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Postby JMather » Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:58 pm

Hi all,
just a quick question can someone tell me what this switch does? :oops:
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Postby Pamex » Sat Jun 13, 2009 5:23 pm

Ah, that must enable jinba ittai.

Possibly enables the flux capacitor.

My corresponding one is blank. Anyone have a similar diagram on theirs?
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Postby Alex » Sat Jun 13, 2009 5:28 pm

fog lights ??
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Postby JMather » Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:17 pm

I thought it was the oil slick. :wink:

I was thinking of fog lights but my car doesn't have them I've never seen a NA with fog lights anyone got pictures?

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Postby Garry » Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:36 pm

Thats the international sybmol for a fog light. The UK NA's were fitted with them. It was a tacked on square light screwed on to the bottom of the rear bumper. It looked like something you'd find at Supercheap. In the NB's Mazda got a bit more integrated and fitted a red lense to one of the reversing lights and turned that into the fog light, similar to the Mk5 Golf.

I have no idea what the switch operates on your car. Follow the wires and see where they go.
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Postby TieNN89 » Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:33 pm

JMather wrote:I was thinking of fog lights but my car doesn't have them I've never seen a NA with fog lights anyone got pictures?


there just two little light that sit inside the mouth of the front bar

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Postby Mr Morlock » Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:11 pm

I reckon Garry is right- I just read that rear fogs were tacked on to the car in UK before a proper integrated job was done.I doubt if a rear fog was offered in Au. Makes one wonder if this car was an import? Incidentally the rear fog lamps emit more light than a standard rear lamp and that is why it is darn annoying coming up behind someone who does not know what the purpose it\s.

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Postby GP » Mon Jun 15, 2009 1:36 pm

Roadster Fog Lights :D
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Postby Mr Morlock » Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:02 pm

Garry was talking of a rear fog lamp and so was I.

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Postby CheyneX5 » Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:32 pm

But the switch in question is the one related to the front fog lights. I have been trying to hunt one of these down for a while...
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Postby Locutus » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:15 pm

i think there was a cheap set on ebay not too long ago. no harness or switch though.

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Postby GP » Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:48 am

Garry was talking of a rear fog lamp and so was I.

The question was about what the switch was for :D
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Postby bruce » Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:54 am

Push it and your car blows up! You still there...?

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Postby Benny » Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:05 pm

From looking closely at the picture, it looks like a duck swimming on the water! :shock:

Perhaps this switch is for the "amphibian" setting?

You never know, your car may be able to swim! :mrgreen:
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Postby JMather » Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:33 pm

Well it didn't blow up and I like the oil slick idea make a nice getaway from the boys in blue... or maybe with the amphibious feature. Jump of a jetty while being chased by a helicopter! :twisted:
Gotta make sure that the roof is up thou.


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