led/neon underneath the car in WA

[marcoardeno]

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[m3ntAL_l2]

thinking doing teh same, but dont know wot to use to hold the neons... wot do u hav in mind?

[qikteg]

illegal to have on whilst driving.

as for holding them on, i just got some brackets from bunnings that i think i supposed to be used to mount thin pvc pipes. the plastic things they give you are shit

[m3ntAL_l2]

so wot u drilled holes into the car body for the brackets?

[Sexc86]

electrical conduit saddels and cable ties

[qikteg]

indeed i did. pick your mounts wisely, you don't wanna drill into the fuel tank or lines.

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[gumbel]

i just saw one today, a commodore with led turn on whilst driving, in osborne park,wa. dont know if its legal or not. sorry

[SINISTR]

there is a fine line on this matter unfortunatelly.

Sometimes that are illegal to have on whilst driving and other times the cops don't mind and won't say anything.
One thing I do know for certain is that its illegal to have them ON whilst the actual tubes are visible - thats the fine line. If the neons are hidden from the view ie: give off ONLY the GLOW then you could argue the point. Also i recall that BLUE and RED were specifically illegal... green/white/orange etc allowed...

I recall CivicType-R attended a meeting once with the DPI, i think where rules and regs were discussed but that was sometime ago and perhaps those rules have changed.

Install them properly - make sure they are well away from view - and see how you go - if you get pulled over explain you didn't know and take it as a warning i suppose. You could be lucky and never get asked to turn them off.

[DSNTGR8]

illegal to have them on while driving

[tru3_k177]

according to what i have heard is that, it is illegal if you or other people can actually see the light tubes.
having them on on while driving i dont think is a big deal.

while on the other hand... as some people think, it is only illegal if you get caught...

[Limo]

i use to have them on my car, they came with brackets that you screw into the bottom of your kit.

yeh i didnt have any issues with them ON while driving, but i had everything hidden, just the glow was visable. also been told no RED or BLUE whatsoever cos they are emergency colours.

[tron07]

wire it to your handbrake switch... pull it and the lights goes on.... let it off and the lights go off... just hope that when you pull the handbrakes at the lights, the cops dont see you and come fine and defect you :p

[jezVTi]

I had a mate who got done for wiring it to the handbrake.

He pulled it at lights and let it off again and got done for having "strobe" lights!!!

Obviously they had nothing better to do :p

Jez

[Riviera]

illegal whilst driving and they state on the boxes

"for show use only"

so meets and such are allowed just not while driving and i supposed keep off
the main road... as in parked on the side of the road or at a servo... leave
em off. in the end its all about common sense and consideration.

[rice_civic]

i had them on my old civic and never had any trouble. i even got pulled over for a random breath test and they didnt comment. they were red too. the rule as i was told when i got them installed is that as long as the glow can be seen and not the tube itself your alright. but you must also not have any polished or chromed parts under your car for the lights to reflect off. this seems pretty reasonable as nobody wants glare off another car when they are trying to drive. the best way to not get defected is to be nice to the cops and dont back chat.