I was adjusting my dimmer switch for my dash and noticed that there are two unused slots in between the dimmer and the steering column, one is circle and the other is rectangle. I was wondering what these buttons were originally used for on the stock 84 rx-7. What original options is my car lacking?

 

Do you have a GSL-SE? The only circular things I can think of are the cig lighter and the choke.

 

yeah, gsl-se, I forgot about the choke for the circle spot, any idea about the rectangle one?

 

Fog lights? Just a guess, as I dont have stock fog lights.

 

In my stock '85, the round has the manual choke and the square to the right of it has the electric trunk release.

 

Trunk release on my 84 is next to the fuel door release. Rectangular slot....hmmmmm. I do know the round was for manual choke cuz I had it. The rectangular slot I know but can not remember. I do not think it was fog lights though, don't remember those being an option.

 

no its not the fog lights the switch for those is on the right side of the steering wheel, just to the right of the air vent.

 

electric trunk release, like the fc's? My trunck button is next to the gas door release. On that note...did the Fbs have a power trunk or are all the wires wraped around the hydrolic pole for the rear wiper? Just wondering because my friends 88 10th A has a power rising trunk lid. Or was that new in 86?

 

i think they are all power release. I have a power window control unit next to my dimmer switch

 

Power mirrors.

 

otherside of the dimmer, power mirrors are on the left of that

 

the wires on the rear strut in the hatch is for the defroster.

 

Left side of steering wheel:
Left to Right: (top) vent open/close lever, square blank, light dimmer, choke, trunk release. (bottom) two blanks.




Right of steering wheel:
Left to Right: blank, 12v outlet

These pictures were taken 3 minutes ago and are from an '85 base model.

 

Left one is for power mirrors, right one is for cruise control.

 

Good to know, thanks.
Any idea about the lower two blanks on the left side?

 

OEM Fuel Door and
OEM Hatch Release.

 

Hatch and fuel filler door, left to right. Hatch is push, door is pull. I didn't know they stripped that much stuff off of the S model.

 

hm.... I'll have to try pushing and pulling on the bottom two (per my pic, the hatch release was in the blank immediately to the left of the steering column)

 

I didnt do it.

 

LOL

 

Strange, I wonder why they moved the trunk release from the bottom to next to the choke in the base model, or visa versa for the SE.