Cold Cathode Glare
08-21-2005, 02:29 AM
#1
Senior Member
SL Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Greenville, SC
Posts: 232
Cold Cathode Glare
hey guys how are you? i have searched far and wide for an answer to this question and i really havent found a great answer so maybe you can help. I have installed cold cathodes in my car and i love how they look and everything (by the way, i bought them from oznium and everythis was incredible). the only problem i am having is the light is shining through under the steering wheel and blinding the passenger. i have seen people put their cathodes in a tube and put tape over the top but i was trying to see if there are any other ideas out there. Thanks so much for your help!
08-21-2005, 06:48 AM
#4
Senior Member
SL Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Lake Forest, CA
Posts: 1,787
Did you tuck the cathodes under the dash, or are the actual tubes really visable?
Get some extended 'L' brackets, paint 'em black, and install in front of the cathodes.
Or, if you actually want to re-position them, I had a pair of simple neon tubes in my last car, that I mounted under the front seats. They lit up the front and back pretty nicely, but they were out of the way enough to just glow instead of glare.
Get some extended 'L' brackets, paint 'em black, and install in front of the cathodes.
Or, if you actually want to re-position them, I had a pair of simple neon tubes in my last car, that I mounted under the front seats. They lit up the front and back pretty nicely, but they were out of the way enough to just glow instead of glare.
08-21-2005, 07:46 AM
#6
Senior Member
SL Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Lake Forest, CA
Posts: 1,787
Going back to the neons I had in my last car, I got pulled over for driving around in Tustin at 3 0'clock in the morning, coming back from a friend's house. The reason stated was the hyperwhite bulb in my license plate display. I thought it was brighter, and better looking than factory, but the officer said it 'obscured' the plate.
I got to talking with the officer, and I ended up asking him if he'd look at a few other things on my car to make sure they were OK to have in the car.
I flicked on the neons under the seats--I never, ahem, drove with them on, officer.
He stepped back from the car, stepped foreward, then looked in.
"That's not bad. You can't see them from outside the car. I think you'll be fine even driving with them on."
There are some mean officers out there--some mean people too--but if you're not doing anything extremely out of the ordinary, don't go over the top on visable lights, and generally mind your own buisiness, you should be ok.
Of course, having a new car helps. You should be fine with 'em on, just make sure the light isn't visable from the outside, and you have it on a switch!
I got to talking with the officer, and I ended up asking him if he'd look at a few other things on my car to make sure they were OK to have in the car.
I flicked on the neons under the seats--I never, ahem, drove with them on, officer.
He stepped back from the car, stepped foreward, then looked in.
"That's not bad. You can't see them from outside the car. I think you'll be fine even driving with them on."
There are some mean officers out there--some mean people too--but if you're not doing anything extremely out of the ordinary, don't go over the top on visable lights, and generally mind your own buisiness, you should be ok.
Of course, having a new car helps. You should be fine with 'em on, just make sure the light isn't visable from the outside, and you have it on a switch!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
airmankevin1
PPC: Engine / Drivetrain
2
11-17-2015 05:44 AM
