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1997GrandAmGT
10-22-2003, 10:56 PM
Does anyone know what will happen if I leave them on...because I just got done puttin em on and I really dont feel like takin em off again in a month...? Thanks a lot.
Artic
10-22-2003, 11:33 PM
If they are sealed up with the plastic covers between the lights then they should not leak or break unless you brush the bottom of the car.
Pte Socks
10-23-2003, 03:22 PM
ill find out soon enough for you man, the temp is coming down and it always snows up here before halloween, ill tell you how they work.
JoeyK
10-23-2003, 06:31 PM
4 some reason my rear tube is dim in the winter, go figure, checked everything out & can't figure it out. But anyways, mines been on for a year & 1/2, this will be the 2nd winter. I had no problems last winter & they seem just fine.
1997GrandAmGT
10-24-2003, 01:12 AM
Alright....sounds good enough to me, thanks a lot.
HighwayProwlerz
10-24-2003, 09:05 AM
The dimness could be due to a short somewhere along the line. Mine was like that and I found some stripped back wire that was shorting out and causing part of the kit to dim. I sealed it up and it works fine now.
RAZING
10-24-2003, 07:00 PM
also depends on what brand they are. I know streetglow and plasmaglow are made to last through severe weather conditions. Unless you have some shiit brand, you can probably leave them on.
JoeyK
10-24-2003, 07:00 PM
That's what I thought too. So I went through everything this summer, didn't find anything wrong but none the less I redid everything. I'll have to see what it does when it drops below freezing.
Pte Socks
10-25-2003, 03:53 PM
Well its freezing here now, no snow yet, but the lights still work, just sometimes I have to turn them on and off 2 or 3 times to get them to go on, but that hasnt happened for a month or so now so thats the end of that little situation.
JoeyK
10-25-2003, 06:06 PM
I think the cold weather dimming, lighting problems have alot to do w/ the transformer. Either the type or overall quality of it may affect extreme cold performance. Same as regular ac flourescent lighting, when my garage is really cold the lights sometimes have a hard time lighting up & stay dim for a while untill the transformer warms up a bit so I assume these same qualities may apply to uncarrage flourescent lighting.
SC/TGrandAm
10-27-2003, 12:04 PM
Originally posted by JoeyK
qualities may apply to uncarrage flourescent lighting.
Correction: your undercarriage is not flourescent lighting. Its Neon. And yes Neon Gas when cold doesnt like to travel as fast as when its warm. You have to get those electrons warm and flowing.
GrandAmChick
10-27-2003, 02:24 PM
^ yeah, these neons r notorious for not working too well during the winter. Lotsa ppl have problems. Mine have been tempermental since the day I got 'em, n I'm also on my 2nd transformer.
JoeyK
10-27-2003, 06:52 PM
Originally posted by SC/TGrandAm
Correction: your undercarriage is not flourescent lighting. Its Neon. And yes Neon Gas when cold doesnt like to travel as fast as when its warm. You have to get those electrons warm and flowing.
Right you are! Don't know what I was thinkin at the time. But the same principles apply. Guess I should have noted that .
SC/TGrandAm
10-28-2003, 04:43 AM
Originally posted by JoeyK
Right you are! Don't know what I was thinkin at the time. But the same principles apply. Guess I should have noted that .
LOL its okay i forgive ya. :D
Azadam
11-18-2003, 11:21 PM
I take my neons off for the winter.. i was told its not a good idea to allow them to take the abuse from the snow and salt that we have up here. the cold cant be that good for the gasses eithe.
then again.. teh glass taht these tubes are made from is extremely thin and if they got cold enough i'm thinkin they'd break at the first little bump.
GrandAmChick
11-19-2003, 04:35 AM
^ If they're StreetGlow, n the outter glass breaks.. the broken tube will be replaced for free under their lifetime warranty..
magyver
11-20-2003, 10:10 PM
take em off, at least the side ones, the slush will build up on them making them weigh 20x more than normal instantly breaking the mounts and pulling down the wires, just picture that slush that you kick off of there in the winter clinging to your wires, pulling and stretching them and wreckin all the hard work.. aint worth it, i take my sides off, but leave the front and rear...
I left mine on all last year, I had no problems what so ever, and mine were HORRIDLY installed.
They can take the punishment. (Street Glow Blue Lines, that's what I got just fyi)
BadGT471
11-21-2003, 01:30 PM
Just get the Plasma Glow LED underbody kit... This is much better then the NEON tubes... There is no glass, and LED's are much more durable... What I did with mine is installed EVERYTHING in the car. I ran the lines from the actual tube INTO the the car. My main box, that is suppose to be installed in the engine compartment is installed under my dash. Should help increase the life of the kit :) Also, I had the Street Glow Tubes last year... I didn't like them. The glass in them sucks, and it took forever for them to warm up when it got super cold out. The LED's come on right away, I've had no problems with them yet, and don't intend to :) If you can though, try and install everything (as much as possible) somewhere into the car. The more you can keep NOT exposed to the outside elements, the better :)
Just my .02
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