Newbie with dumb question
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Newbie with dumb question
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[/IMG]Hope you C5 experts can help me or at least slap me silly for asking a totally dumb question. I bought my first Corvette today...2000 FRC, only 23k on the clock! There are 3 small lighted toggle/rocker type switches just to the right of the shifter. I've scoured the manual and tried various internet and forum searches to no avail. What are they for? Dealer had no clue.
I'm hoping they are for some James Bond accessories such as passenger ejection seat, rear firing machine guns, etc...
[/IMG]Hope you C5 experts can help me or at least slap me silly for asking a totally dumb question. I bought my first Corvette today...2000 FRC, only 23k on the clock! There are 3 small lighted toggle/rocker type switches just to the right of the shifter. I've scoured the manual and tried various internet and forum searches to no avail. What are they for? Dealer had no clue. I'm hoping they are for some James Bond accessories such as passenger ejection seat, rear firing machine guns, etc...
Burning Brakes
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Those are not factory switches, one of the owners before you most likley put them in.
Pull up the console and see if there even hooked up, then go from there.
You have to start somewhere, so pull up the console.
Pull up the console and see if there even hooked up, then go from there.
You have to start somewhere, so pull up the console.
Melting Slicks
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From: Wichita Falls Tx
Have any lights, small or large been added to the car? I can't imagine what the switches would be for. I think I would have put them inside the console or where the ashtray goes if it had been me putting them in.
Burning Brakes
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Factory option code Z007, like you said ejection seat, machine gun and rockets where the headlights used to be 
Now on a serious note these are not factory and it's impossible to tell what they could control.
Just be careful and don't test them with a passenger in the car or at least make sure there is open space above you when you do
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Now on a serious note these are not factory and it's impossible to tell what they could control.
Just be careful and don't test them with a passenger in the car or at least make sure there is open space above you when you do
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You know, they guy is new, give him a break 
You dont have to kid him about asking a question.
Guy, they're joshing you. They're stock switches. In order from front to rear they are:
Shields
Impulse Drive and
Warp Drive
The Dilitium tank is in the right side storage compartment in the hatch and the Dieuterium is in the left. But I bet the previous owner left them empty (Dilithium is $431 and ounce
)
Congratulations, welcome aboard and enjoy the new ride
You dont have to kid him about asking a question.
Guy, they're joshing you. They're stock switches. In order from front to rear they are:
Shields
Impulse Drive and
Warp Drive
The Dilitium tank is in the right side storage compartment in the hatch and the Dieuterium is in the left. But I bet the previous owner left them empty (Dilithium is $431 and ounce
)Congratulations, welcome aboard and enjoy the new ride
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From: Chantilly VA
If you find they are not being used, then you have some interesting possibilities here. Three things that could be turned on/off. You could do heated seats, some stereo mods, or funky lighting.
They don't look bad from the pictures. Removing them would look bad. A new console would cost some bucks, so I say roll with it and find something to hook up to them.
Enjoy your new vette. They are fun to drive!
They don't look bad from the pictures. Removing them would look bad. A new console would cost some bucks, so I say roll with it and find something to hook up to them.
Enjoy your new vette. They are fun to drive!
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Could be the flux capacitor......not factory switches as the others have said....
I may do the same, glad I looked at this post
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I would get on the highway, floor it and start hitting buttons.
Maybe its hydraulic shocks, so crank the Dr. Dre and bounce that **** down the boulevard. "Laaaiiiid back...."
In all seriousness, I'd have a reputable performance shop familiar with Vettes look at it. Somes guesses might be, nitrous, exhuast cut-out, or something as simple as aftermarket foglamps or something. Is the stereo stock?
Couldn't hurt to try and locate the original owner if your comfortable with that.
Maybe its hydraulic shocks, so crank the Dr. Dre and bounce that **** down the boulevard. "Laaaiiiid back...."In all seriousness, I'd have a reputable performance shop familiar with Vettes look at it. Somes guesses might be, nitrous, exhuast cut-out, or something as simple as aftermarket foglamps or something. Is the stereo stock?
Couldn't hurt to try and locate the original owner if your comfortable with that.
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[IMG][/IMG]Hope you C5 experts can help me or at least slap me silly for asking a totally dumb question. I bought my first Corvette today...2000 FRC, only 23k on the clock! There are 3 small lighted toggle/rocker type switches just to the right of the shifter. I've scoured the manual and tried various internet and forum searches to no avail. What are they for? Dealer had no clue.
I'm hoping they are for some James Bond accessories such as passenger ejection seat, rear firing machine guns, etc...
[/IMG]Hope you C5 experts can help me or at least slap me silly for asking a totally dumb question. I bought my first Corvette today...2000 FRC, only 23k on the clock! There are 3 small lighted toggle/rocker type switches just to the right of the shifter. I've scoured the manual and tried various internet and forum searches to no avail. What are they for? Dealer had no clue. I'm hoping they are for some James Bond accessories such as passenger ejection seat, rear firing machine guns, etc...
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Loving the replies guys! If they are for the flux capacitor I'm going straight back to 1987...I could throw a football over a mountain back then!
Car does have after market stereo/cd/dvd/nav/back up camera type thing so maybe they run some of those functions?? I'll have to do some sleuthing. I'll probably see if the dealer can get me in touch with previous owner as well.
Car does have after market stereo/cd/dvd/nav/back up camera type thing so maybe they run some of those functions?? I'll have to do some sleuthing. I'll probably see if the dealer can get me in touch with previous owner as well.
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One thing is for sure, they were not put there by the factory. Perhaps you can find who the previous owner was and contact him for some info.
Fluxing! I thinks it's N20