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cathodes are fragile

Old Mar 8, 2007 | 12:11 AM
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i put cathodes on the backs of both of my front seats to shine on the floor in the back seat.. and within one week. both of them were broken. = (

one of them got kicked by someone sitting back there.. really softly i might add. and the other one just fell off of the double stick tape i used and broke when it hit the floor.. the price is right and the light production is amazing. but next time i need to be more careful. haha
 
Old Mar 8, 2007 | 01:36 AM
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Your car is flying.
 
Old Mar 8, 2007 | 02:37 AM
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lol moogly. yea it is. haha. well i was actually flying when i took that picture. my girlfriend took me on a planeride tour of chicago for my birthday a few days ago. it was awesome.

actually.. i have a secret mod for my car that nobody knows about.. see while all of you guys are wasting your money on turbo's and intakes.. i got the "car to plane" conversion kit... with the push of a button my car turns into a plane and its untouchable by anything on the road. haha
 
Old Mar 8, 2007 | 08:42 AM
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damn man you gotta warn people back there about that.
 
Old Mar 8, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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Huh I've owned several cathode tube units and all of them have protective tubes........... either way that always sucks, I've broken 2 4" bulb units in the bare (yea thin glass tube and my hands = bad idea) trying to do a custom light install...... yea I was pist....
 
Old Mar 8, 2007 | 09:21 PM
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LEDs are indestrucable haha keep that in mind man
 
Old Mar 8, 2007 | 09:52 PM
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LED's are also expensive and make hotspots. haha. i put LED's in my front seats. but i paid 60 bux for both of them (2 15" tubes). 2 cathodes with the same brightness and much better light production.. for 7 bux. lol. its almost worth buyin a bunch of them n just replacing them when they break. hahaha.
 
Old Mar 11, 2007 | 04:46 PM
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wow... iv enever broken ANY cathode tubes.........
odd.... and i had them on my trucks exterior for quite some time.LOL rocks werent problems but water was!

what color you usen? i got some spare greens... i used to go thru transformers quite a bit.LMFAO
 
Old Mar 11, 2007 | 04:53 PM
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Well this is a great sign, I just get done installing my cathodes, come inside and get on hcf and see a post about somone breaking theirs. lmfao.
 
Old Mar 11, 2007 | 05:03 PM
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oh i know about how cheap they are man, i have blue cathodes under my dash Oznium, and yeah for $7 you honestly cant complain haha i guess just warn people about them and maybe mount them in a more secure spot
 

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