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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 05:51 AM
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Has anyone put cold cathodes or neon or leds under their dash to light the floor? Kinda a ricer thing, but I have a differnt plan, passenger opens door, light comes on, driver opens door, light comes on. Good idea eh? but what about that dam dinging noise? Leave it hooked up to the driver door and if a door is open there is a fat light on, kinda hard to miss. Also I have a red Camaro, what color could I put that would look nice?

Red is too harsh on the eyes at night.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 06:05 AM
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white maybe or UV? Red isn't too bad at night, it's not as bad as blue.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 06:07 AM
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crappy pic, but you get the idea.

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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 07:15 AM
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I have thought about doing that. I am going to have a friend of mine switch my whole inside to leds. I just like to be able to see every thing in my car when I open the door at night.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 07:18 AM
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You Need To Buy A Honda To Do That Crap To!
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 07:20 AM
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I got your honda right here!!!


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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 09:55 AM
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Heres my Honda, bitches!! LOL!

I think red looks good...

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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by chaman
Heres my Honda, bitches!! LOL!

I think red looks good...

I really don't think this looks bad, I think it really blends well with the stock lights in the interior. I had these in my car just like that for a while but they kept fallin down so I just took them out. Will probably put them back sometime.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 12:02 PM
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That is a picture of my Camry. It is two led light strips that are about a 1 ft long.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by NufNuffZ28


That is a picture of my Camry. It is two led light strips that are about a 1 ft long.
the ones from oznium?
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 12:16 PM
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I don't think thats "rice" at all, heck the GTO's had them stock, green I think.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 12:39 PM
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Where can you get those?? I do not think it is rice at all..
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 12:44 PM
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does anyone have a link to a good write up? me and my buddy did this to my car but they only came on a few times and then never again. Im going to redo it but this time i want it properly done. Guys it really isnt rice at all it adds a nice touch. It looks a little more extreme in pictures than it is.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 12:45 PM
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www.xoxide.com thx for the imput.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by chaman
Heres my Honda, bitches!! LOL!

I think red looks good...

What did you use?

I was thinking of going with cathodes.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 02:57 PM
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i actually like the look of the lighting on the floor. it's not much different from all the people that put the red/blue etc leds in their map and dome lights... or even changing the gauge cluster lights over.
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Originally Posted by Brian2006
the ones from oznium?

Factory option from Toyota(southeast Toyota), BUT after looking at it I kind of wish we would have one em for the $250 option it was, lol(well those and the LED cupholder lights.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 09:46 PM
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I put red in my black car. It matches the guages and everything. I put lights under both sides of the dash, both front seats, and in the speaker covers. I wired the switch in the ash tray so you never know its there in the day!
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Originally Posted by The Trans Am Kid
I put red in my black car. It matches the guages and everything. I put lights under both sides of the dash, both front seats, and in the speaker covers. I wired the switch in the ash tray so you never know its there in the day!
any pics?
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by StrobinSS
What did you use?

I was thinking of going with cathodes.

Thats what I used. I wired them with a separate switch so I can control them better.
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