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switches


larsen101

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City
San Jose, CA
Vehicle Year
1987
Transmission
Manual
looking for ideas on where everyone put aux light switches. i have a 87 ranger and not really to sure where it would look good and function well for the switches. thanks
 
If you have a center console, you can do what I did in my BII.

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I also added 3 switches up in front of the message center.
 
I installed small rocker switches in the dash trim panel to the left of
the steering column.

The steel behind that trim between the column and the headlight switch is
cut out for clearance for the Bronco2's rear wiper/washer control

If you get the small 1/2" by 3/4" rocker switches you can fit three side by side.

I'd recommend against toggle switches in that location because in a front end collision that's where your left knee winds up...

Anything sticking out can really hurt.

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Fan,Fuel pump.Power to push button start.I think the console came out of a jeep?
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Lights are in pairs where the AC vent was.
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thanks for all the pics, its given me some more ideas, mjonesjr where did you find those rocker switches?
 
radio shack is where i got mine, they have like 4 drawers full of diffrent kinds.
 
I don't run A/C, so I used the dual vent area above the radio. I used plexiglass that I got at Lowes, then painted them with wrinkle finish paint from O'Reilly's:
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I don't run A/C, so I used the dual vent area above the radio. I used plexiglass that I got at Lowes, then painted them with wrinkle finish paint from O'Reilly's:
94RangerUpdatedSwitches111106750pix.jpg

I used the textured plastic from the top of a dead VCR to make a place to put lights in my F-150.
 
If you haven't got the sw's yet don't get them at Rat Shaq.
They work and if there is one you like then go for it but usually Rat Shaq is low cost junk.

Look on the Web, Del City, or others.
Flip Sw's, HD with covers were less then $5/ea, buy them at Rat Shaq and you will pay more, maybe twice that and not get a quality sw.

Just my Opinion, so weight it with a grain of salt and buy what you like.
 
Boating Supply websites are a great place to find really good switches and fully built panels at a fair price.
 

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