quote Originally posted by sabianq, http://www.instructables.co...ng-for-your-vehicle/ enhanced lighting for your vehicle I used a Cold Cathode light kit for a computer to add more lighting to my jetta wagon step 1 Purchase a Cold Cathode lighting kit for a computer the kit i bought had a little switch screwed into a PCI port plate to turn of and on the light. I removed my cargo light from the top of my cargo area in the back of the car and poked a hole in the light with a soldering iron to mount the switch. then i attached the main power leads to the power of the light reciptical. step 2 attach the cold cathode tubes to the windows attach the cold cathode tubes to the windows using the velcro supplied with the kit then run your wires to the power inverter i needed to extend the wires of the cold cathode tubes so they could reach the inverter. step 3 paint the glass paint the glass directly behind the tube with black acrilic paint, use tape to make a straight edge. pull off the tape before the paint dries or the paint will peel away from the glass. after the paint dries, replace the tape and then paint the black paint white. remove the tape before the paint dries. the white will act as a reflector. step 4 replace the tubes replace the switch clean up all done

ive seen scanners at thrift stores for like 4 dollars if that. not a bad idea for our trunks and spare tire compartments. i think the engine bay will get too hot for these to work and last a while.

------------------
First LX9 Fiero GT, 1987 | My Fiero Fuel Economy | MPG Display for OBD I
Youtube Videos of My GT | 87 GT Inside Test Run | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 01
3500 Fiero GT Test Run 02 | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 03 | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 04
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem
Fiero's are people too. We pay just as much attention to them, if not more than our loved ones
screw paying those bastards. im not going to become rich by paying for things.....

uhm, the lights he used was not from a scanner, they were lights that go inside your PC...

D'oh, they are. where did i get scranner from?

------------------
First LX9 Fiero GT, 1987 | My Fiero Fuel Economy | MPG Display for OBD I
Youtube Videos of My GT | 87 GT Inside Test Run | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 01
3500 Fiero GT Test Run 02 | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 03 | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 04
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem
Fiero's are people too. We pay just as much attention to them, if not more than our loved ones
screw paying those bastards. im not going to become rich by paying for things.....

quote americasfuture2k:D'oh, they are. where did i get scranner from?

IDK Anybody have a good source for a scranner?

[This message has been edited by 30+mpg (edited 05-04-2009).]

ive got 2 scanners that work. on DOS based systems. wont work for vista havent tried it lately though. maybe some drivers have been written for my scanners. maybe it works with windows 7..?

------------------
First LX9 Fiero GT, 1987 | My Fiero Fuel Economy | MPG Display for OBD I
Youtube Videos of My GT | 87 GT Inside Test Run | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 01
3500 Fiero GT Test Run 02 | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 03 | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 04
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem
Fiero's are people too. We pay just as much attention to them, if not more than our loved ones
screw paying those bastards. im not going to become rich by paying for things.....

dos based scanners probably crap ass resolution... just trashem, or part them out for nifty electronics stuff?

i lean more towards the part them out side. im a techy nerd like that. ill build something cool with them. it will change man kind. and possibly defy gravity, feed the hungry and put an end to the zombies.

------------------
First LX9 Fiero GT, 1987 | My Fiero Fuel Economy | MPG Display for OBD I
Youtube Videos of My GT | 87 GT Inside Test Run | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 01
3500 Fiero GT Test Run 02 | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 03 | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 04
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem
Fiero's are people too. We pay just as much attention to them, if not more than our loved ones
screw paying those bastards. im not going to become rich by paying for things.....

or just lightup really bright and blind someone? :P

i bet them lights in them would look nifty under the engine vents?

yea maybe. but can they handle the heat from the engine bay?

------------------
First LX9 Fiero GT, 1987 | My Fiero Fuel Economy | MPG Display for OBD I
Youtube Videos of My GT | 87 GT Inside Test Run | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 01
3500 Fiero GT Test Run 02 | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 03 | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 04
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem
Fiero's are people too. We pay just as much attention to them, if not more than our loved ones
screw paying those bastards. im not going to become rich by paying for things.....

one way to findout?
id be more worried about the vibration breaking it... i dont think a "light" is that heat sensitive...could be wrong, idk whats actually in them

quote Originally posted by americasfuture2k: yea maybe. but can they handle the heat from the engine bay?

of course they do. been using one for years as a trunk light.

but directly in the engine bay. a little hotter in there.

------------------
First LX9 Fiero GT, 1987 | My Fiero Fuel Economy | MPG Display for OBD I
Youtube Videos of My GT | 87 GT Inside Test Run | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 01
3500 Fiero GT Test Run 02 | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 03 | 3500 Fiero GT Test Run 04
If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem
Fiero's are people too. We pay just as much attention to them, if not more than our loved ones
screw paying those bastards. im not going to become rich by paying for things.....

I don't think it will bother the light but you might want to get the power supply outside the engine compartment.

yea right over the engine!