How To: Install Neons Or L.E.D.s

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07-30-2007, 11:09 PM
99 galant

How To: Install Neons Or L.E.D.s

how to install neons, the directions with the kit is only 5 long and the 5th says ENJOY lmao!

1. buy the kit from streetglow.com or any other place you can find it, i bought mine at advance auto parts

2. open the hood, disconnect the POSITIVE on the battery, and install the transformer that is supplied in the kit
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture050.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture051.jpg

3. start with the front, there really isnt a place under the car so i hid mine behind the lower grill, was a pain to squeeze in but it fits, ziptie it in since you wouldnt want to bolt here AND zipties are better (thankyou mrjaydeeone for the tip)
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture056.jpg

4. run the wire attached to the front one up threw the top grill and along the hood to the transformer

5. jack the car up to have one side up

6. if you want to hid the tubes on the sides, you have to drill 3-5 holes that you will ziptie the neon to
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture060.jpg

7. repeat for the other side

8. for the rear, take out the screws that hold the bumper to the car BUT leave in the 2 bolts that are there. on my 99 there was 6 spots, two had bolts and 4 were screws
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture064.jpg

9. ziptie the neon threw these holes, do extra zipties if you wish
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture066.jpg

10. get the switch for inside the car hooked up, hard to get the camera in for this but pull up the carpet a bit and you will find a black "plug" that u can pop out MAKE SURE YOU FIND IT make a cross in it with a blade and run the wires threw that into the car
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture067.jpg

11. run the other side of the wire threw a space under the car to the top without touching anything hot or moving
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture053.jpg

12. connect the transfer wire to the transformer box and the positive wire to the positive of the battery

13. run the driver side wire up threw the same spot that you did the switch wire (may have to strip and add wire to it)

14. add wire to the passenger side and run that up threw a hole on the passenger side and ground the negative and insert the positive into your transformer, hard to see but there is a hole down there
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture058.jpg

15. on the rear neon, split the wire and ground the negative to the tail lights, add ONE long wire to the positive side and run it up the side of the car to the hole where the side one went up and then to the transformer

16. hook up the battery and try it out
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture048.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture047.jpg
^ that is why you should hide it on the inside of that bar
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/b...Picture046.jpg
^ that is hidden inside compared to the other side

any questions, i will do my best to explain more

p.s. most people say this rices it but i like neons personally and this took me around 5 hrs since i had to have people help me drill and do the wiring and the instructions that come with it are only 5 steps, make it easier then it is

DISCLAIMER: IF YOU MESS UP, CONNECT SOMETHING WRONG AND IT BREAK OR BLOWS, OR ANYTHING ELSE, ITS NOT MY FAULT
07-31-2007, 12:42 PM
consuming

yeah I am considering an underbody kit for my silver G, but not sure what would look good with it, also whats a good length tube for the sides, our local shop has a few differant sized tubes. :?
07-31-2007, 12:43 PM
99 galant

for the galant, 30" for the front and back and 48" along the sides is perfect, if u get the 36" and 42" that wont fit as well so you need the 30" 48"
07-31-2007, 12:58 PM
frag_daddy_2007

great tutorial, but excess lighting is a little too rice for me.
im more into performance now...
07-31-2007, 01:13 PM
99 galant

yea im not into that much work yet, just making it look nice
08-03-2007, 01:43 AM
EvoTheDon

Nice tutorial. :P
08-03-2007, 01:39 PM
mindwerkz

Make sure you check local laws before installing. I put front one in the same spot you did and it got me pulled over and cited. In CO it's illegal to have anything other than driving/fog lights emanating from the front bumper or grill. I had to remove it.
08-03-2007, 02:20 PM
99 galant

Quote:

Originally Posted by mindwerkz

Make sure you check local laws before installing. I put front one in the same spot you did and it got me pulled over and cited. In CO it's illegal to have anything other than driving/fog lights emanating from the front bumper or grill. I had to remove it.

thanks, well i passed cops in my town already with them on and i havnt gotten bugged yet, but if i do ill just fix it, i have white which is a legal color for CT
08-03-2007, 03:35 PM
01galant01

Quote:

Originally Posted by EvoTheDon

Nice tutorial. :P

x2...good work
08-03-2007, 03:52 PM
99 galant

thanks, i had help drilling from a buddy and then doing the electrical from another, but i learned and did it my self with them walking me threw it, and for the drilling we had to go to a friends house who had the tools lol
08-03-2007, 08:02 PM
99 galant

lol well i have to buy a new fuse, i blew it :D
08-03-2007, 08:54 PM
QnzMostWanted

I didnt know people still put underbody neons on their cars
08-03-2007, 08:57 PM
frag_daddy_2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by QnzMostWanted

I didnt know people still put underbody neons on their cars

x2 :lol:
08-03-2007, 09:02 PM
99 galant

yea, its just something i personally like

but somehow my fuse blew lol
08-29-2007, 05:31 AM
6G72Galant

Hmm...i didnt know that Neons wouldnt be that bright. :? I might just go with LEDs. I want something that is going to be bright as hell. Hmm....im seriously thinking. If i keep the kit i have now, ill save over $100 from not having to buy a new one. :?

*Underglow can look damn nice on a car when installed properly :P

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...26_74_full.jpg

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...156_9_full.jpg
08-29-2007, 05:54 AM
Goku

Man that is a Rangi (Dodgy) install.... don't leave the wires exposed along the channel under the hood like that, it doesn't look good at all dude.
You'll only need the transformer for Neons, LED's don't or shouldn't require one.
Also, drilling into that seam on the bottom of the car is a bad idea, if that rusts out your f****d.

You'd be better to drill 2 small holes either end of the tube and mount then with PK screws. it's alot more secure and won't bounce around. Another way to make them light up is the way I did by tapping into the door switches, so they only light up when you open the doors :)
08-30-2007, 07:56 AM
GUTTAZMITZ

quick tip too, L.E.Ds are brighter than neons and no one.. NO ONE makes a brighter kit that streetglow... those $60 ebay kits don't compare.
08-30-2007, 09:07 AM
6G72Galant

Quote:

Originally Posted by GUTTAZMITZ

quick tip too, L.E.Ds are brighter than neons and no one.. NO ONE makes a brighter kit that streetglow... those $60 ebay kits don't compare.

Looks like ill be going with the LED kit 8)
08-30-2007, 05:31 PM
Goku

Quote:

Originally Posted by GUTTAZMITZ

quick tip too, L.E.Ds are brighter than neons and no one.. NO ONE makes a brighter kit that streetglow... those $60 ebay kits don't compare.

Indeed, thoes streetglow ones are awsome.... unfortunatly we don't get them here, however the ones I have a re pretty close to brightness.
All the L.E.D's on my car are wired to the door switches, so when you open the front or back doors the undercar glows blue, and the inside glows blue depended on if it's the front or back. The rear only lights the rear 2 L.E.D's and the undercar kit, the front lights the rear and front ( left glows on the left side only, and right on the right in the foot well ) as well as the undercar kit.

Also just for the added touch, the trunk glows blue aswell when you open it.
09-16-2007, 06:38 AM
6G72Galant

Ok! Todays the day! Id like to get my neon underglow kit installed today while at work. I have 2 transformers and 4 neon tubes. My question is how do i wire up these 2 transformers?

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/...AL._AA160_.jpg
Thats a pic of the transformers i have. Theres 2 black wires running out of the top, and one small red wire at the bottom.
09-16-2007, 12:47 PM
99 galant

id assume theres spots to put the wires in if you unscrew a screw a little, thats how mine was atleast just a caution, idn if your drilling into the car at all for it but make sure you put a rust protector over it, i have to do that to mine today before winter comes and the salt from the roads gets in it
10-05-2007, 06:53 PM
Jasmine

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goku

Quote:

Originally Posted by GUTTAZMITZ

quick tip too, L.E.Ds are brighter than neons and no one.. NO ONE makes a brighter kit that streetglow... those $60 ebay kits don't compare.

Indeed, thoes streetglow ones are awsome.... unfortunatly we don't get them here, however the ones I have a re pretty close to brightness.
All the L.E.D's on my car are wired to the door switches, so when you open the front or back doors the undercar glows blue, and the inside glows blue depended on if it's the front or back. The rear only lights the rear 2 L.E.D's and the undercar kit, the front lights the rear and front ( left glows on the left side only, and right on the right in the foot well ) as well as the undercar kit.

Also just for the added touch, the trunk glows blue aswell when you open it.

Hey, I might be moving down to Christchurch later on...how much would you charge to do that sorta install for me? ;)
08-12-2008, 12:26 AM
muzaville

is there anyway u can reload the pics since it dosent work anymore, im tryna do it but need a more understanding, with some pictures
03-07-2009, 02:08 PM
Randy712

is there somewhere that you have the pictures posted for this? For me it says the pictures have been deleted or moved.
03-07-2009, 02:31 PM
littlerick

this thread is really old so i believe thats why the pics dont work but maybe someone has new pics of their install
02-11-2011, 11:49 AM
Prophet

Scott... do you have the pictures anymore?
02-11-2011, 04:37 PM
99 galant

I do not, sorry
03-09-2011, 02:54 PM
twisted_galant

I have a one wire hook up Streetglow LED kit I could probably get some pics of if that would help you at all.