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Old 03-11-2009, 11:25 PM
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Anyone have them installed up on there sunroof cover? as in to shine down on the driver and passenger seat. i want to do this b/c i like the way it looks at night but im wondering what it looks like cut-off...not lit up...is it really obtrusive...i dont want it to look pieced together with no planning...

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anyone have them there
how do you like it when they are on
what do they look like off
pictures with them on/off
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What color? cuz if you want to light up your interior a bit get some dome lights. Garage1217.com has some mega bright ones in red,white, blue, and green i belive that light the whole front up
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Old 03-12-2009, 12:46 AM
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i already have the dome lights done red....

and these will be red...i want more...
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Hmm Well the ones that Garage 1217 light up my interior preety nice. As to your question i only seen LED strips up there but not the cathodes
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yea....i like the color that cathodes give off...
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cathodes work fine,one guy up here has them,sorry I do not have pictures but they light up the interior pretty good in red.
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i figured they did good at night..my question is how do they look in the day...are they obtrusive??
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i would expect during the day, if you expect any visble light output... there's probably none..

as far as being obtrusive? depends on where you install them.

a good place to get cold cathodes are at
http://www.svc.com/logisys-12ccfl.html
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Squalll i pmd you! hahaha
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