have good bulbs like that already...they look like they are all connected, i could have sworn ive seen em...prolly expensive though
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exotic, dude how much to install my neons ;-). your car looks awsome.
Old Sep 3, 2004 | 09:29 PM
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If you but Black Electrical tape across the neons tube that you see it looks alot better.
watcha mean black tape accross? can u be more specific?

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

- - - - = black tape
( ) = neon tube
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it looks like black tape covering the side of the tube.... so its not as visible...
Old Sep 4, 2004 | 01:31 PM
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what about the l e ds are those good
Old Sep 4, 2004 | 01:34 PM
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how easily do they break and do you guys take them off in the winter?
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Originally Posted by collin
what about the l e ds are those good
i heard the leds are better because they last longer and shine brighter...but i heard the neons give u that actual GLOW effect as opposed to the LED four big flashlights aimed at the ground effect
Old Sep 4, 2004 | 03:12 PM
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im putting mine on now, holy shyt its a pain in the a$$ to drill the holes, my lord, im gonna TRY and do one tube a day for 4 days, its such a pain in the @$$, does anyone have an easy way to drill the holes? takes me like 20 minutes per bracketm and i have like 12 brackets to put on
Old Sep 5, 2004 | 10:59 AM
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are you using the self tapping screws and a power driver? thats what i use, and as soon as the screw catches, it goes straight in, i'd say about 3-5 minutes per bracket. also, i only use 10, 2 each on the front and back, then 3 on each side.

my gf has the 7 color LED kit on her car, and i wish my neons looked that good! the red doesn't look orange, its a rich deap red. the only thing is it uses blue, red, and green LEDs so when they are "white" you get a rainbow effect at the edges. And the LEDs they use now are wide-angle so they don't look like 300 little dots on the ground.



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