Unused buttons from options - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Viper5 · 07-04-2009, 11:46 AM

I have, as I suspect many of you do, a few unused buttons in my boxster (2000). For instance, I don't have the heated seats option so I have two blank buttons where my ash tray is. Is there a button you have to buy (which has an electrical switch attached) to replace the old one if you want to install something, or can you use the buttons there but something is locking it from moving (in which case, how do you make a switch connect to it)?

Lil bastard · 07-04-2009, 03:21 PM

They're just blanking plugs, not switches. You can buy the switches for under $30@

spyder803 · 07-04-2009, 05:08 PM

Either here or on Ren there is a post where I person bought the momentary switch and cut these to make them work. Looks fairly simple if you can solder, may try a search on both sites.

Course as LB says, you can just buy them as well.

Viper5 · 07-04-2009, 05:13 PM

Hmm.. I'll look around for that post. Specifically I'm trying to hook up a push button with two positions so that only one side of the switch will be used. That way hitting once will activate and hitting again will deactivate. Thanks.

RandallNeighbour · 07-05-2009, 10:50 AM

The switch you are describing is the same one used for the defroster on the dash. That has one side on and the other side turning it off. Sunset sells them.

Viper5 · 07-05-2009, 11:46 AM

I may have been unclear. I'm looking for a two sided switch, whereby only using one side will turn on and off the circuit (like a pushbutton). The other side will control something else.