Dashboard Dimmer Switch

HiRAEdd · Post by **HiRAEdd** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:51 pm

I have the ugliest dimmer switch known to man but I remember reading a couple of years ago that the Mitsubishi Galant had the same dash fittings as the FTO and that if you can get a hold of the dimmer switch, it'll fit perfectly.
Anyone else heard this or can comment on it?

GWIDO · Post by **GWIDO** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 3:38 pm

OK, it seems like you are saying there is a factory looking dimmer for the fto?
I thought they were all aftermarket? Mines just a big old ugly potentiometre(i think, or maybe some type of variable resistor), thats stuck under the dash near your right knee.

Is there some other type people are using?

HiRAEdd · Post by **HiRAEdd** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 3:49 pm

Well I've had a look at a Galant dash now (not sure what year) and it actually had the foglight switch in the position of the dash where I've got empty slots. But the encouraging thing was that it was indeed the exact same size as the FTO dash.
So next step is for me to hit the wrecking yards looking for Galant wrecks

MrFT000 · Post by **MrFT000** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 4:47 pm

My understanding was that it is an Australia compliance thing - hence why it looks so out of place.

Mine sounds like the same one as GWIDO.

HiRAEdd · Post by **HiRAEdd** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 5:08 pm

Yes, it is part of compliance in Australia. So they generally put an ugly switch in. My first FTO had a heinous little on/off switch placed in one of the free accessory slots to the lower right of the steering wheel. My current FTO has a henious dial thing actually drilled into the dash behind the wheel! The Galant appears to have a similar dash configuration so if I can find a dimmer switch from a Galant, it "should" look totally factory-fitted in the FTO.

paladin · Post by **paladin** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 6:23 pm

i cant find my dimemr!

Boris · Post by **Boris** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 6:58 pm

I have a round knob to the left of my steering wheel, so now i know why i have it there... hmm... interesting...

D-TRAIN · Post by **D-TRAIN** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 7:32 pm

Yeah the dimmer is a ADR compliance thing.

I've got a little dial on one of the available slots near the side mirror adjuster switches. Doesn't look too out of place though. It's black, and you could hardly spot it in that corner.