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Old Nov 4, 2004 | 06:59 PM
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I've been using them for a while now, I thought that everyone knew about these already? N-E-Ways you cany go wrong with them!
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Old Nov 4, 2004 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by OLBlueEyesBonne
Now, what color would look good in the gold car? Do they make a silverish lighting tube?
Without a doubt, the best looking would be like a deep redish burgandyish color.

Like your car is chamagne colored....the lighting a red wine color...I always thought that would look good, use your imagination
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Old Nov 4, 2004 | 10:25 PM
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Go here for everything you ever wanted to know about cathodes:

http://www.oznium.com/Super-Bright-1...hodes_Dual-Kit

Generally, you can get them in red, white, blue, green, or purple.
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Old Nov 5, 2004 | 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Auburn
With cathodes, you have to be real careful to wire the pos on the tube with the car positive. If you connect positive to negative...the cathode'* power supply will fry.

You can also get them in lots of colors cheap (about $6.50 for 2) at oznium.com. Even with shipping, they tend to be a lot less than at CompUSA or Best Buy.
I did something like that when using one in my PC and the cathode made a loud pop and sparked at the wires and it shut the computer off instantly but thankfully nothing got damaged.
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Old Nov 5, 2004 | 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Logan
Originally Posted by OLBlueEyesBonne
Now, what color would look good in the gold car? Do they make a silverish lighting tube?
Without a doubt, the best looking would be like a deep redish burgandyish color.

Like your car is chamagne colored....the lighting a red wine color...I always thought that would look good, use your imagination
Actually, my car isn't champagne. It is a deeper gold than the pictures show. The factory refers to it as Gold Fire Mist.
Red is a universally ok color, but silver or white would probably go better.
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Old Nov 5, 2004 | 10:31 AM
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FYI, if you are thinking about red cold cathodes, note that a lot of people think that the red looks more like pink.
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Old Nov 5, 2004 | 03:01 PM
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That'* exactly what I did for the accent light on my amp in the trunk.

Now after seeing this I'm strongly considering two more for the exact same place you put them, and in the back seats would be awesome as well.
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Old Nov 6, 2004 | 03:21 AM
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http://www.xoxide.com/coldcathodes.html

http://www.xoxide.com/sounaccat.html
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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 02:23 PM
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take that, FiReDeViL :P those look awesome I dont see why people even buy standard neons
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