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Pimping my Cobra with red interior lights...
I know, what the hell am I thinking, right?
But I did it just for the hell of it. Thing is, can anyone tell me if my car is going to catch on fire? lol The Ford interior lights have little wire rings that fit around some little metal prongs that hold the bulb in place. I didn't know this when I bought the replacement parts. The replacement bulb has no little loops to hold the bulb in place, but rather just metal tips on each end of the bulb. They don't really stay in place between the metal pieces that hold the bulb. So, I took a small screw driver and made a small hole in each end of the metal prongs so the metal tips on the bulb fit and stay in place. It seems to work. No fires. Yet. I'm not anticipating any problems, but when I went to start the car, it just went click click click. Seems the battery died. Or killed itself in protest. I tried to jump it and it couldn't be brought back to life. Funny that should happen today. Thanks for listening. Brad |
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Pimping my Cobra with red interior lights...
On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:57:05 GMT, "Brad and Karen"
> wrote: >I know, what the hell am I thinking, right? > >But I did it just for the hell of it. > >Thing is, can anyone tell me if my car is going to catch on fire? lol > >The Ford interior lights have little wire rings that fit around some little metal prongs that hold the bulb in place. I didn't know this when I bought the replacement parts. > >The replacement bulb has no little loops to hold the bulb in place, but rather just metal tips on each end of the bulb. > >They don't really stay in place between the metal pieces that hold the bulb. So, I took a small screw driver and made a small hole in each end of the metal prongs so the metal tips on the bulb fit and stay in place. > >It seems to work. No fires. Yet. > >I'm not anticipating any problems, but when I went to start the car, it just went click click click. Seems the battery died. Or killed itself in protest. I tried to jump it and it couldn't be brought back to life. Funny that should happen today. > >Thanks for listening. > >Brad Sounds like your car is trying to tell you something. Maybe it's ashamed to be seen in public with those red lights. Afraid that next you'll be cruising the gay red light districts. Or perhaps running an illicit business out of your car. That it's afraid that on one of those sleazy streets, a cops spot light will bring the attention of the entire world. Remember! Cars have feelings, too. :0) |
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Pimping my Cobra with red interior lights...
"Brad and Karen" > wrote in news:55ejk.140884
$gc5.107851@pd7urf2no: > Thanks for listening. I won't do it again if you don't format your newsreader properly. Set the line length at 76, and stop trying to post HTML to Usenet. |
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Pimping my Cobra with red interior lights...
"Spike" > wrote in message ... > On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:57:05 GMT, "Brad and Karen" > > wrote: > >>I know, what the hell am I thinking, right? >> >>But I did it just for the hell of it. >> >>Thing is, can anyone tell me if my car is going to catch on fire? lol >> >>The Ford interior lights have little wire rings that fit around some >>little metal prongs that hold the bulb in place. I didn't know this when I >>bought the replacement parts. >> >>The replacement bulb has no little loops to hold the bulb in place, but >>rather just metal tips on each end of the bulb. >> >>They don't really stay in place between the metal pieces that hold the >>bulb. So, I took a small screw driver and made a small hole in each end of >>the metal prongs so the metal tips on the bulb fit and stay in place. >> >>It seems to work. No fires. Yet. >> >>I'm not anticipating any problems, but when I went to start the car, it >>just went click click click. Seems the battery died. Or killed itself in >>protest. I tried to jump it and it couldn't be brought back to life. Funny >>that should happen today. >> >>Thanks for listening. >> >>Brad > > Sounds like your car is trying to tell you something. Maybe it's > ashamed to be seen in public with those red lights. Afraid that next > you'll be cruising the gay red light districts. Or perhaps running an > illicit business out of your car. That it's afraid that on one of > those sleazy streets, a cops spot light will bring the attention of > the entire world. Remember! Cars have feelings, too. :0) I know. I was *honestly* tempted to put the original bulbs back in today, just to see if it started. LOL. Brad |
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Pimping my Cobra with red interior lights...
On Jul 28, 2:57*am, "Brad and Karen" > wrote:
> I know, what the hell am I thinking, right? > > But I did it just for the hell of it. > > Thing is, can anyone tell me if my car is going to catch on fire? *lol > > The Ford interior lights have little wire rings that fit around some little metal prongs that hold the bulb in place. I didn't know this when I bought the replacement parts. > > The replacement bulb has no little loops to hold the bulb in place, but rather just metal tips on each end of the bulb. > > They don't really stay in place between the metal pieces that hold the bulb. So, I took a small screw driver and made a small hole in each end of the metal prongs so the metal tips on the bulb fit and stay in place. * > > It seems to work. No fires. Yet. * > > I'm not anticipating any problems, but when I went to start the car, it just went click click click. Seems the battery died. Or killed itself in protest. I tried to jump it and it couldn't be brought back to life. Funny that should happen today. > > Thanks for listening. > > Brad Don't forget to hang a bullfighter painted on black velvet from the mirror. |
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Pimping my Cobra with red interior lights...
sorry, late to this thread: isn't the theory of red light that it doesn't destroy your night vision? I know that's the story Studebaker used when they went to red gauge lights in '63.....supposedly what aircraft used, at least then. my '64 Avanti had regular size gauge bulbs with red "filters" over them: looked like little red condoms. Don't know if gays use red condoms - I thought they were fond of green which was more a Plymouth thing and there may be significance to that. my later Avanti's reverted to regular gauge lighting......the 4 "courtesy lights" were normal. but when you drove at night the the consoles were bathed in red light beamed down from a lamp under the dash. I don't recall having to fight off solicitations from either persuasion, although I may have misunderstood it whenever people asked me what kind of ride it was. btw: currently have an '06 Mustang and '06 Five Hundred: the 'stang isn't driven much, but have to start it at least every 2 weeks or the battery goes limp (electrics have been checked-out and supposedly OK). The Five Hundred went dead once overnight with no explanation. Maybe Fords tend to reject all those foreign parts........funny, the 'stang keeps its radio presets, but have had to reprogram the windows, time....and the tranny is ambivalent until it figures out how it hard I'm going to ride it,. |
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Pimping my Cobra with red interior lights...
On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:51:39 -0700 (PDT), Rich >
wrote: >On Jul 28, 2:57*am, "Brad and Karen" > wrote: >> I know, what the hell am I thinking, right? >> >> But I did it just for the hell of it. >> >> Thing is, can anyone tell me if my car is going to catch on fire? *lol >> >> The Ford interior lights have little wire rings that fit around some little metal prongs that hold the bulb in place. I didn't know this when I bought the replacement parts. >> >> The replacement bulb has no little loops to hold the bulb in place, but rather just metal tips on each end of the bulb. >> >> They don't really stay in place between the metal pieces that hold the bulb. So, I took a small screw driver and made a small hole in each end of the metal prongs so the metal tips on the bulb fit and stay in place. * >> >> It seems to work. No fires. Yet. * >> >> I'm not anticipating any problems, but when I went to start the car, it just went click click click. Seems the battery died. Or killed itself in protest. I tried to jump it and it couldn't be brought back to life. Funny that should happen today. >> >> Thanks for listening. >> >> Brad > >Don't forget to hang a bullfighter painted on black velvet from the >mirror. In Japan, the PI, etc, multi-colored Christmas tree lighs along with a sort of lace with lace balls (dingle balls) every so many inches around the windshield and back glass. |
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Pimping my Cobra with red interior lights...
Spike > wrote in
: > Red. It's easier on the eyes at night. Astronomers always use red light to read charts, etc. I remember covering the flashlight with red tissue paper and a rubber band. However, red is not all that good for seeing your gauges. I think Ford got it right with their dim green lighting and flourescent orange needles. Speaking of lighting, when I was a kid, one of my dad's friends had a 1940s Chrysler. The speedometer lighting changed color according to the speed. There were changes at 20, 35, 45, 55 and 65. Must have been done with a sliding colorized plastic filter. I remember very well that the lights were red over 65. Red = too fast, I guess. I thought that was one of the coolest things ever. The color of the lighting told you your speed range. |
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