Blank buttons on dash due to missing features - how to fix

I need to buy another 300ZX. I don't mind the idea of a grey import, but I absolutely hate the blank button place-holders you get when you don't have certain buttons. And it seems all the Japanese ones have these because they didn't come with cruise control.

What's your solution?
I'm thinking of turning one into a switch. Getting a button out of some other Zed, using it for a set of lights or something, or even rigging up an Aus-spec rear bumper and using it for the parking lights Difficult?

 

get 1 with cruise control. Pretty common for an Auto

 

Odd. 2 out of the 3 grey import zeds we've had, had cruise...

Anyways as above just retrofit cruise into your non cruise zed. Not that hard once you have the parts.

 

Dont buy a whole zed just for some buttons lol

Abraham

 

Shame I don't want an auto
I was under the impression many of them didn't have it.
What's involved in fitting cruise control?

 

Cruise on pre 93 was controlled by buttons on the steering wheel. Those without cruise had a plain wheel with no blanks

What blanks are you talking about ?

Have I you seen a zed ?

 

FYI, my 89 manual import has cruise.

Ben

 

+1
What blanks?

 

I believe he is referring to the blank plates on the right side pod...some zeds like mine without cruise, have a blank plate over where the button for cruise is meant to be

Abraham

 

Cruise on pre 93 was activated by a button on the right-hand instrument cluster. Have you seen a Zed?
When you don't have cruise control, that button is replaced by a blank piece of plastic. A button that can't be pressed.

Good to know some imports have cruise control. I'd much rather buy one with it than go to the trouble of retro-fitting.

 

If you wanted to give the button a function (on a non-cruise car), you can use it to activate extra fog lights, parking antenna, radio aerial (so it does not wear itself out going up every time the cars started) and so on.... Its simple enough to swap a cruise type switch in there and just make it do something different and add a little sticker to it.

The whole switchpod with cruise (so you can use the button for something) costs $40 (sometimes less).

 

My aerial never wore itself out, only went up when the radio was in, which was never
But yeah that sounds like a fine idea. And the cluster's pretty cheap. Thanks!

 

if worst comes to worst, I used duck tape hear and there to cover things up on my z in the past, and hold the front spoiler to the gaurds..

that will cover up those blank buttons!

 

I'd rather have the blank butons

 

HOW MANY INNOCENT DUCKS DIED TO MAKE THIS MURDER TAPE?!
I believe youll find its actually 'Duct Tape'

 

fair enough... some of THIS should help clear up those blank buttons



or put little batman logos on them and tell your passenger "under no circumstances, EVER press this button"

 

Tape made of ducks is the better stuff, don't fall for cheap imitations.

Heh, that's a plan. Eject buttons or something

 

You could always leave it blank

 

Or alternatively you can go Bond...make it fold back the grille and pop out fake missiles. That, i can actually help with if your interested