Putting aux lighting switches in cubby

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pcfranchina

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Hello. I am looking to add 3 rocker switches for some auxilary lighting. One of the most logical spots to use is the useless cubby to the left side of the wheel. Any ides on how to create a cover with 3 switches in it? Use metal? ABS plastic? How much of a hassle is this going to be? Any better ideas on where to put the switches? Images? I'd appreciate any ideas or help. I am looking to start mounting my lights this week.

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Take the bezel off, remove cubby, replace cubby with a piece of black plastic or whatever you can find that will work for you. put switches in, done.
 

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I'm a firefighter and I used the cubby spot for switches as well. Like mentioned above just find a piece of plastic and get creative with the dremel. I plan to add more switches in the future.

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Thanks so much! I picked up the switches, abs plastic and everything else needed. I am planning on popping the bezel and do this project on saturday.
2 rigid industries lights on the bull bar, 1 mounted on the back of the cargo rack, maglite mount and maybe plastidip my rims.
 

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Thanks so much! I picked up the switches, abs plastic and everything else needed. I am planning on popping the bezel and do this project on saturday.
2 rigid industries lights on the bull bar, 1 mounted on the back of the cargo rack, maglite mount and maybe plastidip my rims.

Can you post some pics of how the switches look when you're done? I've been wondering about how good a spot that is myself
 

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Thanks so much! I picked up the switches, abs plastic and everything else needed. I am planning on popping the bezel and do this project on saturday.
2 rigid industries lights on the bull bar, 1 mounted on the back of the cargo rack, maglite mount and maybe plastidip my rims.

Its a great location for switches and also for wiring. There is lots of room behind the cubby so you shouldn't have any trouble at all. The next switch I add I'm going to take pics of the area behind too.

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I added a USB port inside that cubby on mine. There is definitely room back there
 

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I put 2 usb ports inside my center console where the secret compartment door is.

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