Knight Rider HUMMER KITT lights - 2.0

STEP 1: The Lights -  DONE
 
STEP 2: The Sounds - DONE
 
So far:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyP6cQrAbIQ
 
STEP 3: Motion-sensing activation strobe activation - Work In Progress
 
STEP 4: Cabin seat-activated Visual KITT EQ and voice integration - Work In Progress



I'm trying to figure out where they would look best.  The original car of course had them right under the hood line, so that's where I think they should stay, but many people have suggested putting them behind the lower small black grill.  I'm re-installing them this Saturday but with a new surprise (which I will post video of that night hopefully).

What do ya'll think?

I like them...I think it might show better in the lower grill to.....unless you put a ram air hood on the hummer.....but I don't think that would go with the whole theme

Lower grill between the driving lights

Lower grill would be SWEET!!!
 
 

across the top of the windshield

I've gotta go with the lower grill

Lower Grill No Doubt!!

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ORIGINAL: importkiller

across the top of the windshield

 
The cops will LOVE that one
 
OK, bottom grill it is.  Thanks for your feedback.  It's going to be interesting getting it in there, but I'm pretty determined.
 
This time, it's coming complete with sound effects and, it's going to talk

Is that a reflection, or is someone in the window above the H3?
 
Oh, and I agree with Impy

Lower grill

That's cool......but my wife and I just wear these.

 
Cliff

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That's cool......but my wife and I just wear these.


Cliff

Cylons from Battlestar Gallactica!!  That was my favorite show as a kid!!  Came on every sunday evening!  Starbuck and Apollo! 

The lower would be pretty cool. Should get the theme music to play while driving down the street too.

this is the 2008 KITT car for the new series.  i can't believe they made it a FORD..  what a joke.  Kitt is a trans am, BOTTOM line, thats it..  anything else is a sin.

but, they love to take things that were great and blow them out of the water i guess.. 

the final car doesn't ave the wing from what I have seen on commercials...unless maybe it only comes out when mach speed is hit or something...and using a Trans am would be difficult as they don't make them anymore

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ORIGINAL: importkiller

the final car doesn't ave the wing from what I have seen on commercials...unless maybe it only comes out when mach speed is hit or something...and using a Trans am would be difficult as they don't make them anymore

no they don't make the trans am.  but they are making the Camaro. and rumor is that the trans am is to follow.. staying with GM would of been the smart thing to do for them..  but what do i know..  lol.. 
 
 

Wanna hear the funny part? The guy who did the voiceovers for the new series also does voiceovers for GM Truck commercials, so GM told him there is a conflict of interest since KITT is now a Ford, and forced him to give up doing the voiceovers for the new KITT.
 
GM did this two weeks before the series starts, next Sunday.
 
Guess who the NEW voice of KITT is?
 
Val Kilmer
 
http://www.movieweb.com/tv/news/65/26365.php
 
This is going to be interesting
 
And bluezgo, I have all of the circuity coming tomorrow morning to build the custom sound sample controller box that will be linked to the lights.  Whenever the strobe moved back and forth, it will make the sound from the original Knight Rider KITT.  It's going to have a marine amplified speaker under the hood connected to this circuit I'm building that will produce the sampled sounds.
 
I'm going to have another programmable sound sample available on the chip, so I haven't decided yet what I'm going to use it for.  I was going to have it talk when you open the door, but I'm not sure yet.  I was thinking about the theme music thing, but I think that might be a little overkill.  Hell the whole thing is overkill the way it is, but even if people buy the lights, they wont have the sound effects

BTW, Mike...remember I said my first car was the original KITT but in red? here she is ( you may have seen this on the other board already)
 
 

If only you still had it.  The possibilities are endless
 
Honestly, I think the new show is going to flop, but that doesn't mean I can't like it   I don't think a talking car is going to be popular this day and age, when people have talking cars already, ie: Bluetooth and On-Star
 
Although I would give my left arm to see that car in person.  Oh the dream.

i think between the grill and bumper would be best if possible,,, no obstructions

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Wanna hear the funny part? The guy who did the voiceovers for the new series also does voiceovers for GM Truck commercials, so GM told him there is a conflict of interest since KITT is now a Ford, and forced him to give up doing the voiceovers for the new KITT.

GM did this two weeks before the series starts, next Sunday.

Guess who the NEW voice of KITT is?

Val Kilmer

http://www.movieweb.com/tv/news/65/26365.php

This is going to be interesting

And bluezgo, I have all of the circuity coming tomorrow morning to build the custom sound sample controller box that will be linked to the lights.  Whenever the strobe moved back and forth, it will make the sound from the original Knight Rider KITT.  It's going to have a marine amplified speaker under the hood connected to this circuit I'm building that will produce the sampled sounds.

I'm going to have another programmable sound sample available on the chip, so I haven't decided yet what I'm going to use it for.  I was going to have it talk when you open the door, but I'm not sure yet.  I was thinking about the theme music thing, but I think that might be a little overkill.  Hell the whole thing is overkill the way it is, but even if people buy the lights, they wont have the sound effects

 
That's so great. I guess next step is to convert the dash kit they have for firebirds into the Hummer and you will have one big KITT (BTW does anyone remember what that stands for, I know I can google it but just curious to hear the different versions).

Knight Industries Two Thousand

Lower Grill and I want you to make a new post so we can see it when your done!

Also, I agree with Tony, they should have stayed with Pontiac.

I agree that pontiac would have been ideal...but the show would have had to been postponed for a few years cause they don't make them yet...that was my only point. They would need at least 10 of them on hand at one time for stunts and stuff...they got the lights from the company whose message board I run and they got enough lights or 15 cars. 
 
Wasn't there an episode in the original series where there was a mustang that was made into an evill KITT type car? I can't remember...but I thought there was.....Mike...would you know? 

Actually it was a Semi-Truck named KARR.  
 
But THEN, KARR somehow blew up in a head-on collision with KITT (Don't ask me how).  Later on somehow KARR came back as a replica of KITT.  Or, something like that :) 
 
The new re-make in 2000 had a Dodge Stealth that was transformed into the new KITT.  That one was SWEET!