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Well, I finally got around to finishing my switch panel in my YJ. It is mounted on the front well of my Tuffy Overhead console. For the face, I used a piece of stainless steel from a door kick plate. Cut to fit and drilled four holes to screw it to the Tuffy.
The switches I used are Carling Contura II rockers. They have a LED illumination. The green LED behind the large window is independently lit, so I wired it to come on with the dash lights. The amber LED bar at the bottom illuminates when the switch is activated. The icons on the large windows are nothing more than images shown at http://www.carlingtech.com/pdf/vl_serswitlegends.pdf I simply printed them onto clear labels and stuck them on.
I got the everything from Mouser.com
Switch bodies http://www.mouser.com/Search/Produc...0-000virtualkey69100000virtualkey691-V1D2GHNB
Switch Actuator http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=VVAAC00-000virtualkey69100000virtualkey691-VVAAC
Connector Housing http://www.mouser.com/Search/Produc...G_BLACKvirtualkey69100000virtualkey691-VCH-01
Here is the harness I made for the switches. Yellow wire is illumination via the dash lights. Red is power in, Black is ground. The switched wire will be inserted when installed in the jeep.
Here it is with installed
Here are the switches installed in the plate
And everything put together installed in the overhead, daylight, lights off.
Daylight, Lights on, switches turned on.
I will get a night shot tonight and post later. So farr I am really happy with the way it turned out....
The switches I used are Carling Contura II rockers. They have a LED illumination. The green LED behind the large window is independently lit, so I wired it to come on with the dash lights. The amber LED bar at the bottom illuminates when the switch is activated. The icons on the large windows are nothing more than images shown at http://www.carlingtech.com/pdf/vl_serswitlegends.pdf I simply printed them onto clear labels and stuck them on.
I got the everything from Mouser.com
Switch bodies http://www.mouser.com/Search/Produc...0-000virtualkey69100000virtualkey691-V1D2GHNB
Switch Actuator http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?R=VVAAC00-000virtualkey69100000virtualkey691-VVAAC
Connector Housing http://www.mouser.com/Search/Produc...G_BLACKvirtualkey69100000virtualkey691-VCH-01
Here is the harness I made for the switches. Yellow wire is illumination via the dash lights. Red is power in, Black is ground. The switched wire will be inserted when installed in the jeep.

Here it is with installed

Here are the switches installed in the plate

And everything put together installed in the overhead, daylight, lights off.

Daylight, Lights on, switches turned on.

I will get a night shot tonight and post later. So farr I am really happy with the way it turned out....