E30 Zone

That switch on the middle console by the window switches, that stops the windows working - can i just take the switch out and connect those two wires permanently??
Any problems with that??

I have another switch i want to put there, that i will actually use!!

Just plug it back in under the centre console out of the way

Doh!! Too easy!!

Cheers mate, hope there's enough space for it!!

Plenty!

mini.. you can bridge them permanatly.. i have done it on mine and repaced the switch with the esr one

Nice one!!
Fit's under there for now, but i might bridge it at some point, as i plan to have more switches there one day!!

Cheers!

miniblob wrote:That switch on the middle console by the window switches, that stops the windows working -??

I have another switch i want to put there, that i will actually use!!

Does anyone ever use that switch?
Any ideas for alternative uses if I was to remove it?

I wouldnt bridge them permanatly. These are ment to trip if excess force is used to close the windows, i.e someones head or arm gets in the way.

Aint tested the theory yet but if anyone wants to lend me their head or arm for a few mins i will be happy to try it out

mine is bridged permanatly i would like to know how they are secured onto the switch itself as i have gone one, can anyone post up a picture of the connections as they are big wires!

Cheers

Tom

grantfk10 wrote:

miniblob wrote:That switch on the middle console by the window switches, that stops the windows working -??

I have another switch i want to put there, that i will actually use!!

Does anyone ever use that switch?
Any ideas for alternative uses if I was to remove it?

The only use I can think for it stops the kids opening their windows and throwing toys out!! VERY handy!

as alan says its a thermal trip switch, if your window jams it will trip before your window motor burns out, and these little switches are a damn site cheaper then a new motor or even worse a burnt out loom or electrical fire. tuck it away if it bothers you, sun roof cars will have the same but i advise against shorting them out. (they are handy for sunroof cars in extream cold where the roof can freeze and if you accidentally open the roof if can knacker all the mechanism, trip the switch and not an issue.

mrlee

mines now my electric aerial

mines now my electric aerial

did the same but with a rear demister switch!

TheRealest wrote:mines now my electric aerial

What do you mean that you flick a switch and it pops up? does the aerial still do its job then?

I dont even know if my aerial works how can i test it?

ive known of people putting the electric sunroof switch down next to the window switch, its my next modd as well.

I dont even know if my aerial works how can i test it?

If it goes up when you switch the radio on when the ignition is at stage 1,2 or 3 then it works. If it doesn't go up, then its not working!

thanks mate however i forgot to say i havent got a stereo in the car at the moment lol

Theo325 wrote:

I dont even know if my aerial works how can i test it?

If it goes up when you switch the radio on when the ignition is at stage 1,2 or 3 then it works. If it doesn't go up, then its not working!

my one is always up, the motor was giving up the ghost a couple of years ago (kept getting stuck on the way down or up), so i made it go up and unplugged the motor. Its just one of those things i will fix in a couple of years . Radio still works fine.

this arial mod makes a big difference to us cabby drivers, you can lower your ariel when on the move so get rid of the noise. some stereos these days are clever and will only send the ariel up if you are on radio, but some send it up when ever its on i.e CD etc, for those route the signal wire (normally blue or grey) though the contacts on your switch so you can decide whether to put up the arial once the radio is on. i also did the same with my sub-woofer, when you drive into a car park i turn it off before i am in earshot (about 4km away ) so not to draw attention to the bass set up in my boot.

mrlee