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Internal Dimmer Knob.
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 2:36 am
by Shhtuart
If anyone has a spare can they please let me know?
Thanks

Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:53 am
by dstocks
They are a compliance modification. The original car never had them (and they arent required for compliance anymore) Each one will be pretty much different, so best bet is to make your way to an electronics shop (like tricky dickies) or you can remove it completely by joining the original 2 wires back together.
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:46 am
by silverGPX
Yea im missing mine as well. Just go to the wreckers and look around till you find something suitable, thats what im going to do.
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 2:59 pm
by Bennoz
Nah, as dstocks said above, they are no longer required. Just pull it out & bridge the wires off it.
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:06 am
by Shhtuart
You guys are a wealth of knowledge.
I'm not too confident in doing any wiring work yet, even simple bridging, so I'll just look for a nice looking dial that fits
Thanks for your help everyone

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:22 pm
by dstocks
Its really easy. Just follow the wires back from your existing dimmer switch and youll find that they both join to a green wire with a white stripe (At least that is what the one in the car I checked on the weekend did). Unsolder the join and join the green white wires together (they were the same wire originally and were cut). And thats all there is to it.
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:24 pm
by silverGPX
Wouldnt he have a big ugly hole left in the plastic afterwards as well?
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:13 pm
by dstocks
put in a "turbo" button

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:45 pm
by Astron_Boy
Is that why my RVR doesn't have one
ended up grabbing one from a Nimbus.
FTO came with the dimmer light, but only adjusts the dash lights, no others.

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 2:21 am
by silverGPX
Astron_Boy wrote:
FTO came with the dimmer light, but only adjusts the dash lights, no others.

same
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:29 pm
by dstocks
Thats because its a bodge job!
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 4:41 pm
by silverGPX
im gonna bypass mine as well, probably has resistance in it as well so i might get brighter dials.
Re:
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:41 pm
by silverGPX
silverGPX wrote:im gonna bypass mine as well, probably has resistance in it as well so i might get brighter dials.
lol still have not done this, but i have done Sahins, so ill do mine now lol
Re: Internal Dimmer Knob.
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 11:50 pm
by BorepYano
dig dig

Re: Internal Dimmer Knob.
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:50 am
by Shhtuart
Jaycar sell them.