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Old Oct 2, 2004 | 10:22 PM
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Those stick great to the interior plastic and the seat brackets.
Randode only includes the zip ties in his CC kits; not the sticky mounting squares.

The mounting squares look nice. Thanks. :D RPM
Old Oct 2, 2004 | 11:01 PM
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rears:


Click for a big pic.

also, this is how I mounted my fronts:

the clear plastic piece is the place holder for the dash.

the white plastic pieces are just cable holders.

the whole story is here:

http://www.corollatoys.com/diy/9thGen/cathode.html

Cost a total of $35 for all six cathodes installed.
Old Oct 2, 2004 | 11:10 PM
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... the whole story is here ... Cost a total of $35 for all six cathodes installed.
Nice pics and DIY story. Thanks very much. :D RPM
Old Oct 3, 2004 | 12:26 AM
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with your encouragement, I put it up right on SL. I did want to convert from html to BBcode, but I did. out of love for my fellow scionlifers.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...=312010#312010
Old Oct 4, 2004 | 12:48 AM
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with your encouragement, I put it up right on SL. I did want to convert from html to BBcode, but I did. out of love for my fellow scionlifers.
HTML to BBcode is hard work. Nice new Avatar. Thanks for the ScionLifers Luv! :D RPM
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I wasn't able to do all of the tubes but I did do a quick and dirty job on the drivers side. I went too fast on the hot glue and it ran down the cathode a little but no harm. With the tube over the cathode and electrical tape covering the top so only 180 degrees was visible the light showing through the steering column was cut down but not completely stopped. The floor still gets the same ammount of light as before so there is no drawback that I can see. I have a extra set of cathodes in the house that I am doing a clean job on so I can at least post up a picture of one tube outside of the car. I'll post the pic tomorrow night if all goes well.
Old Oct 4, 2004 | 01:18 PM
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does anybody have the randode cc kit before installation? i wanna see what it looks like compated to others.
oh randode. i met your cousin yest.
Old Oct 11, 2004 | 09:26 PM
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success. i installed my cold cathodes. and the 7 color changing led's for the cup holders.

priceless.
Old Oct 11, 2004 | 11:24 PM
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had 4 on same location everyone has, another 2 on trunk floor, but broke one when i was loading my electric mower. since I haul alot of stuff in my xB, I decided to mount the other one by the end of the headliner. only lights up when door is open or dis-arm alarm, so no ticket from popo.
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Sid, Can you tell me where you split into the power for the lights?
Old Oct 11, 2004 | 11:37 PM
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Sid, Can you tell me where you split into the power for the lights?
fish a line from the dome light. blue +, red -.
Old Oct 11, 2004 | 11:45 PM
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cool, thanks. I think there's a spot to splice by the pssenger door, but not sure. Hopefully the colors are the same
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cool, thanks. I think there's a spot to splice by the pssenger door, but not sure. Hopefully the colors are the same
if you take off the dome light, it only have 2 wire, blue & red(it has sub color). I did not splice but used 3M quick connect(some don't like those).
Old Oct 12, 2004 | 02:05 PM
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i have two extra lights. i was thinking of using one as th dome light since the xb dome light is so poor..i might put one on the top car door as well. i was thinking of the engine bay also.
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decided to make cover/protector out of heated plexy, then frost(sand) it .
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I like the cover, the bare tube looked kind of ghetto. Good job.
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Originally Posted by Sid_xBicious
^^^Nice cover Sid!!!^^^
Old Nov 10, 2004 | 11:58 PM
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heat gun and broom handle
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Originally Posted by Sid_xBicious
heat gun and broom handle
Old Nov 11, 2004 | 12:33 AM
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lol!!! I heated a sheet of plexy, then use the wooden broom/mop handle to form the curve. :D



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