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Apr 9, 2006 | 07:08 PM

Roadhouse

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Too Dark in There..

I was thinking about what to use as far as adding more interior lighting in my convertible especially onto the floorboard areas. I would like to pirate some underdash lamps from a older car and hide the light fixtures or at least make it look "factory". Has anyone already done something to brighten things up in inside of their car?

Apr 9, 2006 | 10:15 PM

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What about like some white light bars....kinda like the neon bars under cars, it wouldnt be ricey and it would be bright.

Apr 10, 2006 | 05:31 AM

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I had looked into something like that and thought it would be better to have the light non LED so I wouldn't have to convert everything else to match.

Apr 10, 2006 | 05:08 PM

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Welp, never mind. I'm halfway through getting it wired up now. Thanks for the suggestion Dustin.

Apr 11, 2006 | 09:40 AM

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Got it done!! It made a big improvement. I'll put some pics up tonight.

Apr 11, 2006 | 07:12 PM

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I had to wait until nightfall so here's the pics.

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After:

What do ya'll think?

Apr 11, 2006 | 07:17 PM

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thats nice. what did u use and how much did it cost u?

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Apr 11, 2006 | 10:36 PM

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That does look good! It's weird that they didn't put a little extra light in the verts to make up for the lack of dome light.

For chuckles... I put a couple 4inch cathodes in for $10. Nice blue glow, but not a lot of real light...
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The white light is from the mirror.

Apr 11, 2006 | 10:59 PM

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Looks good. I might try that.

Apr 12, 2006 | 02:19 AM

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Roadhouse,

That looks great! Do you think you could snap a couple pictures of where you mounted the lights? I've been thinking about doing something along these lines, so I'd like to see where you mounted yours.

Thanks.