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Need help replacing Gen 2 accessory switches

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by nkuypers, May 24, 2019.

  1. May 24, 2019 at 10:21 AM
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    Does anyone have a good video or diagram? All my slots below are filled (F+R lockers and compressor) so I need to use the spaces next to the fog light for LED bar and LED fog lights. Hoping it's a simple process...
     
  2. May 24, 2019 at 10:25 AM
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    Remove the gray lower dash panel and then pop it off from the back with your hand.
     
  3. May 24, 2019 at 10:33 AM
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    Thanks but that's not what I need. I already have the lower spaces filled. I need to access the TOP 3 spaces surrounded by black dash plastic, not the bottom spaces surrounded by grey plastic (which are much easier to access).
     
  4. May 24, 2019 at 10:34 AM
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    I used a knife... However I also cut myself, slightly. A small flat head screw driver would work as well. Gently pry down and outward at the top of the blank. Once one is out then push the other out from the inside with your finger.

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  5. May 24, 2019 at 10:47 AM
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    Thanks. Getting the blanks out is easy, but there's not as much real-estate on the top spaces since you can't remove the fuse panel to gain access up there. I need to run wires and want to tie things off clean so I need to open up the top dash compartment to finish wiring. Was hoping for a quick way to access...
     
  6. May 24, 2019 at 10:55 AM
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    Ohhhhh, I misread that. I thought you were just trying to figure out how to get them out.. All of my wires were ran from the hole in the firewall by the e-brake, up past the fuse panel and up to my top set of switches. I used a wire coat hanger to find the best route to run the wires. Then I just made sure to have extra wire so that I could do all of the connections outside the dash, test it, and then once it was confirmed to work, pull the slack back in and secured the switches. I secured all of the excess wire (one service loop worth) behind the lower kick panel were the factory connections are. Way easier than tearing the dash apart for wiring up some LEDs.
     
  7. May 24, 2019 at 10:56 AM
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    I don't know, this is the way I popped out the top ones..
    Run the wires out through the holes and then do your solder/crimps there.
    Or measure and attach the CH4x4 harness so you just need to plug the switches in.
     
  8. May 24, 2019 at 11:49 AM
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    Thanks guys. I should have run the wires from the cab to the lights, rather than the light to cab switch. There's a bolt you can remove to pull the dash back a little without completely removing. Gonna see if I can get it all wired cleanly this way so I don't have to remove anything else.
     

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