Thoughts Needed on Dash Switches

[McBPC]

I just recently purchased some aux lights;

• Two Hella BM 500 HID converted for behind the grill
• One Rigid E series 30in for the front of my gobi stealth
• Two Rigid SR 6in for the back of my gobi stealth

Im looking to group the lights as bulleted above on three different switches. I know most on the forum use or are fans of the OTRATTW Contura II, but I am looking for something different that would work in the 4 stock dash locations (2012 TE has three empty buses on the left of the steering column and one in the panel above the head)

Have any of you used the following from Langirele?

Piezo switch: Based on the Piezoelectric Effect. I am wondering if there would be a delay in action though?

Vandel Resistant Switch: I like the V19 as its black and has a concave design that would be easy to feel for and determine action.

They are commercial grade. Most can be optioned with a lighting element. Water resistant. vandal resistant...

I think they look super clean and with only needing three, I don't think I need to indicate its purpose.

Justing looking to hear thoughts from the pros.

Thanks

 

[limamike]

I have two illuminated "vandal resistant" switches for a few of my lights and I like them. Easy to wire and install.

 

[Okki]

Have any of you used the following from Langirele?

Piezo switch: Based on the Piezoelectric Effect. I am wondering if there would be a delay in action though?

Vandel Resistant Switch: I like the V19 as its black and has a concave design that would be easy to feel for and determine action.

They are commercial grade. Most can be optioned with a lighting element. Water resistant. vandal resistant...

I think they look super clean and with only needing three, I don't think I need to indicate its purpose.

Justing looking to hear thoughts from the pros.

Thanks

Vandel: Not a fan of the design (personal taste), but I would go with the V22 so you have the LED lighting; that way you can use different colors or inscriptions to ID your switches. regardless that you may know what switch does what, if you loan the vehicle or ever sell it, it will be a plus to have labeled switches.

Piezoelectric: Needs more components in order to be a constant ON versus the pulse that the switch normally provides. Might be overly complicated for the purpose, although high in geek factor

regardless of what route you go with; you may want to check in with Jangoforhire; he's the resident switch-pimp

Okki

 

[jangoforhire]

I just recently purchased some aux lights;

• Two Hella BM 500 HID converted for behind the grill
• One Rigid E series 30in for the front of my gobi stealth
• Two Rigid SR 6in for the back of my gobi stealth

Im looking to group the lights as bulleted above on three different switches. I know most on the forum use or are fans of the OTRATTW Contura II, but I am looking for something different that would work in the 4 stock dash locations (2012 TE has three empty buses on the left of the steering column and one in the panel above the head)

Have any of you used the following from Langirele?

Piezo switch: Based on the Piezoelectric Effect. I am wondering if there would be a delay in action though?

Vandel Resistant Switch: I like the V19 as its black and has a concave design that would be easy to feel for and determine action.

They are commercial grade. Most can be optioned with a lighting element. Water resistant. vandal resistant...

I think they look super clean and with only needing three, I don't think I need to indicate its purpose.

Justing looking to hear thoughts from the pros.

Thanks

you may want to check in with Jangoforhire; he's the resident switch-pimp

:hello:
HA, nothing wrong with adding 15 switches to your truck!


Those Piezo switches are cool, I have never seen them before but I do agree with Okki, you may need some extra circuitry to get them to work right. If you like the looks of those switches you could always check out Oracle as well, Ducmonsta has them in his dash (pic stolen from his build thread):

The V19 in black would definitely look slick and seems very plausible to me. I'm sure you could get creative with mounting them and make it look very stock.

For more info here is a thread I started back when I was researching this same topic. We all threw around a lot of info and it may be worth a read: http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/115391-space-efficient-switch-panel.html

 

[McBPC]

Thanks fellas for the feedback. Definitely helps with decision process. I will be sure to post pics when I am done.

best,