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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 10:42 AM
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underbody glow installation?

Hey guys..

I have been thinking about getting an underbody neon kit installed. I have blue ender dash lights, and wanted to get blue underbody lights.. How hard are they to install yourself, or should you have a professional do it? I'm pretty mechanically inclined and as long as it's not hard and/or there is instructions, I'm good. lol. My friend did his on his Turdus, so I'm sure it's not hard. Also, what size tubes do you reccomend? I've got a coupe. I wasn't sure if the kits they sell at Advance/Pep-Boys would do the trick or not..

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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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Don't get neons, get L.E.D's. I just did mine lastnight.
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 10:57 AM
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Well how hard? Look any different?
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 10:59 AM
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Not hard at all. Just take your time and run all the wires good and tight, up against the undercarriage. The led's are alot brighter and not as big so its easier to hide them.
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 11:00 AM
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Hmm.. Any how-to's for Cobalts or just any car in general? I need pics. lol.
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 11:03 AM
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I will be load alot of pics tonight. I'm not going to make a how-to though but its real easy. The pics will tell all.
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 11:03 AM
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Plase send a link to this thread. haha
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 11:05 AM
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Plase send a link to this thread. haha
How about I just pm you when I upload them to my gallery.
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 11:11 AM
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haha works for me
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 11:14 AM
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its very easy. get a plug and play kit. not a kit that you have to wire each wire together. that's what i did, it's harder that way. plug and play kits are much easier. as he said, get LED's, not neons. all you really have to do it mount the bars under your car, make sure the wire is tight, then run power/ground/switch.
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by RedEcotecSS
its very easy. get a plug and play kit. not a kit that you have to wire each wire together. that's what i did, it's harder that way. plug and play kits are much easier. as he said, get LED's, not neons. all you really have to do it mount the bars under your car, make sure the wire is tight, then run power/ground/switch.
Yup, very easy.

Just make sure you can't see any of the lights themselves, cause thats when they look like **** IMO.

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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 11:26 AM
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How much cash are we looking at for a blue LED set for a coupe?
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 11:28 AM
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I payed 70.00 for mine.
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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eBay?
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 11:30 AM
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i had them. the rear was hard. because u can't hide it. well with the 2.2 bumper u couldn't anyways. mine ended up breaking though.

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eBay?
i think from the plasmaglow gb? right?

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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 11:32 AM
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jasonaudio he is a supporting vendor.

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i had them. the rear was hard. because u can't hide it. well with the 2.2 bumper u couldn't anyways. mine ended up breaking though.



i think from the plasmaglow gb? right?
Yup, all mine were easy but the side were by far the easiest.

How did you brake it?

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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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Best for car lighting. They have forums and how-to's on how to install. I recomend the FlowLighting Single color if you just want blue. I've heard good things from it.
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 06:08 PM
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Never Enough Auto is selling plasma glow LED kits in various single colors for $70
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 06:20 PM
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check out ledunderbody.com .. they have 7 color very bright LED kits that do all kinds of patterns for $100+shipping. very good deal, imo. and easy to install.
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 08:07 PM
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Here... Its not a how to, but, it should show you a decent amount about underbodies that I wrote up one day.
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/show...1&postcount=21
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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Well I think I'm gonna do this here soon. I went to the local shop yesterday and they had a kit there for 100. It's a kit with 2 4 foot tubes and 2 3 foot tubes as well as 2 extra 1 foot pieces. It's all LED's and it changes color/patterns with a switch. What I liked the most though was that there was no extra wiring needed. It all plugs into a cigarette outlet, like my other neons. So that is awesome.. Just mount the ****, tuck the wires, and you're golden. Plus I can test them right out of the box to make sure they work. My friend works there and can get me them for 80 instead of 100. So probably in a week or two go get them, then that time it'll be a little warmer and I can think about installing them.

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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 02:15 PM
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what i did was drilled 4 holes on the front bumper brace and held the tube on with 2 zip ties per hold... same on the back.. as for the sides, i used short self tapping skrews and the tube straps that ussually come with the kits.. as for the controller, i drilled 2 holes in the spare tire tub and ran the 4 wires into the trunk, hooked up a spare wire and ran it under the trim on the drivers side to get it into the spare change holder and set up a switch and fuse in there... as for the wires under the car, i just tried to tie them to other parts underneath STAYING AWAY FROM THE EXHAUST... all of the wiring is invisible inside and out
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 09:55 AM
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hey has anyone ordered that plasma glow flexable led underbody kit i was going to put on the short strips and the wires are way to short to get to the box to hook them in to
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