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Write-Up: Convert to horizontal dimmer (for 5-slot switch plate)

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For most of these pictures I used the stock dimmer by accident ....

This mod involves a dimmer switch from an 01-04 Acura RL.



Take your dimmer switch


Remove the bulb


Pesky little shit


Carefully unclip the front face


Repeat on both sides and remove it


Pry up on the retainer and release the wheel


Slide out the circuit board


Now you have to trim the top and bottom


Here's stock for reference


Another angle


Another angle


Other end


Another angle


Another angle


Trim the front face


Top and bottom


Reassemble it


Another angle


Wrap 2 layers of electrical tape so it sits snug in the hole


Press it back in where the fog switch would go


And that's it!


Much better than a sideways lightbulb.





Here's two videos comparing the stock and RL dimmer


The stock one kinda "glides" along whereas the RL one snaps into maximum and has a white stripe.
 
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