Need momentary switch help

Installation Help & Advice Horn Kits
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I wan to go with the horn blasters kit from Amazon.

HornBlasters Shocker 2 Gallon Train Horn Kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0034YSNT4/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_fOe7vbBR4WRA8

However, I don’t know how to make a momentary switch set up in my car.

Jetta GLI 2013

Any ideas on a company that would make something work for my console? So I can fit the momentary switch in an empty spot?

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Not sure if this is any help? Basically it looks like they may in fact make one for your car? The switch in this forum thread is using a momentary switch to operate a garage door opener, so they must make one? Then either leave the garage door logo on the switch or use a bit of thinners to take the picture off the switch!:smiley:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5596779-DIY-stealth-garage-door-opener

??

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Yes I have seen this forum! I guess I could use one of these. I was thinking about drilling the ones that are in there now. I am afraid of breaking it but I can risk it and see.

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I did something similar on my Vitara. I just went down to the dealer and bought a spare switch from them and then put a new face on it. Those OEM switches can cost a heap of money though.

I would suggest a couple of options:

  1. Take the switch blank (i.e. an empty button location) out of the console. They should pop out fairly easy. They should just be a plastic part. You can drill that and mount a normal push button switch of your liking to it. Probably the cheapest way to go.
  2. Try visit a motor wrecker and see if you can get an OEM switch out of a wrecked car.

Most of the time, half the battle is in figuring out how to get the console parts off without breaking something :slight_smile: - good luck.

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Cool, I did the same in my Swift. Bought a “Illumi Cancel” switch on eBay and modded it to be momentary, and put it in an empty slot :slight_smile:

Can you tell me where you got that face for the button? I still have it with the “Illumi Cancel” text on it, but a horn icon would be nice

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Design I just made up in CorelDraw. It was then printed on a laser and then covered with a stencil cut vinyl applied over the top so that light wouldn’t shine through the black areas. I’ve attached a PDF of the design file I did (it has a few different ideas) - you should be able to import these into most packages to do something similar.

[b]http://tinyurl.com/pufynmt

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Or there’s something like this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LED-16mm-Momentary-Metal-WaterProof-Flat-Push-Car-Horn-Button-Lighted-Switch-/400951935225?hash=item5d5a9900f9

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Thanks!:smiley:

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An absolutely SUPERB option Stinky - nice find man!
I might just go buy a few of these to rig up in various places … e.g, the front door bell comes to mind:)