Civic VX MpGuino buttons

[rickjames8]

I installed my MPGuino in my 94 Civic VX in a location which I found on ecomodder.com. Right under the tach. It fits in there so perfectly, you'd think the engineers left space in the gauges just for it.

As for the buttons, I bought some radio shack ones, but didn't like the look of them. So while in a parts yard I found a power mirror switch from an Acura which looked like it would fit in the stock mirror switch location on the VX. In the end it was close, but not exact, but close enough for me. Because I got it from the parts yard I was able to cut off the harness as well. From there it was pretty easy using a continuity tester to figure out which wires went to which buttons. So using LEFT,UP,RIGHT as buttons 1,2,3 I now have a pretty stock looking set up. I see the 92-95 Civic mirror switches on ebay selling for $10 incl shipping. No harness, but if you're good with a soldering iron, thats no issue.

Thought I'd share if someone is looking for a more stock look for remote MPGuino buttons.

[stewie]

Rick thanks for sharing this sweet setup with us. I fiddle with the buttons and screens all the time so not sure the location would work for me. In fact right on steering wheel is perfect. Just need to come up with some low profile enclosure. i already bought mine from radio shack but didn't have chance yet to build it. So far i'm calibrating guino. Using rubber band now to hold it....lol....my friend says it's ugly looking. I'm ok with it. lol

[AndrzejM]

Nice setup! Thanks for sharing.

[x8justblazeit8x]

Why can't I see the image?

[josemapiro]

Originally Posted by x8justblazeit8x

Why can't I see the image?

It is likely that the image has been deleted where it was posted.

José Rodrigues

[Superfuelgero]

It was where import tuner got the idea I suspect (this is exactly what his looked like).
http://www.importtuner.com/features/.../photo_26.html

[rickjames8]

My website crashed a few months ago, and I was not able to retrieve 100% of it. This photo was one that was lost, along with nearly every VX photo I had. I have also sadly sold the car. It needed about $1800 of work and I had no garage to do the work myself and it was the middle of winter. I could not justify sinking that kind of money in to it, given that the body was quite rough too. I sold it to a fellow enthusiast and bought an Odyssey which better suited my needs for carrying things anyway. Now that summer has arrived and I am in a better position for a project car, I am looking for a 1.5L del Sol to replace theVX as my commuter car.

[x8justblazeit8x]

i did the same thing from import tuner(which where I got the idea) and put the buttons where the power mirrors are. But I was just wondering on different button ideas and looking at oem sun roof buttons and was thinking that it would be difficult to press right and left buttons at the same time