Fun racer mod

[yotsuya]

You may recall that I picked up a racing cab about a month ago. We've been having fun with it, but I wanted to customize it a bit. I'm not ready to convert it just yet, so I wanted to have fun and make it mine.

When I was going though the inside of the cab, I noticed that the power supply had an extra harness on it. Nothing was attached to it, but I tested it and it was live. I picked up a neon motorcycle licence plate frame a while back, and I wanted to find a use for it. I had read someone one here where someone had picked one up and powered it with a computer power supply. I was going to use it as game room decor, but I realized I could use it on my racer. I also order a set of purple cold cathode tubes on ebay for super cheap. I measured and made a custom harness to go from the power supply (9-pin) to the two 12v acessories: (4-pin)


I connected the harness to the power supply and ran it though an existing hole on the bottom of the cab.


I ran the wire under the machine and to the components, which I attached with velcro. I turned on the cab, and everything lit up:


I used strong Velcro to attach the license plate frame to the back of the machine. That way, nothing was physically altered on the cab.


Moved her in to place, turned out the lights, and there she is...

[deathrow]

Nice touch mate 

[yotsuya]

Thanks, my friend.

Anyone have any other mod suggestions? I have a blacklight LED strip I was considering putting in the foot area.

[Howard_Casto]

Brake lights.  The old outrun cabs had brake lights. Wire a relay to the brake pedal and you are good to go. 

[yotsuya]

Brake lights.  The old outrun cabs had brake lights. Wire a relay to the brake pedal and you are good to go.

Heh- never thought of those. I could fab a metal plate for the bottom that could hold the license and some brake lights running at 5v. Thanks, Howard!

[Nephasth]

Very nice!

And a big +1 on LED strip foot well lighting!

[griffindodd]

Nice little fun mod man, I love it

[BadMouth]

You need to swap out the board for Faster Than Speed if you're going to run neon. 

[yotsuya]

You need to swap out the board for Faster Than Speed if you're going to run neon. 

I know. I've been searching for the Atomiswave cart. 

Nice little fun mod man, I love it

Thanks, Griff. I'm going to do the foot wells next. 

[Vigo]

Sweet!  The purple neon reminds me of what i put in my first car.  I love the plate, is that real or did you have it made up?

[yotsuya]

Sweet!  The purple neon reminds me of what i put in my first car.  I love the plate, is that real or did you have it made up?

That plate is just a print on a piece of photo paper, but I ordered a "real" one off eBay that'll look exactly the same.

[Vigo]

Gotcha! I always thought the AZ plates looked cool.