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Old 01-05-17, 04:34 PM
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Climate Control *****

Hi guys,

I was looking at different photos of custom interiors that people have made and noticed this:



Look at the *****

I went ahead a did some searching on the forum and found out that the ***** are different because certain RHD cars came with auto climate control. (Check out this threads: https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generati...panel-1078581/ https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generati...ntrol-1015831/

I don't think anyone has successfully retrofitted a LHD car with the auto climate control, but I don't see why the control wont fit a LHD car. The auto ***** look much better than the regular ***** so I had the Idea of creating some made out of brushed aluminium. I have access to a CNC mill and can easily create them in Solidworks.

If anyone has a auto climate control dash with ***** would you be willing to sell it to me, or maybe letting me borrow it so I can create the metal *****?

I was thinking of creating a group buy for them if people are interested.
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I have never seen those ***** on any FD. What year were they offered?
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Yeah, the Auto X and Touring X had this option. I got it working on my old UK FD, but decided against using it in the end.
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I've only seen these on FD's from the UK.
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There's a couple of extra sensors, different harnesses...and they're known for regularly going kaput.
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BC Climate Control *****

I parted out a 92 RHD automatic that had that set-up. There is/was a larger control box behind the control panel fascia. I would guess there would be some addition automatic actuators in the heater/cooler underdash boxes, but have not inspected closely (yet).
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Yeah I've seen the control panel behind the cover. I really need to get the specs for the ***** and get a good feel for the rotation clicks to be able to replicate them. I should be able to make plastic pieces just like OEM; I really want to make some brushed aluminum pieces either dark gray/black. I can not stand the look of the regular ones, they look so outdated and cheap.
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Originally Posted by billyboy
There's a couple of extra sensors, different harnesses...and they're known for regularly going kaput.
Damn, that is annoying. I was hoping it would at least be plug and play except for the auto button and functionality.
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There is a guy selling rotor shaped replacement ***** on ebay.
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My temperature control switch went rubbery. I obtained a replacement, but it turned out the that the problem was just that the washer/nut behind the switch **** had come loose. Two minute fix with needle-nose pliers. The rubbery feel was the wires twisting inside and causing the switch **** to spring back.
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Originally Posted by Redbul
There is a guy selling rotor shaped replacement ***** on ebay.
I did see those, definitely cool but Im going for that OEM look in my current build.
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BC That OEM Look.....

Including OEM radio/cd/cassette and or bin?


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Here's a better picture of it.

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