moving electric window switches

1. user_37932 Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2009 blackpool Posts: 745 clio 182 1998 saxo vts

   #1 1st November 2009, 13:42

   im thinking of moving the electric window switches to above where the stereo is,
   has anyone tried it
2. marcusd Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2009 warrington Posts: 7551 posi blue mk2 2003 vtr

   #2 1st November 2009, 13:49

   when i asked they said it was just a case of extenting the wires, i didn;t do it in the end tho as i couldn;t find any switches i liked the look of.
3. Powellyboi Established Member Joined: Feb 2007 Woodley, Reading Posts: 1322 www.thatpanelbeater.co.uk

   #3 1st November 2009, 16:52

   yeah it would just be a case of taking the wires back from the doors and adding them to new switches elsewhere...
4. luke1988 Established Member Joined: Sep 2007 Sittingbourne, Kent Posts: 1993 SuperSaxo

   #4 2nd November 2009, 08:32

   i'm thinking of doing this, i'm sick of people trying to open the window but not being able to find the switch lol
5. user_37932 Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2009 blackpool Posts: 745 clio 182 1998 saxo vts

   #5 2nd November 2009, 11:03

   thinking of something like this,
   
   would it work?
   
   http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MK1-CLIO-ELECT...ht_2407wt_1165
6. Lewis Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Oct 2009 Middlesbrough/Coventry Posts: 3808 Megane 225

   #6 3rd November 2009, 20:52

   Nice idea, will look good but as a general idea window switches usually dont go on the dash. But its good to be different
7. LeeBBH Frequent Poster Joined: May 2009 Maidstone Posts: 860 Mk6 Fiesta Zetec S

   #7 3rd November 2009, 20:55

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by andyt81 thinking of something like this, would it work? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MK1-CLIO-ELECT...ht_2407wt_1165

   Thats an electric mirror adjuster.... lol
8. ally-vts Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2008 Republic Of Linwood.. Posts: 855 green phase 1 vts

   #8 3rd November 2009, 21:12

   mine are in the ashtray, proper james bong innit.. open the ashtray and there they are just extended the wires and used the origonal switches,,
9. user_37932 Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2009 blackpool Posts: 745 clio 182 1998 saxo vts

   #9 3rd November 2009, 21:33

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by LeeBBH Thats an electric mirror adjuster.... lol

   i no but i want the switches out of the way, if i can use that then its only small and discrete on the dash
   
   switches in the ash tray sounds very interesting
   
   how did you fix them down?
10. johnnyg_vts Established Member Joined: Dec 2006 Fleetwood Posts: 2244 2002 Saxo VTS

    #10 3rd November 2009, 22:03

    yeah the hardest bit will be finding switches to fit a self made aperture.
    all you do then is reroute the wires up into the dash.
    i wouldnt have thought the clio mirror adjuster would work, just get some switches.
    could possibly put 2 windows on 1 switch to save space.
    is there anything in the pug/ cit range that may be useful to you? this may make it a simpler task.
11. johnnyg_vts Established Member Joined: Dec 2006 Fleetwood Posts: 2244 2002 Saxo VTS

    #11 3rd November 2009, 22:06

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by andyt81 i no but i want the switches out of the way, if i can use that then its only small and discrete on the dash switches in the ash tray sounds very interesting how did you fix them down?

    make a small insert to the ash tray that would accomodate the switches.
    make a hole the right size to accomodate the switches.
    personally i think the first option would be easier as the switches are quite deep set and may foul the opening/ closing action of the tray.
12. user_37932 Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2009 blackpool Posts: 745 clio 182 1998 saxo vts

    #12 3rd November 2009, 22:16

    i wasnt too bothered about it being from the clio
    its was the first pic i came across
    
    was thinking that there must be a few terminals at the back of the switch to solder to
    
    so i could change from mirror left and use up and down then change the position to right to do the same for the rhs, when not in use move it to the neutral position
    
    my foots in plaster at the moment so cant get to a scrap yard to see what terminals are behind the switches
    so its all theory at the moment
13. johnnyg_vts Established Member Joined: Dec 2006 Fleetwood Posts: 2244 2002 Saxo VTS

    #13 3rd November 2009, 22:30

    sounds like it could work with the mirror adjuster then, but tbh i know f all about car electrics! worth a bash i suppose, the parts are cheap enough and can be rigged up prior to fitting.
14. RustySkull Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0

    #14 3rd November 2009, 23:14

    I like them where they are =/
15. Tontsy Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2008 Plymouth, Fiddling - under a two poster ramp Posts: 14064 Audi

    #15 3rd November 2009, 23:35

    aslong as its a three way switch... you could have anything, anywhere.
    go wild.
    
    
    good thinking though dude. i ould imagine the clio mirror ones working well tbh!