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Jun 19, 2008 | 09:06 PM

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Brenden Griswold

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as of today:
Corner LED strobes: Installed and working
3 Slot Din: cut and painted
2 Working toggle switches

Everything is going so smooth now that I figured out the kinks. I'll get some pictures up when I get the din pannel installed into the dash, I've got a little surprise.

Jun 19, 2008 | 09:12 PM

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pics/vids?
im thinking about putting a switch on my sub amp..when i get one...to turn it on and off. so if i see a cop i can just flip it off instead of turning the radio off.

Jun 21, 2008 | 02:32 AM

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got everything working like a ******* CHARM! The videos I took suck because the frame rate cant keep up with the LED's so everything looks about 10x slower.

BEFORE MY MINI LIGHT BAR

I'll get the video up soon.

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pics/vids?
im thinking about putting a switch on my sub amp..when i get one...to turn it on and off. so if i see a cop i can just flip it off instead of turning the radio off.

Do it, kill switches are pretty popular. And honestly, its not that hard to do once you get the hang of it. Just make sure when you pick out your switch it is an AC switch, not a DC switch, otherwise you'll probably start a fire. . .

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Jun 22, 2008 | 02:04 PM

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got everything working like a ******* CHARM! The videos I took suck because the frame rate cant keep up with the LED's so everything looks about 10x slower.

BEFORE MY MINI LIGHT BAR

I'll get the video up soon.

Do it, kill switches are pretty popular. And honestly, its not that hard to do once you get the hang of it. Just make sure when you pick out your switch it is an AC switch, not a DC switch, otherwise you'll probably start a fire. . .

haha okay..thanks for the tip!

Jun 22, 2008 | 09:55 PM

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for a kill switch, would i need to run the switch on the remote wire..or the power cable? i just want to be able to turn my amp on and off..so i was thinking just the remote wire....

Jun 23, 2008 | 03:42 AM

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Kill Switch Instructions

found that on the good 'ol internet for ya. Should be a step by step.

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VIDEO

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Jun 23, 2008 | 03:45 AM

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looks like a clean job...nice man

Jun 23, 2008 | 09:48 AM

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thanks man...it says to use a DC switch, and i think you said to use AC but i think you meant DC right?

Jun 23, 2008 | 10:46 AM

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That looks good. Glad everything worked out well, have you gotten to use them yet?

Jun 23, 2008 | 12:19 PM

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thanks man...it says to use a DC switch, and i think you said to use AC but i think you meant DC right?

yea dude my bad. AC/DC **** gets confusing. If you go to autozone to get your switch, it will be the right one. fo sho

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That looks good. Glad everything worked out well, have you gotten to use them yet?

nah not yet. i was at the Dave Mathews concert all weekend. I'll let ya know

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Aug 2, 2008 | 09:35 PM

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I put the switch for my hard-wired ULB9-1 on that bezel bit between the radio and steering column. I bought the piece off eBay for the 05-06 Cobalt with the two buttons for the DIC, put the "racing style" switch through one of those holes and saved the original bezel for the event that I trade my car. As for the power source, I used T-Taps and attached them to one of the cigarette lighter power supplies, put a fuse in line and wired it so that if I needed to change the fuse all that had to be done was remove the fuse access panel that's in the passenger's foot well so the whole dash didn't need to be tore up. I'll post pics for anyone that's interested in seeing how it turned out.

Aug 3, 2008 | 01:24 AM

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That looks good. Glad everything worked out well, have you gotten to use them yet?

I love ****** using these. Everyone gets the **** outta the way.

Aug 5, 2008 | 12:37 AM

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thanks man...it says to use a DC switch, and i think you said to use AC but i think you meant DC right?

just get a simple prewired switch and 2 butt connectors... splice your remote wire and attach the switch inline (switch has 2 wires u have 2 butt connectors real ez)

Aug 5, 2008 | 05:06 PM

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we still need a video of your lights man!

Aug 5, 2008 | 05:24 PM

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hahah chillllllllllllll out dude! Blue lights are not required for firefighters. Therefore its not the responsibility of the department nor the government to supply them to us. Second, it's a volunteer only department. Third, I dont HAVE to install these lights on my car. The Signal Mini Phantom is a 100% legit USA made emergency light made with a cigarette plug so you dont have to hardwire it in. But I use my cigarette plug for my radar and ipod....on top of that, switches look so much cleaner..

The APC lights are just extras, when you see them all installed you'll understand. As for installing them myself, I've done it before. But never on a Cobalt, I just wanted to see if anyone out there has any easy tips so I can avoid trouble down the road...

I appreciate your concern man, but everythings gonna be alright, I enjoy doing this ****

good thing you dont live in texas man. fire depot or not no blue lights flashing period unless its a government issued popo mobile