Do you think Chromdesigns could be convinced to produce a chrome dummy switch, that would be applied like the hazard switch surrounds, for that gaping hole in the switch bar were the rear foglight switch is suppose to go? I don't know... say sell it for $10-15 usd... I'm sure there is a market for it. I'd buy one! Just a thought.

 

Put me down for one as well

 

Rather than a dummy switch, what about an active toggle for the driving lights?

 

Sorry for getting back so late ono this one - the switches on the Mini are nothing like the ones you see today. The mini toggles are built into an ISO plug that is built into the main circuit baord in the toggle bar.

I have seen one guy actually install a standard switch into one of his openings and it was a tough install.

Unfortunately for us, MINI has almost made it impossible for us to mess with this area.

-Peter

 

I am an electrical engineering student and plan to graduate in the spring.. and have inspected my switches and attempted to think out a way of adding a toggle switch for the driving lights. unforutnately, the switches are all digital.. and feed into the computer, making adding one one hell of a job, and im pretty sure that the controller would need to be reprogrammed to make use of the switch, not impossible (close enough), but I am working on convincing my professor to let that be a senoir project, but so far it looks like a no go, but if i make any way in this area, i will be sure to let everyone know, because i agree that the empty toggle switch opening is an eye sore.

 

Well, here you go for a perfect explination and pictures.

Adding an extra toggle switch:
http://bobodyne.com/web-docs/robots/...tch/index.html

 

I was acutally thinking of just a dummy switch. Like you guys say to wire a switch there for some other use is not practical with the curcuit board layout of the switch bar.
What I would like is a mimic dummy toggle that just sticks in the small dimple where the missing switch is, adhered with a little of that "Black Bart". Of course the toggle would look the same as the rest. I'm talking of just the little chrome toggle, not a whole switch.
What do you think. Might they make something like that?

 

wainair: it sounds like you're looking for an excuse to use one of the stickers out of the unauthorized owners manual.

 

wainair: I'd love to see that as well. I was actually thinking of still using the switch to do something, run some wires to it somehow and make an actual oil slick for tailgaters, hehheh. It could be done, conceivably. Or maybe even a smoke cloud. That could be for another switch. I wanna get driving lights installed later, so that'd give me 2 extra toggles to get Bond-like with, mwahaha!

 

I keep my oil slick switch hidden on the drivers side! (don't want the nieces playing with the tailgaters! LOL). I was thinking of putting "stealth" over that toggle, seeing as you cannot see the toggle it would be really stealthy!

 

I know a guy in South Florida that purchased a switch directly from the distributer that makes the switch in Germany. Where I do not know but I will see him this weekend and ask. He also installed it himself and said yes it was a pain but worth the effort. And it did look good.