[Ride4Mine]

A buddy and I have had a long dispute about what the purpose of the foot dimmer switch is? what it does? and where it is? This seems just as retarded to me but just to prove my point I'd like to have you guys spell it out! He's convinced its somewhere on the dash board and has something to do with your suspension! A FOOT dimmer switch!! In the dashboard!? HAHA anyway guys help me out! free lunch sounds good today! LET THE SCHOOLING BEGIN!

 

[TechNova]

It makes your foot less bright. ???


It's the switch on the far left of the driver's FLOORboard that switches the headlights between high and low beam.

 

[Ride4Mine]

Thankyou TechNova!! Lunch is on him now!:yes: I owe you one! now i can install the switch without someone nagging at me about it not being right!

 

[Greg_R_63]

A buddy and I have had a long dispute about what the purpose of the foot dimmer switch is? what it does? and where it is? This seems just as retarded to me but just to prove my point I'd like to have you guys spell it out! He's convinced its somewhere on the dash board and has something to do with your suspension! A FOOT dimmer switch!! In the dashboard!? HAHA anyway guys help me out! free lunch sounds good today! LET THE SCHOOLING BEGIN!

If this person has technical advice about cars, do not listen to him.

 

[72GreenRally]

It's mounted on the dash for dimmer drivers. Pressing it makes them believe the ride is better.:devil:

 

[DANNO]

In the old days, all cars dimmed lights that way. Dimmer switches on the turn signal lever was European. First one I saw on an American car was a 70-something Pontiac Can-Am coupe.

 

[Ride4Mine]

Thanks guys! yea he's lost the bet! ill cut him some slack though, i mean what can you expect from a guy who drives a mustang?? haha :no:

 

[1quik69]

Thanks guys! yea he's lost the bet! ill cut him some slack though, i mean what can you expect from a guy who drives a mustang?? haha :no:

Hmmmmmmm, it seems like my old Cobra Jet mustang had the dimmer switch on the floor.:devil:

 

[racer77]

Should have told him it dims the gauge lights,just keep hitting it until they go dim.....and if it doesn't work,it's low on dimmer fluid.

 

[DANNO]

Actually, now that I think about it, there is a dimmer switch on the dashboard. It dims the instrument lights. On the dash as a separate switch or as part of the headlight switch. So perhaps you two were betting on different switches. :yes:

 

[Ryan V64SS]

Why would he think a device called a "foot dimmer" would be installed on the dash and have something to do with the suspension?

 

[novajoe]

Why would he think a device called a "foot dimmer" would be installed on the dash and have something to do with the suspension?

LOL:rotfl::rotfl:

 

[CaddyDaddy]

My '63 caddy has a dimmer switch on the floor and kind of one on the dashboard.........

Ryan

 

[firebird77clone]

It's really designed to mess with kids heads.

I can still remember grandpa making a 'flicking' motion with his fingers

( picture touching all fingers to the thumb, then flinging your fingers open)

and the lights would dim/bright.

Try as I would, it never worked for me... ( hey, I was six ! )

Some thing tells me your friend might not even be able to tell you what 'clockwise' means.

This new generation... I'll tell ya.. my good friend pulled out some 45s and his grandkids were awed: " GRANDPA.. WHERE did you get THOSE CDs! "

I got on an 8 track kick a few years ago.. found an RCA DIGITAL 8 track, NEW IN BOX! ( ebay ) Oh, yeah, you know I had to have it! It was sweet, 16 station digital preset AM/FM.. and the 8 track played flawlessly. Showed it to my niece, she thought I had lost my mind. Of course, she had never seen nor even heard of an 8 track...

but I learned a lesson about 8 tracks... even the best player will start 'eating' the tapes in short order.. because the tapes are 20 years old and can't take the strain of actually being played! But they are good for bragging rights, and you can pick up BOXES of them on ebay for little to nothing!

 

[firebird69racer]

Hmmmmmmm, it seems like my old Cobra Jet mustang had the dimmer switch on the floor.:devil:

And I remember that Ford also had a foot switch to make the windshield wipers work each time you pressed it