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The Evolution of Underglow

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2023 ж. 14 Мау.
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Automotive underglow has come a long way from the days of neon tubes and miles of wiring. LEDs have been the savior of modern underglow and one of the reasons that I believe it has still stuck around. What old school tuner trend should we talk about next?
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  • The neon looks better than the cheap leds

    @jeremysandock6403@jeremysandock64038 ай бұрын

    • Wrong

      @spencerkrake11@spencerkrake117 ай бұрын

    • True, man. You can't re-create that iconic StreetGlow look without neon tubes

      @NathanialParker@NathanialParker7 ай бұрын

    • It's mote uniform than the common leds There are many leds that are uniform in lighting, but they're so expensive ricers tend to buy walmart leds and they look HORRIBLE!

      @robertovargas3205@robertovargas32057 ай бұрын

    • ​@@NathanialParkeryes you can. I can definitively say that you can. Neon is also heavier and less energy efficient not to mention you are sticking a rare and hard to source gas in a clear tube underneath a car. Where it's just going to leak out. LEDs vary wildly in terms of quality and more expensive ones can do any color, UV lighting, Accurate color temperature, software control, RGB. No contest when you compare the technologies.

      @infernaldaedra@infernaldaedra7 ай бұрын

    • ​@@NathanialParkeryou could just snake leds through a tube and it gives the exact same visual effect as neon. And you are less color limited.

      @infernaldaedra@infernaldaedra7 ай бұрын

  • Just remembering to switch to legal colors when necessary 😂

    @OnlyeHeart_IndieGameDev@OnlyeHeart_IndieGameDev8 ай бұрын

    • Just assume what color my lights identify as..pssh..racist

      @SpaceRanger187@SpaceRanger1876 ай бұрын

    • Lol facts got pulled over yesterday with blue lights lol

      @taylorm_2892@taylorm_28924 ай бұрын

    • Is keeping a solid red under glow legal in the states? That’s what I want to do in the future

      @roco9504@roco95043 ай бұрын

    • Answered my question on google. Only white in NY where I am… perhaps a warm white can still look good 🤔

      @roco9504@roco95043 ай бұрын

    • @@taylorm_2892got pulled over a couple weeks ago for my leds, cop ended up searching my car because of a “marijuana order”

      @CatCantTeach@CatCantTeachАй бұрын

  • I was in my 20s when underglow was popular I thought it looked cool then I'm glad to see it's back in full force

    @JaysEvo8@JaysEvo88 ай бұрын

    • H😂

      @jasongates3039@jasongates30398 ай бұрын

    • I'm 22 and I bought my neon kit at 20, I grew up seeing it in full force, now I'm living the dream with them

      @tripclipgt6573@tripclipgt65737 ай бұрын

    • @@tripclipgt6573 Hell yea!!

      @JaysEvo8@JaysEvo87 ай бұрын

  • One of few trends from the early 00’s that I actually liked.

    @Get_yotted@Get_yotted7 ай бұрын

    • We were rolling with neons under our lowrider in the mid nineties.

      @stoneman8110@stoneman81107 ай бұрын

    • ​@@stoneman8110 did underglow originate from that lowrider/ truck scene from the 90s?

      @tripclipgt6573@tripclipgt65737 ай бұрын

  • I like the concept of turning lights off. My old 240sx/s13 us, I put two switches in the dash that I wired inline with the rear lights (when you turn the lights on) and bake lights(when you hit the brakes. So I could switch the brake lights off so racers following me couldn't see my brake points and cops can't tell your about to brake for the turn. And then I could turn off the rear lights off completely to dissappear but still see with headlights.

    @anthonyC9199@anthonyC91998 ай бұрын

    • gonna get rear ended in a race lol

      @Cheezus@Cheezus7 ай бұрын

    • @@Cheezusmaybe if his cars black

      @Malibuthe6th@Malibuthe6th7 ай бұрын

    • ​@@CheezusI'm remembering the streets I used to use it on and for people chasing, If their brakes were better than mine, then they would not hit me. But if their breaks were not as good as mine I could break harder and later and they wouldn't know that the turn was coming up and they would just go off the turn.

      @anthonyC9199@anthonyC91997 ай бұрын

    • I'm screenshotting this because it's genius and I want to do it. Been wanting to for a while but never had anyone explain it thank you

      @93_Silverado@93_Silverado6 ай бұрын

    • Or you could have just notched up the handbrake 1 notch. That also turns the lights off😂

      @mjspeedzone5532@mjspeedzone55323 ай бұрын

  • I love the look of the purple neon and the glow it gives off. You just can’t replicate that with the LEDs.

    @kegancook2360@kegancook23606 ай бұрын

    • Yeah. LEDs are much cheaper and easier, as well as less hassle but you can’t beat the neons.

      @corvettezone1771@corvettezone1771Ай бұрын

  • Neon tubes make such a better, richer, light

    @wilurbean@wilurbean8 ай бұрын

  • Underglow has always been cool asf to me. I feel like the people who hate on it are same ones that eat chicken with only salt.

    @gallade.5038@gallade.50389 ай бұрын

    • Ew people like that exist? Lmao i dont hate underglow, but i have a grudge with rock lights

      @whose_ya_daddy5271@whose_ya_daddy52718 ай бұрын

    • It’s just tacky. Sometimes it looks cool but it just doesn’t look great on a clapped 1998 Honda civic with rusting door panels and stickers all over it - which is like 80% of the people who own under glow. It’s just tacky is all, I don’t hate it, I would much rather see someone spend that money on some useful parts. That’s just how I am I guess.

      @joetroy2904@joetroy29048 ай бұрын

    • People like what they like, people can dislike stuff you like and not be dicks. I know its crazy but having different opinions doesnt make you a dick. Personally I prefer it without but who cares just keep ruining the resell value of all the cars you buy with tacky add ons

      @djkota8849@djkota88498 ай бұрын

    • @@joetroy2904yeah most of the people running underglow are people with Chevy cruzes with plast dipped hubcap wheels or those shitty elantras. Even clapped out Honda civics are nicer now

      @xCkillaxC@xCkillaxC8 ай бұрын

    • Tacky asf ricer

      @sugma69420@sugma694208 ай бұрын

  • Put underglow on my Scion Tc back in 2020 and still rocking with it til this day 😎

    @Charleezy@Charleezy7 ай бұрын

  • I'm 30, underglow was never out of style, in my life time. There's haters, but why should a few haters control what we all do.

    @benscootin4329@benscootin43297 ай бұрын

  • nothing beats those old Gold Series neons. The glow is soft and stretches farther than any LED kits out there. It sad when superior old tech gets replaced and ignored just because it's old.

    @JS-oi5jt@JS-oi5jt8 ай бұрын

  • Great topic 😉👌🏼

    @thomasf.7940@thomasf.794010 ай бұрын

  • As someone who's building a car themed around 2000s tuning this is awesome news

    @youtubeuser12588@youtubeuser125887 ай бұрын

  • My car was like a spaceship in the early 2000s, was weird as fuck when I got a different car and didn’t put lights in

    @TheTruth420@TheTruth4207 ай бұрын

  • Forgot under glow existed.... Going to go and order some old school under glow like i used to have on my skyline to re live the memories 🤣🤣

    @OperatorKaoss@OperatorKaoss7 ай бұрын

    • OPT7 is a really good company for quality LED kits. Running them on all my cars.

      @marcusbruns9729@marcusbruns97297 ай бұрын

  • One up lighting is the best underglow hands down. I got 2 kits from them

    @anthonywilson1716@anthonywilson17166 ай бұрын

  • the only con(for me) for using LED is that you can sometimes see each led lights reflecting on the ground

    @zaratutsirol5391@zaratutsirol53916 ай бұрын

    • only with the cheap crappy ones, a good led kit has a nice full glow to it

      @voidlight6006@voidlight60066 күн бұрын

  • The glow from the neon looks softer and better imo

    @privategramcracker01@privategramcracker017 ай бұрын

    • real neon def does look better, but DAMN 500 bucks for a kit is pretty steep

      @uberrandomperson@uberrandomperson7 ай бұрын

  • Back then underglow was cool cuz it wasn't a commodity. It was a flex of time effort and knowledge, another example of working on your own car. Now its just a dime a dozen and takes 3m tape

    @kylealton4347@kylealton43475 ай бұрын

  • Hell yeah love the tuner era then the modern

    @Kyng8-ds5cl@Kyng8-ds5cl10 ай бұрын

  • For that price, I definitely would not run tubes again! I had a set of white tubes in the early 2000s and I loved them but these new led strips are so much easier to work with and the color options are great. You only had one color in the tubes and thats it.

    @brandondeel3567@brandondeel35677 ай бұрын

    • Going with LED your losing the glow from neon. The ambient light from neon bounces off surfaces much more and that stretches the distance they can be seen. Not to mention, neon is a constant flow of light, unlike LED... which looks like a bunch of mini focused spotlights under the car. But for a eighth of the price, unlimited colors and patterns LED is the obvious practical answer.

      @tripclipgt6573@tripclipgt65737 ай бұрын

  • next topic: spinners spinner rims were awesome and need to make a comeback. I've seen a few cars with em but we 100% need them back

    @perplxxd@perplxxd8 ай бұрын

    • Oh god no, we already have the donks💀

      @Twin_Turbo@Twin_Turbo7 ай бұрын

    • Hell yeah, they look dope on big body German sedans. Toyota Centuries too.

      @joseherrera5264@joseherrera52647 ай бұрын

  • I remember when my dad got under glow way back in the 90s.

    @edwardkaufman8930@edwardkaufman89307 ай бұрын

  • Get rid of led, and bring back neons

    @fn2s145@fn2s1458 ай бұрын

    • The led looks like the star powerup from Mario lol

      @fueledbyquaq@fueledbyquaq3 ай бұрын

  • underrated

    @stormvoidicycloud@stormvoidicycloud9 ай бұрын

  • I personally prefer the old Neon look over the LED simply due to seeing all the hot spots on LED lights.

    @tracepratt1969@tracepratt19696 ай бұрын

  • I loved my green street glow tube I bought them in 08 and put them on myself i didn't break a tube until 11 and it was the one on the front thanks to a raccoon

    @grady92@grady927 ай бұрын

  • Idk maybe I'm an old school person but I think the neon tubes look WAYYYY better then led. They glowed instead of shining beams of light like led. Especially if the ground is wet all you see is each individual led reflecting off the ground. Neon didn't do that they glowed

    @tsiawdspyder@tsiawdspyder5 ай бұрын

  • I’ll always love underglow!! I’m 45 and have it under my 93 Civic EJ1!

    @stylepoint1200@stylepoint12002 ай бұрын

  • Neon look with the benefit ofs led would be perfect

    @fradland2784@fradland27847 ай бұрын

  • Idk I kinda like the old neon better, it wasn't so bright it didn't take away from the rest of the car

    @RandomPerson-ob1hk@RandomPerson-ob1hk8 ай бұрын

  • I used to have a spot under my sideskirts and bumpers where I cut a small section and put Pepsi glass so the light can go through without damaging the neon.

    @adamhonda98@adamhonda983 ай бұрын

  • Hmmm the old school tubes are tempting

    @TheDivisionAgent@TheDivisionAgent8 ай бұрын

  • I hadn't looked at underglow since the 90s. My 8 year old asked me about it last weekend so we googled it. It is amazing and so much more affordable. Kiddo says our Cressida needs underglow

    @suzukis501@suzukis5018 ай бұрын

  • StreetGlow branding brings back some good time memories. Not fan of it, but trends always go in cycle

    @dsubversion@dsubversion5 ай бұрын

  • There definitely seemed to a lull in tuner culture in the 2010s. I was in HS and college in the 2000s and am glad to see quirky stuff like this coming back.

    @Collin275@Collin2757 ай бұрын

    • We're in the 2020s dude. Stance and camber was the norm back in the 2010s

      @headshotmaster138@headshotmaster1387 ай бұрын

    • @@headshotmaster138 I’m old enough to remember what it was like in the 1990s and early 2000s. The 2010s were not as extreme. Crackdowns on street racing, tuner fads evolving, young people caring less about cars than the generations before them, etc.

      @Collin275@Collin2757 ай бұрын

    • @@Collin275 How different was the car culture back then compared to now? Because I see young people in car culture but I can chalk it up to just social media.

      @headshotmaster138@headshotmaster1387 ай бұрын

  • Kinda wanna do a quality LED setup, where it reacts with brake lights and turn signals. Lights up red on the back half when braking, and pulses between white and amber when using the turn signals. Might sound kinda lame, but i dig the idea.

    @Dr_Monitor@Dr_Monitor6 ай бұрын

  • I actually like the “neon glow” that og neons had. Looked better in photos “polaroids” and had a better look to them over all. Obviously though they weren’t the best long term.

    @solaryellowis3007@solaryellowis30076 ай бұрын

  • I had it under my Mazda MX-3 V6

    @boerharms2209@boerharms22098 ай бұрын

  • Miss those tubes

    @Psycho_912@Psycho_9127 ай бұрын

  • NO,NO,NO. Now back in the day. NOW my brother-in-law. Installed Big, huge halogen lights under his Dodge Ram truck. (1985) LOL

    @THEBOSS-vn2ky@THEBOSS-vn2ky8 ай бұрын

  • Street glow will forever remain the best form of underglow forever, those leds look like the same shit kids put in thier room lol

    @DamianVega00@DamianVega00Ай бұрын

  • Subtle underglow is goated.

    @collinwiedel@collinwiedel7 ай бұрын

    • Right! You said the right word bro, “subtle.”

      @ilovegoodmusic123@ilovegoodmusic1237 ай бұрын

  • Neon is cooler and always will be, but it is really cool how far LED tech has come

    @anthonyfulton3218@anthonyfulton32183 ай бұрын

  • LED underglow has been around for over 15yrs

    @Wisconsin.pikachu@Wisconsin.pikachu7 ай бұрын

  • I got underglows on my dodge charger. I got lights all over this thing. Almost looks like something from tron

    @sypherdadude@sypherdadude7 ай бұрын

  • the neon light actually looks much better than a led its not even in the same league

    @mordconfessor1060@mordconfessor10606 ай бұрын

  • Underglow is King

    @K1DWOLF@K1DWOLF7 ай бұрын

  • If youre gonna put $20 rgb strips under your car, at least diffuse them so the light hotspots don't show up on the pavement

    @bemimu@bemimu6 ай бұрын

  • I still have a neon undergrowth kit that I never installed, still in the box. But LEDs are the new new. No high output alternators for my lighting needed.

    @danielsteward5090@danielsteward50907 ай бұрын

  • i remember when cold ray cathode lights were also popular in computers at around the same time

    @ZoruaZorroark@ZoruaZorroark7 ай бұрын

  • I've wanted to underglow my car for as long as I can remember, but my state banned any external lights that aren't factory standard 💔💔

    @PlayMadness@PlayMadness6 ай бұрын

  • there is a car audio store where i live. i was searching throught the used section and tucked way in the corner was orange neon underglow.

    @dr.potato_aim3254@dr.potato_aim32546 ай бұрын

  • Neon looks better BUT LEDS are so damn cool and easy to work with You can do anything you can think of unlike the neon

    @garychambers5930@garychambers59308 ай бұрын

  • the evolution was pickup drivers making fun of it then only pickup drivers have it now

    @John_Lee_@John_Lee_6 ай бұрын

  • complex wiring? on a couple of lightbulbs😂

    @pcakes1878@pcakes18786 ай бұрын

  • interior glow>>

    @ycmix@ycmix7 ай бұрын

  • Idk what it is but the neon has a brightness that I haven’t seen LED’s match. Like the LED’s make the ground look colored while the neon really lights it and other things around it up.

    @gaving4188@gaving41883 ай бұрын

  • Running underglow on my 2020 Civic hatchback. LED kits are the way to go.

    @marcusbruns9729@marcusbruns97297 ай бұрын

  • “Complex wiring and placement”

    @zachpomazanov3654@zachpomazanov36546 ай бұрын

  • I remember I saw a party van with under glow once and well I was a kid and I remember it like yesterday there was a white neon under glow light the exact ones found lighting up buildings

    @Majimo22021@Majimo220216 ай бұрын

  • Why the hell do young people say "like we did back in the day." Dude you started driving like five months ago. You never dealt with neon tubes.

    @69moneyWizard@69moneyWizard7 ай бұрын

    • Because we did have them back in the day and installation was a huge problem because you had to find the perfect spot on the bottom and your always worried that they were gonna break or the transformer was going to short out .

      @stoneman8110@stoneman81107 ай бұрын

    • Real shit..dude is a turd burglar

      @multishit6664@multishit66644 ай бұрын

    • @@stoneman8110 lol yeah logic and clear silicone fixed those issues for real OGs

      @multishit6664@multishit66644 ай бұрын

  • All I gotta say is cool dude 😎😎😎👍😁

    @Thefoxgod388@Thefoxgod3887 ай бұрын

  • Glad I stayed to the end

    @Psycho_912@Psycho_9127 ай бұрын

  • In the 80's and earlier they used fog lights mounted under the chassis

    @blue6gun@blue6gun2 ай бұрын

  • I don't think I need an RGB car lol

    @lettuce7378@lettuce73788 ай бұрын

  • Ever since the tuner car scene in the movie cars I wanted underglow and I was like 8.

    @the_rabbitt@the_rabbitt7 ай бұрын

  • The year was 2003, my Hyundai Scoupe had green Underglows and life was good lol

    @adriansmith1358@adriansmith13587 ай бұрын

  • Back then.... Like it was 50 years ago 😂😂

    @landstrider6304@landstrider63046 ай бұрын

  • If I'm doing under glow I'm getting the brightest blacklights I can so whoever looks at it has permanent eye damage.

    @MarkLoganFIB@MarkLoganFIB7 ай бұрын

  • The 2000s kid in me loves that under glow is easy as ever to have now

    @a_catfish5180@a_catfish51808 ай бұрын

  • The street glow still give a lifetime warranty if the tubes break

    @masjuggalo@masjuggaloАй бұрын

  • Old skool to me is 90s maxpower style cars with no LEDs just charged, tuned and turbos, fast cars and fast women anything else is just adding weight 😁 👍✌️

    @pizzyp@pizzyp7 ай бұрын

  • There isn't a better kit anywhere on the market than LowGlow

    @Tiger-vm5pc@Tiger-vm5pc6 ай бұрын

  • Mine still work from back then...😮

    @JustANickelMore@JustANickelMore7 ай бұрын

  • I need underglow for my car. 💯

    @dgxxtreme@dgxxtreme7 ай бұрын

  • Had these on all my cars. Instantly a magnet for cops

    @thesaltlifemanshow5522@thesaltlifemanshow55226 ай бұрын

  • I bought an 09 convertible mini cooper and it came with the old school neon tubs with a remote that didn’t work 😂😂😂 heard one of the tubes hitting the ground while driving one day and just ripped em all off 😂😂😂

    @williamcoleman5@williamcoleman57 ай бұрын

  • Neon gives off a better glow in my opinion leds are just annoyingly ugly

    @LoganL17@LoganL177 ай бұрын

  • I had incandescent lights under my car. If one got wiped out, I’d just pop in another.

    @ds3930@ds39307 ай бұрын

  • Oh dear, look at the RUV (Rainbow Unicorn Vomit)

    @no1bandfan@no1bandfan8 ай бұрын

  • Talk about the 1986 Buick Grand National being faster than the 1929 Ford Model A.

    @user-so4fc4nz1o@user-so4fc4nz1o6 ай бұрын

  • Yeah still prefer cold cathode it glows it does direct light in one ⬇️⬆️

    @daniel-is6zf@daniel-is6zf6 ай бұрын

  • Dang I wanted my next car I’ll do an akatsuki with solid red underglow, but I didn’t know it’s flat out illegal in a good chunk of states and where I am I can only have them in white -_- There goes that dream

    @roco9504@roco95043 ай бұрын

  • Neons hit different

    @redeye118@redeye1182 ай бұрын

  • Underglow can look good but with led its just slapped on cars where it doesn't match and it looks gross

    @robotic-race@robotic-race7 ай бұрын

  • Underglow was always cool in small amounts

    @jediknight1294@jediknight12947 ай бұрын

  • See, I don’t mind just seeing the light underneath a car. It looks pretty good in some cases. But when I see the led strips under there from afar? Cmon man. Try again

    @da_teg_9145@da_teg_91456 ай бұрын

  • been using opt7's garbage and a $22 which last forever but needs more waterproofing and going to test temu rock lights next 2 years of using underglow everyday and it seems that its spreading in my area, got one guy to post that it looks ugly....

    @dancearoundtheworld5360@dancearoundtheworld536010 ай бұрын

  • @akagels Can u talk about (that hardly anyone) Sylvania zevo led bulbs that has been around for a long time, and are they still the best, worth buying, and quality is their and with its lifetime warranty. Brake lights, turn signals, reverse lights, marker lights, and interior lights. I would love to see this quick review from u. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

    @toyotabrony@toyotabrony6 ай бұрын

  • Y2K fashion is coming back so why not early 2000's car mods, it'd be interesting to see them done well in the modern day

    @katori.mp4647@katori.mp46477 ай бұрын

    • Haven't noticed the fashion to be honest.

      @headshotmaster138@headshotmaster1387 ай бұрын

  • Well y'all better go support the company bc he was selling it.

    @slaglecustoms8372@slaglecustoms8372Ай бұрын

  • While it may look better, id rather spend like 60-100 than over 400

    @Crazyclay78YT@Crazyclay78YT7 ай бұрын

  • When i was 17, this was awesome, now, oooof

    @munch9923@munch99237 ай бұрын

  • Complex wiring? Fucking what lol. It was 4 neon tubes in series to a transformer and a switch.

    @CatDad01@CatDad016 ай бұрын

  • Isn’t underglow illegal?

    @Panic816@Panic81610 ай бұрын

    • Each state has their own laws on it, and they are all different 😂

      @akagels@akagels10 ай бұрын

    • It’s pretty much illegal everywhere to drive with it on, but if you’re parked anywhere you’d be fine. Obviously some people don’t give a fuck tho like having demon/angel eye lights or limo tint

      @IcECreAm-sv2qv@IcECreAm-sv2qv10 ай бұрын

    • @@IcECreAm-sv2qv thanks!

      @Panic816@Panic81610 ай бұрын

    • ​@IcE.CreAm there seem to be some states that are legal to drive with, you just can't use blue, red, or green since that can be considered impersonation of state workers. (Police and forest service for some reason)

      @absolootdisaster1060@absolootdisaster106010 ай бұрын

    • it is but some cops could care less, but if ur flashing blue and red theyll talk to ya

      @dancearoundtheworld5360@dancearoundtheworld536010 ай бұрын

  • $476?!?!?!? Ain't no one gonna buy that unless they making a old street car

    @lunaticleone8534@lunaticleone85347 ай бұрын

    • how to flex 101a theory and application

      @multishit6664@multishit66644 ай бұрын

  • Underglow is not coming back Saw a charger with it and my first thought Damn crackheads getting money now?!

    @broken_clock_right_twice@broken_clock_right_twice7 ай бұрын

  • It's also become ridiculously expensive. 2k for an LED set

    @danzamp9761@danzamp97617 ай бұрын

  • I hate the new trend of putting LEDs in the wheel wells of your cars, it just looks bad

    @doodbro931@doodbro9317 ай бұрын
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