To start with, we ordered

8cm computer fans with

built-in neon lights from
Silicon Valley
Compucycle's website.
When they arrived they
looked like this. If they are
Out of the package your
out of the color you need,
fan will look like this.
you can also check their
cold cathode fan grills. The
outer ring is the size you
need (80mm) and the
smaller ring (25mm) is a
bonus you can use
elsewhere.
After removing your
headlights and opening
There are four screws them, you will be
holding a plastic piece to working with the
the fan. This is the mount headlight mask. After
that holds the neon to the removing the eyelids, I
fan. Remove the screws to needed to cut a notch for
get this. the cables from the neons.
The notch is at the 7
o'clock position.
To attach the neon tubes
Here is another view of the to the headlight mask I
notch, also at the 7 o'clock used very fine wire. The
position. best I found is from
unused twist ties.
This is what it should
Here is a trial fit looking at
look like in a trial fit from
the front of the mask.
the back of the mask.
This is the neon fastened in This is the view from the
viewed from the back. To front when they are
fasten them, drill a 1/16th fastened in. Almost
inch hole that will be under invisible are the wires at
the neon tube. thread the 11 & 3 o'clock positions.
wire through the hole,
around the neon, and back
through the hole the
headlight sits in. Twist the
wire to hold the neon, too
tightly and the neon will
break. Tighten it just
enough so the neon doesn't
wiggle.
Note the wires at 8 & 12
o'clock.
Neons run on AC current.
To produce an AC current
from the DC the car runs on
you need an inverter. There
is one supplied with both
the fan and the fan grill. It
also comes with double
stick mount tape. This
seemed to be the best place
to mount the inverter so the
leads from the neons would
reach.
Putting the inverter where
we did also made it easy to
drill a hole to run the
inverter power leads out of,
next to the power hookup
for the headlights. The
yellow wire is 12 volt, the
black is ground.
While the headlights are
apart is a good time to
remove the amber lens from
the corner of the headlight,
if you want. Here is the
mask without the amber
lens.
Here is the headlight ready
to reinstall. Ground the
black lead coming from
each headlight. The yellow
leads go to a switch with
the other side of the switch
connected to 12 volt.
Here are aLbino Chicken's
eyes after dark.
This is another view of
the mounted inverter.
Note the sockets on the
front that the neons plug
into.
This is the inside of the
headlight mask with the
neons ready to plug into
the inverter. As you put
the headlight back
together make sure the
leads aren't pinched so
they are easy to get to.
Here I have filled the hole
behind the amber lens to
give it a cleaner look. I
used black plastic. Make
sure you remove the light
bulb that is supposed to
light the corner light.
Here are aLbino
Chicken's eyes after
installing them in
daylight.
We all three have neon
eyes installed at about
$30 each. (There was
some additional work
done on the red to adjust
the color. Seems in the
computer world, pink and
red are the same color.
Use this link to see how
to color tint a neon tube.)