tunicwriter

Phone the press. Pigs have flown and hell has frozen over.

In the ghettooooooo.

Since we don't really have a product review section on here, I'll post this in OT. So here's the story. As part of my interior lighting project, I bought a 5" flexible LED strip made by Pilot for $15. Fantastic, I thought. 3M adhesive backing, simple wiring. This little strip was to be my glove box light hooked up to a pin switch. I tested it out with a 9V battery in the glove box, the illumination was great. No problems there. So I went ahead and cleaned off the area where the LEDs were going, and test fitted the strip, bending it to the shape I needed. I peeled off the backing to the adhesive and got problem #1. The 3M adhesive on the strip was a very thin layer of what I guess you could call some kind of adhesive. After a few attempts, I got the strip to stay on after about 5 min. of continuous pressure. And this is where I ran into problem #2. No matter what I did, a small portion of the strip did not want to hold shape. I ran some wire, and long story short, it pretty much started snowing on me, so I packed it in, only needing to fix the flex, place the switch, run the wires to power and ground, and hope I didn't mess up. So, 5-6 days later (aka today), I go back out to finish the job. I go out and open the glove box, and lo and behold, the strip is just hanging there by the wire and bent into an "S" shape. Greeeeeat. So my first reaction is to first bend it back into shape, and this is where I get my 3rd and final problem. The flexible LED strip snapped in half at the slightest of pressures, rendering a $15 LED strip completely useless. My only thought is that the strip succumbed to the cold weather and snow we're having. Be that as it may, this is a product that is advertised for not only interior automotive use, but exterior as well. There's even a picture of it on the package being used as an R8 style headlamp mod. So, buyer beware. I just spent $15 to tell you guys how much this product sucks, I'd hate to see it happen to any of you.

A nicely restored 1968 Camaro will usually turn heads. Nothing like classic muscle. A 1968 Camaro that's been modded like this, on the other hand:

From what I can see, they're Falken ZE912's wrapped around ASA JH9's.

sounds cool. might be able to get a couple people out there with me.

Previously: GA16DE 1.6L DOHC - 1998 Nissan Sentra GXE Vulcan 3.0L V6 - 1989 Ford Taurus L (aka The Bumpin' Wagon) Currently: LO3 5.0L/305 TBI H.O. - 1989 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 LZ4 3.5L VVT V6 - 2008 Pontiac G6 GT

I actually have the LZ4

Henrico, VA, about 10 min. from Short Pump mall This should probably be moved to the mid atlantic category, though.

Not yet, hopefully with the tax return. I've only had the car since May or June, and most of my money has gone into the sinkhole that is my 89 Camaro. Unless you wanna count Royal Purple 5w-30 as a performance mod

Another guy from g6performance.com, just sayin' hi.