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where did you mount your underbody lighting?

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Old Dec 9, 2005, 07:48 AM
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where did you mount your underbody lighting?

so heres the deal...i decided 2 put a set of streetglow 7 color l.e.d. lights under my car(jst because i like it thats y) and for the sides i mounted them by the screws that held on the side skirts...well heres the prob...my cars not lowerd and when u get low enough or farther away, u can see the tubes... my question is how did u mount yours and can i simply mount them further bak or wht?
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I'm not like others that bash this sort of thing; but one thing I hate to see is a poorly mounted neon tubes (obvious ones you can see). If I had done this already I would inform ya, but sorry I've not yet.
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don't the oz side skirts come down far enough to mount the tubes behind?

neons arent my thing but more power to you.
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well with the side skits...its really mounted quite well, and u have to get a good distance away from the car befor u can see the l.e.d. bulbs...
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tuck them up inside the sideskirts if you can, itll look more professional and almost everyone seeing your car with the lights on is going to be further away and probably making fun of you for a bad install job.
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Originally Posted by Walkingchaos
tuck them up inside the sideskirts if you can, itll look more professional and almost everyone seeing your car with the lights on is going to be further away and probably making fun of you for a bad install job.
wht are u talkin about? how do u tuck it inside the side skirts? the way i have it, i jst used the screws on the underside of the sideskirts and u cant see anything until ur a good 20 yards away
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well i didnt mean INSIDE the sideskirts, sorry i spoke badly, i mean ty and tuck them up into the underbody of the car as far as you can, also aside from making it look better it will protect the lights a bit more, if you can see the actual tube under the car that means you can hit the tube if you go over something the wrong way or bottom out.
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ok bare with me here cuz my termanology is gonna be bad but i used the screws from the side skirts(so i didnt have 2 drill) and its rigth behind the side skirts and that before tht lil beam goin down the car(ill try to get a pic) but its not jst hangin there the skirt is lower than it and that lil metal runner on the underside of the car is lower than it....
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hmm ok that sounds about right, but if its i nthere how can you see it without getting under the car ? pictures would be helpful
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Your the reason Imports get a bad rap.
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Originally Posted by Evo_Kid
Your the reason Imports get a bad rap.
errrr, thats not very nice. I think underbody looks pretty good, Just like most people i think theres bigger fish to fry. I agree with what was said and they need to be strapped up in the body some more, you will still see the glow from them anyways, plus they will be protected.
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Originally Posted by mitsuozboi
errrr, thats not very nice. I think underbody looks pretty good, Just like most people i think theres bigger fish to fry. I agree with what was said and they need to be strapped up in the body some more, you will still see the glow from them anyways, plus they will be protected.
well they cant go up anymore...its flush againts the underside of the car...maybe im jst making 2 big a deal of it...u can see the l.e.d. bulbs until ur a good 20-30 yards away...maybe there's nothing i can do but get lower sideskirts or get the car lowered...
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neons can be hard to mount on a lancver with no ss. that being said.


i mounted mine in the trash.
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Originally Posted by akasirlancerlot
neons can be hard to mount on a lancver with no ss. that being said.


i mounted mine in the trash.
mmmmmmmmmm the trash....must be a badass trash can....yeah...back on topic...i dont mount them
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one of my biggest pet peaves is when i can see the tube.. if ur gonna due it, tuck it up in the ss or find a way to hide it.. it just looks rediculous when u get underglow and you can see the tube... ERRRRRG



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