View Poll Results: Red Light District Yes or too Riceroni?

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Mar 9, 2003 | 12:09 PM

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Jim W

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Thanks for the feedback so far...keep em coming

I'm off to get red lens repair tape and see what I can find for gel caps...will update status later..heheh

Let the pimpin BEGIN!!

Mar 9, 2003 | 09:47 PM

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I changed all my interior lights to hyperwhite lights. Even the glovebox. Also try using LED lights inside the car to replace exsisting bulbs. piolt makes led 194 bulbs in red

Mar 9, 2003 | 09:53 PM

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Today I picked up a whole whack of 194R'* at Canadian Tire, as well as 35% red tint. I had no luck in finding red 561 and 562 lights, the funny lookin cylindrical type.

Do you think that the tint will stick to the plastic lenses inside the car? I can't seem to find gel caps anywhere.

If someone knows where or what retail store sells them, then I will return the tint...no wait, umm, I'm going to us the red tint for something else....

Mar 10, 2003 | 05:16 PM

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I was thinking about doing this but green and i was wondering what the vlotaces are for the diferent lights so I can see what ultra bright leds i can get.

Mar 10, 2003 | 08:07 PM

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The voltage counts should be in your owners manual.

Status thus far!!

All 194 lights have been changed successfully* to 194R
Those being: Door panels (2 in each housing x 4)
Rear Licence Plate lights (x2)
Glovebox (x1)
Footlights (x2*)

Tonight I'm going to tint the insides of the rear reading/courtesy lights.

If you notice the *'* I had a wee problem with the driver side footlight, the clips are broken, so when I removed the white to replace it with red....well, the housing is now somewhere *up there* and I need to removed the plastic panel to fish out the rogue bulb and fixture...what a PITA...I got kinda discouraged at that point, but I praddled on and did the rest of them.

I really like the licence plate lights in red. Its neat!

The map light lenses and the reading lenses should be easy enough to tint.

Anyway, thats the update for now.

Later!!

Mar 10, 2003 | 11:12 PM

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It is done...

Red Light District is complete.

Mar 11, 2003 | 11:41 PM

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Where'* the pics ?? with them Ho Trains ??? hee hee...
Alright.. now with spring break in .. all you need is to open up the Canadian Playboy Mansion up and have a big sign in the front lot saying "Now Auditioning " ha ha ha...

Mar 12, 2003 | 08:28 AM

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Jim W

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Playboy mansion will have to wait until I get the loft. After I tint all my frosted glass Ikea lights too...hahah, I'm on this sick red binge now.

I will post some pictures as soon as I figure out how to turn off the stupid flash on my digital camera. I have one of those old school 1997 dig cams. I call it the bus. As soon as I figure it out, posting pics!!! oh baby!!