Interior/Exterior Toggle Switches
#1
Toggle Switches
I just ordered my new MINI. The only working switches will be the 2 windows and the locks. I don't like the idea of having a toggle, blank space, toggle, blank, blank, toggle. Are there dummy toggles I can buy or have installed at the dealer or something?
(I must admit I have a touch of OCD and I need everything to be neat and symmetrical )
(I must admit I have a touch of OCD and I need everything to be neat and symmetrical )
#2
You can buy a complete set of toggles. As I recall, you have to specify what other things they'll be for - ASC or DSC, things like that. I don't think it would hurt anything if you have the toggles and nothing there for them to connect to.
Then you could get a set of the stickers - ejection seat, tacks, machine guns - and you'd be set!
Then you could get a set of the stickers - ejection seat, tacks, machine guns - and you'd be set!
#3
My opinion? Worry about that later. My MINI has 4 toggles...windows, locks, front fogs. I'm missing two. I just knew I'd want a full set of toggles, but rear fogs weren't available in early '03 so a full set was out of the question.
Funny thing happened though which resolved the whole thing....I started motoring. I quickly forgot about all my theoretical aesthetic qualms about toggles and got into the important things...the balance, responsiveness, and handling of a MINI. It's truly fantastic. Now I never, ever think about toggles at all...I like my MINI as it is, just the way I designed it.
That's my perspective anyway...
Funny thing happened though which resolved the whole thing....I started motoring. I quickly forgot about all my theoretical aesthetic qualms about toggles and got into the important things...the balance, responsiveness, and handling of a MINI. It's truly fantastic. Now I never, ever think about toggles at all...I like my MINI as it is, just the way I designed it.
That's my perspective anyway...
#4
Face it, gokartride, you're just not OCD.
Kbeaner - you have two options.
1. Buy the full toggle rack from a dealer (Classic gives us 20% off)
2. Source three toggles, take apart your rack, drill and install them.
I did #1 for my car (added the rear fog, the rest were there.)
I did #2 for a friend of mine who was in your situation. Toggles go from $0 to $10 depending where you find them. The install isn't hard, though it's a bit nerve racking drilling that first hole.
Kbeaner - you have two options.
1. Buy the full toggle rack from a dealer (Classic gives us 20% off)
2. Source three toggles, take apart your rack, drill and install them.
I did #1 for my car (added the rear fog, the rest were there.)
I did #2 for a friend of mine who was in your situation. Toggles go from $0 to $10 depending where you find them. The install isn't hard, though it's a bit nerve racking drilling that first hole.
#5
Originally Posted by kbeaner522
I just ordered my new MINI. The only working switches will be the 2 windows and the locks. I don't like the idea of having a toggle, blank space, toggle, blank, blank, toggle. Are there dummy toggles I can buy or have installed at the dealer or something?
(I must admit I have a touch of OCD and I need everything to be neat and symmetrical )
(I must admit I have a touch of OCD and I need everything to be neat and symmetrical )
#6
Once in awhile, you will find some members here are selling the whole toggle block. I just "completed" mine by filling in the only missing one switch I have last weekend.
In my case, a member here was selling the toggle, another one want to get the block and willing to part out the switches individually, so I got one switch, and I believe two other members here got their switches also. Keep looking in the Market Place section and good luck.
In my case, a member here was selling the toggle, another one want to get the block and willing to part out the switches individually, so I got one switch, and I believe two other members here got their switches also. Keep looking in the Market Place section and good luck.
#7
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#8
Originally Posted by Eric_Rowland
Face it, gokartride, you're just not OCD.
#9
#10
Originally Posted by RonP
Does anyone know if these toggles can operate aftermarket Hella 500 lights?
I installed a pair but have not wired a switch up to them yet as I want to fill in my only blank toggle switch location with a factory toggle that would match the rest and operate the Hellas.
I installed a pair but have not wired a switch up to them yet as I want to fill in my only blank toggle switch location with a factory toggle that would match the rest and operate the Hellas.
#12
#13
Call Classic MINI - with the NAM 20% discount it's closer to $75, if that helps (it's been a while, I don't recall the exact price.)
440-266-6700
bmwparts@classicautocampus.com
440-266-6700
bmwparts@classicautocampus.com
#14
#15
Originally Posted by Eric_Rowland
Call Classic MINI - with the NAM 20% discount it's closer to $75, if that helps (it's been a while, I don't recall the exact price.)
440-266-6700
bmwparts@classicautocampus.com
440-266-6700
bmwparts@classicautocampus.com
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