well a company/ website called www.streetsofknoxville.com put on a car show which recommended people like me who were in it to be ter at 8:00am sharp well actually didnt have to be there untill between 10:00 -2:00 pm when the show started at 4:00 my baby was all preped up and looking better then ever before, and after about 5 hours of being indoors at this car show me and a friend decided to get lunch and so i locked her up and went on my way intentionally leaving my neons and lights going since they had the ligths out for like a "night street scene look" and about an hour later i got back and opened my drivers door and WHOOOOOSH a flame about 2 feet came out from underneeth the car and into the car .. so i ran out and dropped to my knees and ripped out my neon right off the car and threw it away and put it out .. and heres is the pict .. thankfully there was no damage to my car but I deffinatly lost any chance of a trophy it sucked all the way around
BAD night at car show MY P% Caught on FIRE
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MP5s Make Ready
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- 2002 Red Protege 5
Aww geez sorry to hear about that..............that's all i need to say
MazdaManic5
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- 03 Infiniti QX4
what brand of neons were they? That really sucks man. Sorry.
Sorry to hear about the fire..
You mentioned calling the manufacturer/supplier..
Did the instructions mention leaving them on for extended periods of time without the car being in motion? I would think that the heat they put off without the benefit of air moving over them might have contributed to the failure and resulting fire..
Glad that your car didn't suffer any damage, though.
T
You mentioned calling the manufacturer/supplier..
Did the instructions mention leaving them on for extended periods of time without the car being in motion? I would think that the heat they put off without the benefit of air moving over them might have contributed to the failure and resulting fire..
Glad that your car didn't suffer any damage, though.
T
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- 2003 Subaru WRX Wagon, 2000 Miata
damn... that's the first i ever heard of neons catching fire. what do you think the problem was? exposed wires? faulty transformer box? neon gas leak?
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well, neon gas would only leak if the tube was cracked, and if that was the case, they wouldn't have lit up.. uh, was it a wiring problem, WHO installed them, make sure you call liteglow...my girl got liteglow from egay, and her side lights only light up half-way...and someties they choose not to lite at-all.
let us know!!!!
let us know!!!!
LambOfSilence
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damn, glad you did not get burnt...(flame)
AcoupDetat
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damn man.. sorry about that..... now im scared to put mine on... cause im doing it my self. im sending mine back in so im hopeing everything will be ok....
Derrick.. neon will light when cracked or if it has pinholes. Family collects Neon Lights (beer lights, custom made ones, etc..) and we have had a few with cracks or holes in the tubes and still lit. You go and touch the tube near the crack, hole, etc and you will get a nice tingle shock however..
And blynzoo...
Nice mentality to have. It's attitudes like that that clog the courtrooms, put small aftermarket companies out of business (most of the time due to consumer's problems and not that of their product), and generally piss me off.. Wonder if I can sue you for the attitude you put me in when I read a post like that.. (bicker)
Smile everyone
It's halfway to the weekend.
T
And blynzoo...
Nice mentality to have. It's attitudes like that that clog the courtrooms, put small aftermarket companies out of business (most of the time due to consumer's problems and not that of their product), and generally piss me off.. Wonder if I can sue you for the attitude you put me in when I read a post like that.. (bicker)
Smile everyone
It's halfway to the weekend.T
