I was responding to a post about replacing interior door panels and got a wild hair so I decided to run with the idea and toss it out to you folks.

We all know that the Bronco and the F-series shared many components for many years. I was considering that if the need came to replace inner door panels and/or window and doorlock switches, wouldn't it be a cool thing to replace the driver's side switch assembly with the assembly from an F-series CREW CAB. Now instead of just two window switches in the door, you have two additional OEM style switches at your fingertips to use to activate just about anything you want. Ohh...ohhh and if for some reason say something that NEVR FAILS (sarcasm) like... oh, I don't know, maybe the tailgate window switch (which is identical in its wiring and configuration as the rest of the window switches) dies, you could skip the dashboard switch and just plop it in right there in the door with the other two windows. Or maybe wire them up as on/off switches for accessories with latching relays so you could just tap them one direction to turn on some accessory and tap the other direction to turn that accessory off again. I have no idea what accessories you might want right there at your fingertips but I'm sure you folks can come up with plenty of ideas in that area.

Aha!...front and rear selectable lockers could be done this way and the setup in the cabin has a completely OEM look to it!

Or maybe fog lights and off road lights...winch activation? ...extend and retract on a power external step (ya know the kind that slide back up under the truck so you don't snap it off on the trail)? The possibilities are just beginning to come to mind.

Give me some feedback here... Am I crazy? Ok, dont' answer that one but whaddaya think?

 

those would work sweet for an airbag lift! now if someone would go ahead and make an air bag lift for broncos..........

 

i think that is great - rear window esp

 

Those would all be kick *** ideas. Especially the rear window idea. With the 86 the switch is pretty far away from finger tips...especially with the manual transmission shifter in the way. Fog lights, what about those retractable side steps? Plow...self lifting top (just kidding about that one) sun roof???

 

can you not adapt air suspension from other vehicles to fit it? I know of someone who fitted the air bags from a Range Rover to a Land Rover 90 which gave him independant control of each corner. I'm told you can use the kit off buses too which is much heavier duty.

Its cool having it set low for on road use and then jack it up an extra 12" when you go off road.

But going back to the original thread the extra switches would be useful.

One extra thing that would be good to control from within the cab is an override to turn the electric cooling fan to be always on, always off and auto (thermostat) so you can save filling the engine bay with crap when playing in water.