318ti.org forum - View Single Post

**cooljess76** · 01-19-2008, 06:02 AM

Now thats asking for too much

J/K, he's sending me his old switch and I'll be happy to do a writeup once I get it. It's kind of an involved procedure, like most of the delicate projects that I seem to fancy, but I'll definitely put together a DIY to help everyone save money. The dealer wants 40 bucks for a new switch and has to order them from Germany. The junkyard charged me 30 bucks and sent me two broken ones and a third that wasn't even for our cars. All three of the switches were broke in exactly the same spot and I'm certain that with my fix, it'll never blow again. The problem is that the resistor on the dimmer switch is too weak and blows before the fuse does, thus costing more money to replace a switch rather than replacing a fuse. It appears to be a design flaw, but like many things, can be made to work better.

01-19-2008, 06:02 AM	#8
cooljess76 NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 iTrader: (6) Photo Gallery	Now thats asking for too much J/K, he's sending me his old switch and I'll be happy to do a writeup once I get it. It's kind of an involved procedure, like most of the delicate projects that I seem to fancy, but I'll definitely put together a DIY to help everyone save money. The dealer wants 40 bucks for a new switch and has to order them from Germany. The junkyard charged me 30 bucks and sent me two broken ones and a third that wasn't even for our cars. All three of the switches were broke in exactly the same spot and I'm certain that with my fix, it'll never blow again. The problem is that the resistor on the dimmer switch is too weak and blows before the fuse does, thus costing more money to replace a switch rather than replacing a fuse. It appears to be a design flaw, but like many things, can be made to work better. __________________ 4 MORE YEARS BABY!!!