have you wired up a police/security vehicle?

jT · Post by jT » Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:53 pm

my company wants to add some stuff to the new vehicles (they are chevy cobalts i think).. lightbars and such... and im probably going to do the installation

if you have any previous experience with this stuff, im looking for suggestions on the configuration of lights... theres no "this is what we need/want to get" so its practically up to me for finding the stuff also and pricing it (going to rely heavily on ebay as they're not going to pay Galls prices or similar)

some kind of rear deck light, but somewhat low profile and one of the guys doesnt want a suction cup type one .. so i dont know how else they are installed... i havent been in the back of any police cruisers lately to get a look at them :p

probably some headlight/taillight flashers

they want a PA system too, and another wants a siren.. so some kind of cheap system there if possible

my suggestion was individual strobe lights in the rear, like 4 of them.. our state police use that kind of light in the rear window and it looks pretty good.. but like i said i dont know if that is suction cup or not...

then comes the wiring.. it would probably be best to run a 12v from the battery and have a power distribution block for everything to connect to.. instead of piggy backing off some other power wire like i might do with a small accessory

not sure about the on/off aspect of it... depends if there was some kind of control center we could get cheap that would be compatible with all the generic stuff... otherwise i would imagine that the only option would be to have a bunch of toggle switches for the different lights or whatever combination we wanted on/off at the same time

thoughts / suggestions on all of this?

i thought about the possibility of making a light bar out of (white) LED's and using colored lenses, but i dont know how bright it would be in the end... there ARE LED light bars for $200-300 but dont know how good they are.. then trying to find some kind of enclosure to mount the "bar" in might be a problem also

outkast · Post by **outkast** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:50 pm

I worked at a traffic maintenace company and we would get are lights from this company they are easy to install if your good with electrical http://www.911ep.com/products/galaxy.asp

Mopar00Neon · Post by **Mopar00Neon** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:56 pm

I used to work for a company that did all of the communications and lighting for the local FDs, PDs, SOs, county vehicles, as well as private security and PVOs. I also work now at a place where I actually use this type of equipment every day.

Hit me up if you want my $.02.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:13 pm

I can also help out if you wish - And if you guys have a decent budget and are looking to go the LED route (Which other way would you go?!

), check out the guys at Signal 10 ELS (www.signal10els.com) for some LEDs. They sell products for 911 EP (As stated above), Whelen, and some other good names. I'm usually the light guy at our department when lights get replaced, etc... - I'm actually helping out with the wiring up of a volunteeer's car tomorrow.

jT · Post by jT » Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:06 pm

turns out now they just want some sort of light bar in the rear window .. basically whatever i can find with a decent price that looks good

damn people cant make up their minds

RopeRat1 · Post by **RopeRat1** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:25 pm

I'd suggest a simple, thin strip LED lightbar across the inside of the windshield and inside the rear glass in whatever color they need and add a set of headlamp wig-wags and alternating real lamp flashers.

Biggest PITA is finding dash real estate to mount the switches, siren box, etc.

Jonathan (RopeRat1)

loko498 · Post by **loko498** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:57 pm

Anyone have a police siren instaled in their neon, if so, where is a good spot because I have a big siren speaker. Any room behind the bumper?

aperson · Post by **aperson** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:06 am

Remove your resonator box and you might have enough room for train horns. Damn I may do that.