Blue Window Switches

[Guest Milyn2]

badabing. I have used used power pins from old computer boards for the single switches and had use thick wire for the drivers door. Happy hunting Mike

[Cam]

Any hints on making and getting the drivers side pin into position would be appreciated.

I use a long thin metallic strip the same width and thichness as the other pins.

I give it a slight curve and push up from the underside of the switch until it touches the underside of the PCB.

Then you mouve it around untill it lines up with the hole and push it through ..easy.

When soldering in place remember that the pad that you need connection to is on the underside - so be sure you get the solder through the hole to the other side.

[XR6TK1W1]

The easy way for the Driver control pin is to just put a slight bend at the board end and slide it in through the plug hole, it lines right up very little adjusting to get it in. There is a full explanation in my How to earlier in this thread. As for the windows staying lit, it only happens on mine when my fog light button is left on. Not sure why this is but there is a diode on the fairmont wiring diagram that may stop this. I never worried about changing this as I find it no problem since in the day time there is no way I can see them. As for the window cut off LED NT Turbo put a red one in and it looks awesome. I origanaly did it with standard LED's but got rid of it when I went the the SMD LED's. And yes 14 is the magic number, since you can only buy them in lots of six ( well that's the case here ) you should have 4 left over if ya cook a few.

[Guest 56Mainline]

Any one with a suggestion on how to "wire-in" the driver's cut-off switch red LED when you have installed SMD LED's?

Perhaps a circuit in parallel to the two bottom SMD LED's and the resistor on the bottom left?

[Dagabond]

Here's a spanner in the work's.

Tonight when I went to get out of the car I held the button down for a little longer than usual and noticed that there was a glow coming from beneath the switch's, upon finding this new toy I had to have a play to see when it worked, it seem's to be that when the button is depressed the switch glows for some unknown reasoning.....

I havent as yet installed the light's in the switches and there as they came from the factory.

Does anyone elses do this???

It would probably indicate that there just not wired correctly and that there the lighted switches wouldnt it???

[XR6TK1W1]

Any one with a suggestion on how to "wire-in" the driver's cut-off switch red LED when you have installed SMD LED's?

Perhaps a circuit in parallel to the two bottom SMD LED's and the resistor on the bottom left?

I just did mine with a standard LED in parallel with the ones for the passenger rear switch. Had to cut a bit of plastic in the switch body since there is a divider between the cut off and the other switches as you well know. Again since its a standard LED and not surface mount you may have to fiddle with the alignment and may have to change your resistor value if the brightness changes.

And Daga, as for there being lights in your swiches. Is your car premium sound? If it is then if there were lights they would work at a guess. Other than that may be a switch fault and something is heating up and glowing. Easy to find out though, get a screw driver and start ripping things to bits, its just so damm fun!!!

[NT TURBO]

Here's a spanner in the work's.

Tonight when I went to get out of the car I held the button down for a little longer than usual and noticed that there was a glow coming from beneath the switch's, upon finding this new toy I had to have a play to see when it worked, it seem's to be that when the button is depressed the switch glows for some unknown reasoning.....

I havent as yet installed the light's in the switches and there as they came from the factory.

Does anyone elses do this???

It would probably indicate that there just not wired correctly and that there the lighted switches wouldnt it???

I have to ask, was yours with or without premium sound?

[Guest 56Mainline]

Did the red LED for the drivers cut off switch, made a circuit in parallel to the two bottom SMD LED's and the resistor on the bottom left.

Red LED at 15mCd with a 390 ohm resistor. Did need to cut a very small v-notch in the divider, and took a few attempts to focus the LED.

Now it looks magificent!

Now where else can I fit some LEDS!?!

(next I'll need to install some neons under the door sills, and have them flash in unison with the factory duf-duf stereo!!!)

[XR6TK1W1]

Did the red LED for the drivers cut off switch, made a circuit in parallel to the two bottom SMD LED's and the resistor on the bottom left.

Red LED at 15mCd with a 390 ohm resistor. Did need to cut a very small v-notch in the divider, and took a few attempts to focus the LED.

Now it looks magificent!

Now where else can I fit some LEDS!?!

(next I'll need to install some neons under the door sills, and have them flash in unison with the factory duf-duf stereo!!!)

Don't forget to add LED's to the rice boiler temp display!! :o

[xlr8ed]

you can get illuminated window switch for non premium sound and does work.

Edited 21/04/04 01:07 PM by xlr8ed