how do I connect neon ?

diskey · #1 (**permalink**) 06-01-2003, 01:11 PM

Hallo..

I bought myself some neon windscreen washer jets. There is one blac and one white electric lines from them, which is supposed to be connected to the park light. How can I do this connection in the easiest way ? the lines is no more than about 0.5-1 meter long.

Please help....thx

iCedMan · #2 (**permalink**) 06-01-2003, 01:14 PM

do yourself a favor and dont install them. Dont mean to hate but I HATE those things lol

diskey · #3 (**permalink**) 06-01-2003, 01:59 PM

that was not what I asked for.....I know there are many opinions about these things, but could anyone just tell me how to connect them ?

bignate · #4 (**permalink**) 06-01-2003, 02:42 PM

go ask in a ricer forum

nate

BanginBeema · #5 (**permalink**) 06-01-2003, 02:44 PM

connec them to your under car neon

I think they look sick with the shopping cart wings from 2fast 2 furious

MikeV · #6 (**permalink**) 06-01-2003, 03:14 PM

booooooooooooo, don't do it

xicethugx · #7 (**permalink**) 06-01-2003, 03:23 PM

yea whatever you say your gunna get ripped on so do me and dtmpower a favor n leave

MaximaRider · #8 (**permalink**) 06-01-2003, 03:29 PM

your on the wrong forum for this kinda of tacky shiat

umnitza · #9 (**permalink**) 06-01-2003, 03:39 PM

One is positive (white most likely) and one is negative (black most likely).

If you want them to turn on when you hit your parking light, there is a power wire (most likely 12V) on the E36 parking light. Just like I've done in the picture below for an LED installation of Demon Eyes on a friend's E36.

Do the same (different power wire on the opposite - driver's - side) for the second driver's neon and you'll be all set.

See picture:

All this being said, I strongly discourage this as a mode of differentiating your car from others. However, if a guy comes onto a forum looking for advise, JUST GIVE IT TO HIM, then tell him you disagree.

Stealth · #10 (**permalink**) 06-01-2003, 03:51 PM

Its the grey wire on the parking light. if the wire isnt long enough just grab some more and splice it on.

"wrong forum" ? apparently you are not aware what the purpose of this forum is. Also try to remember that the style in europe is totally different then the US. look through any issue of PBMW to see that.

umnitza · #11 (**permalink**) 06-01-2003, 04:01 PM

Stealth - good man! and I think you mean splice - just so that our 'friend' isn't comfused.

The way to splice the wire is to get some more of the same guage and just use connectors to "tap the two together" - Radio Shack here in the US is the best way to find stuff like this:

diskey · #12 (**permalink**) 06-02-2003, 01:58 PM

thanks for replaying....well you guys are right about that European style differs from US. It thought it was kind of odd that I got so many bad replies on these things. Neon can look pretty if done the right way with moderation. Small details like putting neon inside your speakers for example..it's cool..

I will try to past some pics of my car soon, it's pretty different from much of the very traditional bmw stling in US.

Well is there no other way than to have the wires from the jets to go all the way to the park lights in the front of the car? can't be connected to the fusebox or something? the pics shows the turn light, but what is those blue plastic things? How should connect the wires "onto" the parking light wire?! cut the parking light wire and use a splice?

Is the parkinglight wires on the same connection as the headlight?

umnitza · #13 (**permalink**) 06-02-2003, 02:08 PM

you really need to look at a book on wiring before you tackle this, your questions are more along the lines of generic wiring than they are BMW specific wiring.
The reason I showed you that red connector is that one wire goes into it, another wire comes out of it, a continuation of the same wire so to speak. That way, you elongate your wires to reach any of 500 different wire points in your car (exaggeration)