Relocation of the window switch?

Being a lanky old man with painful knees, I too suffer from this Friday afternoon design afterthought.
My idea was....after removing the door card & looking at the wiring loom.... detach the switch bezel which is held on to the back of the door card by the usual melted plastic method and locate it In the front end of the magazine holder on the bottom of the door.
This would cause minimal cosmetic damage..., leaving the switches within reach...the loom feeds through an aperture to that position & the whole project could be easily reversed if required.

Stumpjumper wrote: Being a lanky old man with painful knees, I too suffer from this Friday afternoon design afterthought.
My idea was.....

I take it it is just an idea!! Could be good.
Do you mean the sort of hand/arm rest that sticks out? Why not put some pilates material where the knee coincides?

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I would suggest removing the entire door wiring loom, and then you can carefully split the loom apart leaving the remote locking and heated mirror loom in place, and then extend modify the window loom as needs . I had to do something similar for the Dutton.

Lambert wrote: It's not that it's hard and uncomfortable it's that I'm 6 foot and big with it and the switch is simply in the wrong place relative to where my knee is to be comfortable.

Yes I see that. It is a frequent problem especially with smaller vehicles. And if it is bouncing around.
This was just the reason I used my seat adjuster brackets which are a little different from the usual flat type in that they take the seat back two to three inches but also raise it 50mm. You can just see that in the pic I think. I am 6' 1".
Cut it off!! NOT your knee. lol


I cannot remember if there is much harness there to allow much repositioning but I think not so you might have to do some harness mods. I still think some sort of cushioning device might help, perhaps a mix of hardboard, sponge and cloth material.

Ask Kiethy about door cards and window switches. I remember he was messing about making a model for speakers in the door, which looked like it had promise for moving the window switches. Dont know if any ever got made.

Also do you have any of Dave's seat relocator things? Designed for the taller chap, these might help.

Finally, I have a set of OMP race seats for sale, which keep you so snug that your knee never hits the switches, but do give a numb arse and are hard to get in/out of

This may work with minimal adjustment of the loom - switch from a VW Corrado (and others I think) that sit flush with the door panel.... also lets you keep both switches on the drivers side

theoldseacaptain wrote: This may work with minimal adjustment of the loom - switch from a VW Corrado (and others I think) that sit flush with the door panel.... also lets you keep both switches on the drivers side

Very neat solution!

As it's related to the topic, I've been looking for seat rail adapters like the one's Mud advertise for the defender.
Any info?

Stumpjumper wrote: As it's related to the topic, I've been looking for seat rail adapters like the one's Mud advertise for the defender.
Any info?

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