Here is my switch setup:



Extra Fog switch #1 = Halos on/off
Extra Fog switch #2 = Automatic headlights on/off

I also mounted 2 indicator lights to the gauge pod. Red LED = bottle heater indicator, Green LED = nitrous armed indicator. P.S. if you live around me and see me cruising with either of those indicators on, you better watch out



The momentary switch not labeled with LEDs is the mute button for my escort passport radar detector. I'm kind of **** about wires showing so a chord dangling from my windshield to my cigarette lighter was not an option.

Bought a hard wiring kit and took it apart:



Desoldered the LEDs and connected my own LEDs and momentary switch to match everything in my switch plate:



Circuit board mounted behind the switch plate:



Of course, the radar detector is wired to the ignition and turns on and off with the keys in/out of the ignition.

Custom mute button/LEDs in action:

http://ledvault.armorysound.com/Bria...ches%20015.mpg

A lot of people with aftermarket wiring know that after adding more and more wires, it can tend to get a little messy. Well, just here recently, I spent a good while re-wiring everything. Changed everything to 14 gauge wire and directly wired it to the fuse box with its own fuse (should have done it from the start). No more wires tapped into. This may seem a little cluttered and messy but with this amount of wires behind my switch panel it is actually very clean (a lot better than before)

The guts:



When I wanted to use my own 3 prong switch for the fans, it was not possible to ground a wire with a load prong. So I added a relay to work:



Then lastly the car was throwing a code saying the factory Fan relay was malfunctioning. So, I added a diode between the PCM and the high fans wire.

 

that's badass man...dude i love your car so much, inside and out

 

 

That's a really nice setup. What does the diode do for the code?

 

Well, the problem was the PCM sees a short because of that extra relay I added. It kept on throwing a PO481 code everytime I turned on the fans manually. The diode allows the PCM to ground the relay normally and prevents the PCM from seeing the ground when I operate it manually.

 

Looking good as always Brian!

 

nice, hey you got any closer pictures of all the toggles up top? i need to get me some of those

 

Nice work Brian.

 

Very nice job.

 

eh...its alright

 

Anybody have an idea where I can get another cable for my passport. I was going to do the same thing as you did a while back but i broke that hole thing. So its just hardwired.

 

Bought it for $30 from amazon.com

 

I agree with you on wiring everything so it looks very professional and those pics are awesome. what plastic dash piece did you use to hold all four switches (3 fogs and ASR I assume) so that it looks stock? did you just drill new holes in the old one? Once I get all the pieces, I will be working on something similar but the switches will be for other things.

 

If you just pop out that factory 'CAMARO' dash plague, there are holes the same size as the other two switches. Any fog light switches just mount the same in the holes

 

Gotta give it to ya Brian, You are always doing some nice *** work..

 

Looks very good Brian. extremely clean job.

 

Where did you buy the switch? I am looking for one that is more than 4 switches.

Thanks,
Bill

 

Very nice setup. I like how the radar detector is hard wired with the ignition. Wouldn't be able to do that here (radar detectors illegal)!

 

the diode is like a one way check valve for electricity.


very nice install. its rare to see such nice work from a DIYer.

 

I think I have an extra one of those Passport cables if anyone is interested.