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The Holiday Car is Back!

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 5:37 am
by Whelan
3rd winter with car and my 3rd Christmas Season with the lighted wreath. Having a 12V plug in your car has its rewards and yes, my car is shiny shiny clean!

Re: The Holiday Car is Back! (Whelan)

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:01 am
by bodhi_tree777
hey, that's cool..where did you run the plug into the cabin from?

Re: The Holiday Car is Back! (Whelan)

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:35 am
by Blueridge9
Whelan, It looks great.

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:11 am
by hskater26
looks good im going to put my lights in my car soon

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 9:08 am
by lowincash
great holiday spirit =D

Re: The Holiday Car is Back! (bodhi_tree777)

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:41 pm
by Whelan
Notice the first picture. Just in front of the passenger side view mirror. I used green wire tie to hold the wreath in place. I also used it to hold the plug and wire up along the front edge and then down the side. I put electrical tape over the connection to weatherproof it. Then ran the wire over the A-pillar and into the cabin. I wrapped that in tape to to match the black of the car. Then tucked it into the side of the dash, and up underneath to the outlet. I'll get some pics of how the wire is ran tomorrow. This is the same wreath I have used for 3 seasons now. 1 strand of white lights (to comply with laws since white is a color that can legally be shown on the front of a car, thus no cop issues). I got the wreath from Christmas Tree Shops and bought the bow and strapped it together. The wreath has a metal frame on it, so I used electrical tape again on all the metal to cover it and keep if from scratching the car.

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:43 pm
by ramenboy...
hahahahahaha!!!!!! dude, i look forward to that every year!!!now, the holidays can begin great holiday spirit!

Re: The Holiday Car is Back! (Whelan)

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:50 pm
by bodhi_tree777
Good stuff. Anyone ever try to mess with it while you were parked somewhere? Off topic, slightly, but when I lived in Phoenix my roommate and I drove around in this total beater Ford Escort. We wired a big pair of longhorn steer horns to the grill, and on several occasions while we were parked at a store or wherever, someone tried to wrestle them off.

Re: The Holiday Car is Back! (bodhi_tree777)

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:18 pm
by Whelan
Here are the other pics. Have a little sleeting going on now.Under Hood Close-up of the ties The interior is clean, I ran it down the side and underneath.

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:46 am
by hskater26
you motivated me to do this with my car i just went to walmart and bought a wreath and some led lights

Re: (hskater26)

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:45 am
by hskater26
my bow is already messed up from driving around haha