The bezel's real estate is crowded if a person has electric mirrors, but it would be interesting to have a place to mount the chip selector ****.

 

Where would be optimal for one?
Like a Banks Six-Gun selector switch?
Was fairly positive most people put those on the dash/instrument cluster area.
Need to draw up a bezel for a power mirror truck.

 

Just now got a hold of a Power Window/Lock/Mirror bezel.
Would certainly have to rearrange things to get a chip selector **** onto it, not to mention how weak the structure could become with so many holes in it.
What is the size of the hole and the switch itself.

 

Yeah, I was going to say you'd need to make one for the trucks with power mirrors:

 

Don't worry about making a hole for the chip. it is a simple hole that can be drilled

 

But it would be nice if the mirror switch could be moved to free up some room for it?

 

Id be interested in the substrate you are going to use for these. As far as the reinforcement for the screw holes is going to be tricky. If you make it to big it will not allow the bezel to sit flat. Im interested as well.

 

Just got a bezel from a friends truck. Will be drawing up that version tonight, maybe after I prime that truck for paint.

It's more about making room, not a terribly large amount of real estate.

Going to try pushing it towards the door shell, maybe il have just enough room for a 1/2" hole and look decently situated. Again, ill look into it tonight.
So far there will be three versions:

Power Window/Lock
Power Window/Lock/Mirror
Power Window/Lock/Mirror/ChipSwitch


Thats the war i'm fighting. The screw hole has its own standoff underneath but seems to crack towards the outer extreme angles from pressure points. Perhaps lengthening this standoff will relieve some of this pressure and reduce this cracking towards the pressure points.

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On a separate note, this power W/L/M bezel I have isn't cracked like the power
W/L one is.

This one is cracking from the hole for the power mirror switch, one crack towards the power lock hole, another towards the inside (door shell) edge, and another towards the outer (cab interior) extreme edge.

Anyone elses like this?

 

I would make the bezel TWICE as thick as the original. That way it is reenforced over the complete cover

 

That would double the cost.
I'm going to order myself the aluminum/nylon composite first before I do anything, and if its decent, I'll open it up. If not, more revision required.

 

That's what I was thinking last night when I looked at the two I have I n the garage. Make the top plate twice as thick and make it all one piece instead of two.

 

How so? Just machine less material away. if anything it would be cheaper(less machining)

 

Please research 3d printing techniques.
It is not a machining based process, rather small ~.015mm layers of material laid at a time. You pay per CM^3 of material in the piece, not how much starts/stops/passes,

 

How much does material cost? If all of us interested possibly donate a few bucks it helps with r&d cost for you.

 

Drew up the power mirror/lock/window and power mirror/lock/window/tuner switch bezels just now. Will have some pictures soon.