Still a Classic: Underbody Neon Lights
For years, neon lights have been a popular night light in clubs, billboards, bars, signs, and in cars and trucks. For neon lights in a car, tubes are installed on the underside of the vehicle to give a fascinating glow, giving your vehicle one more characteristic for people on the road to check out. Although there are newer, more advanced types of lighting systems in cars today like LED lights, neon lights are still popular.
There's been much discussion regarding neon underglow by car fanatics; some good and some bad. When they are compared to LED lights, neon lights are a lot brighter, which makes it great for someone that wants to add an appealing or glowing aura around and under their car. The way that the neon lights emit light around and under a car makes it great to work around every angle, giving yourself a floating feeling while showing other great features of your custom car. Neon lighting is set in a special kind of plastic that protects the neon tubes. The protection provides the lights with extra durability.
Meanwhile, individual LED lights are not quite as bright. So you'd need many LED light tubes to be as bright as neon lights. If you would like both a solid and fluid underbody system, neon lights are still the much better choice. You also can display neon lights on smaller places in the interior of your car like on the side doors, on the dash and under the seat. As far as classic car lighting is concerned, neon lights are incomparable.
Neon lights are generally cheaper than LED lights. Neon lights can be a quick fix when you really want a car lighting system today, since they can be quickly installed. You even can plug it in the cigarette holder in your car. Neon lights can even be set to vibrate through your car stereo. Practically, neon lights have been standard for many years.
However, LED light enthusiasts see neon undercar lights as old school in customized cars. The lack of glow in LED lighting is counterbalanced through its durability since each bulb longer than a neon light bulb. LED lights can be digitally synchronized to produce various color shades and patterns, unlike neon lighting, which can only produce a fairly limited set of colors. LED lights can be easily controlled with blue-tooth or infrared. LED underbody kits generally start up faster than neon lighting, especially when it is cold. But above all, the sealed LED bulbs do not take as much energy as the neon bulbs.
As much as car hobbyists would like to say that neon is a thing of the past, your underglow will still depend on what you want your car to look like. It's a fact that neon lighting will give your car more charm, more of an edge, and more of a glow. Actually, most of the old school and retro talk is what makes neon lighting a classic lighting system in both street racing and custom cars. The brightness of these lights ensures that your car gets the attention it deserves.