Could somebody please tell me what the switch to the right of the ashtray was originally setup for? I just acquired a '79 280ZX a couple months ago and the guy put in a different switch to turn his amp on and off (which was removed before i bought the car). So what was the switch originally used for? Thanks in advance...

 

The original swith was a mini joystick to control which speakers you wanted to use...

 

ok, thanks for clearing that up for me.

 

You got two answers there. That spot was sometimes a joystick to adjust which speakers got power, and other times it was a 'wide stereo' on/off switch. On some 280zx's it was a little rubber plug that had nothing there but a circle. Its based on what year/kind of radio came in the car.

I took mine out and put in a toggle switch to turn the light-up Z on my hood on and off.

 

hey bleach,
what's this light up Z on your hood that you're talking about? I'd like to see a picture of that if you could get one...thanks.

 

Here is the light up Z.

 

hah thats sweet

 

I made it. I used a Z31 hood emblem. I removed the center circle out of the rear. The Z is white painted on there, so I scratched the white part out from the back side. I filled the circle that I removed with smoked plexiglass. I stuck two dash light bulbs behind there and glued them in place. Should have used LED lights so they would last longer. Mine have not burnt out yet, but I don't turn the Z light on very much. I had to make a spacer to space the emblem off the hood a bit to fit the dash lights. It doesn't look too bad, and nobody really notices the spacer.

The wires run through the two gauge mounting holes in the hood.