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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 04:52 AM
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I've had my car for about 3 weeks now...there was a switch beside the TCS switch...I knew it was definately aftermarket, but thought it was for subs, since there was wires ran back for subs. Well tonight I figured out otherwise...walked out of local gas shop and was like wtf my car looks like it has a red underglow. Sure enough it clicked I said o **** thats what that switch is for. I do not want this on my car. I plan on tearing it off tomorrow, my question or concern is, whats the best way to go about it? I cant find crap on installation, or taking it off. If i could look at all hte installations then I could just go from there. I cant find anything about it! Either point me in the right direction or tell me some key things (besides disconnecting the battery ect ect ect)
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 05:47 AM
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If you dont want to keep the lights or resell them to a ricer punk in a civic with 1000hp in stickers. Dike off the wires to each light and then follow them back to their power source, or cap them and use the wires later for an elec cutout. There are several options. All are pretty easy. Hope this helped a little.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 06:39 AM
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MAN this same thing happend to me!!!!!!!! i jacked up my "new to me" car i there they were!!!!!! i like to **** myself. then to top it all off i left for iraq the next day, my buddy is talking them off for me, when he does ill ask him what he did then post it up
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 06:57 AM
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now that's funny.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 07:13 AM
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That sucks , jerk it out/off in a violent rage , then burn it
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 08:26 AM
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Burn the car to the ground and scatter the ashes evenly across the parking lot of a honda dealership, in homage to the ricer gods of course. J/K just follow the wires out and like the other guy said you can always use them for an E-cutout in the future.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 09:33 AM
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Jack the car up and trace the wires, I can't imagine it being really that hard.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 09:36 AM
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Follow the switch wires to the grounded transformer somewhere on the chassis. The transformer then goes in a loop through all the bulbs. Disconnect the power before you start playing because its high voltage
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 09:07 PM
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Nah keep the lights. They attract ricers for miles, they REALLY help you start up a street race you know you'll win.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 09:11 PM
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yeah, like kraaazymike said, follow the wire back to where it's getting power from and disconnect it first. Then just put out all the wires and lights connected to it. But first you should get a pic with them on, I want to see what it looks like at night.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 09:18 PM
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FIRST thing you need to do is find the previous owner or whoever put them on and punch them in the throat. THEN disconnect them. Im with Beasst8 though, if you plan on running a cutout in the future just cap the wires until then.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 09:36 PM
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Whats wrong with neon lights? i have red neons on my car. They look bad ***!
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by osvaldo
Whats wrong with neon lights? i have red neons on my car. They look bad ***!
Put your flame suit on
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 10:20 PM
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Well, the good news is that your car probably spent it's life parked in the mentally handicapped spots, since the previous owner obviously was retarded

The bad news is that the previous owner was probably a teenage punk and ragged the hell out of the car
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by osvaldo
Whats wrong with neon lights? i have red neons on my car. They look bad ***!
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 11:49 PM
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yeah use to have them got old real fast and dont really look good on our cars IMO, real easy to do undrill the platic clips that hold the bulbs up, trace the wires to the engine by where the transformer prolly is located, unscrew the red line that goes to the switch which in turn to the batter it has a fuse inside of the wire part. Disconnect all the wires they are just twisted together and covered with clear pipe and then covered with electrical tape pull apart take out from under car and no more NEONS.
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Old Dec 1, 2006 | 12:02 AM
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i was jk
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Old Dec 1, 2006 | 12:05 AM
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I remember when I put my neon kit on my IROC in '92.
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Old Dec 1, 2006 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by osvaldo
i was jk
sure.....
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Old Dec 1, 2006 | 12:23 AM
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im serious!!! i just wanted to see how people would response...i dont have neons but i did order a carbon fiber wing off of ebay




jk
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