Hilux dash electrical switches

britax 58027-01

none of the electronic suppliers will have anything that fits properly.

The boating supplers like bias and whitworths have something that is close but no cigar....they can be made to fit..reasonably well with a shave from a sharp stanley knife.

What you realy want are "CARLING" switches....carling make a lot of stuff.....but the switches you need are commonly known as "carling swithes" in the auto electrical business.

Now there comes a couple of problems.....

There is a bewildering array of actator, contact and light arrangements, even in the model you need.....can take some wading about to figure it out....its good and bad.
If you can figure it out and you can find a suppler that stocks full range AND will sell to you...you can get exactly what you want right off the shelf

The second issue is price and availablity....there are people out there that will charge you $25+ for a single carling switch......I know with my knoweledge and some fast talking I can get them for arround $8 to 10.

There are two main distributers in Australia for carling....One Source autoelectrics is the easiest to deal with...if you can convince them you are trade.

There are some sellers on line that will sell you switches....some offer custom engraved....if you have access to full range, there is no need for anything custom, unless you want your name on it or something realy obscure...just about anything you need is off the shelf printed on the actuator.

Some $wd shops and some autoelectricians carry carling switches.......ARB and TJM both sell carling switches with ther name branded on them...and they will charge you well for the privaledge.

So there you go.

OH..even the carling switches don't fit perfectly...but they are very close.

cheers

Sam,

If you don't use a relay/s to supply those 2 sets of lights, then you run the risk of stuffing up the headlight/indicator switch contacts. Bit like the shampoo ad: "......it will happen". Without a relay all the load(of the lights) will be going through the switch on the column, and the constant switching from high to low etc will stuff the contacts.

New Era are a good double relay, with fuses easily accessible.

Seeing it's a Hilux will probably have negative return switching which can be a can of worms to wire everything correctly. Take it to an auto sparky and get it done properly. The money it costs will be about the same as a new combination h'light/flasher/wiper stalk!!!

Bob.

Sam for any hilux questions try newhilux.net there is thousands of Aussie hilux owners who help each other out