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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 10:09 AM
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Has anyone ever used OEM switches, like the fog light or ASR switches for other things? I was thinking about how cool it would look to have fan switches, cutouts, nitrous, and all kinds of crap hooked up to gm switches. Especially if you could paint a little fan on the switch, or a picture of a nitrous bottle. Just a thought.

Does the camaro badge on the right of all the factory switches come off? If so you could mount two more there.
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 10:16 AM
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Ive seen it before...it can and has been done...

The badge just pops out
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 10:51 AM
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You can also seeing that you have a Z, use the switch panel for a T/A that holds the TCS switch. You will lose your little pocket on the console in front of the shifter but i will still look stock. Also If you were worried about it having the Pontiac Arrow on it, You could buy the panel for Rag tops T/A with TCS option for the Switch panel has two slots for switches to be used with no pontiac arrow on it. Just giving you Ideas
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 12:46 PM
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Well that little pocket is useless to me anyway...i was honestly thinking about cramming a square wideband in there, but maybe i'll have to look up this switch panel you speak of.
Thanks!
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 02:49 PM
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ya.. the camaro badge comes off.. i moved it to the center so i could turn of the trac. control while my indash monitor was out... plus it makes things look more symmetrical... if u removed the camaro badge you would free up 2 more spots for switches...



ps i hate the stupid little pocket infront of the shifter.. it is useless and nearly impossible to clean
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 05:07 PM
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i did a nitrous install and the fog lights was the power, cig lighter was the purge no one could tell. pretty stealth but this was on a truck and every thing hid pretty well in the engine.
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I have:

the factory foglight switch for the factory fog lights...

another foglight switch for my aftermarket foglights...

an ASR switch (with the ASR removed) I'm using it for a Nitrous Purge...

and another ASR switch (with the ASR removed) that I'm using for the garage door opener...



Those are all above the radio and I've replaced their stock bulbs with blue LEDS...



I also have a convertible switch (w/ plate) that I am using as a Nitrous Bottle Opener (I removed the letters TOP and also mounted my Cobalt Nitrous Pressure Gauge next to it on the plate)...



My arming switch is the only non-factory switch... I went Gone in 60 Seconds style with it:



EDIT: The switch on my console near the shifter USED to be there for an exhaust cut out but is gone now and the red momentary button on the shaft of the gear selector was the temporary activation switch for my nitrous untill I got a WOT switch...

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How hard was it to mount the buttons over the radio? That looks incredible!
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Originally Posted by KurtRardin
How hard was it to mount the buttons over the radio? That looks incredible!
Really easy, there's factory spots to mount more factory switches there... Thanks!
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Old Jan 3, 2007 | 05:52 PM
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I just used factory blanks and put some switches in:

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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 02:21 AM
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Bringing this back.
Where did you get this pocket fill in?


Here is what im using mine for Ill have it installed tomorrow. NGK wideband display.
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Originally Posted by SpdFrk1990
Bringing this back.
Where did you get this pocket fill in?


Here is what im using mine for Ill have it installed tomorrow. NGK wideband display.
It's a convertible switch plate from a Camaro that I cut a 2 1/16" hole in (with a drill and a hole saw bit)... I got the convertible switch as well and use it for my bottle opener.
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