{"id":2296,"date":"2026-04-23T02:23:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/?p=2296"},"modified":"2026-04-23T02:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:23:20","slug":"replacing-foot-dimmer-switch-in-the-beetle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/replacing-foot-dimmer-switch-in-the-beetle\/","title":{"rendered":"Replacing Foot Dimmer Switch In The Beetle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have had an issue where sometimes when I hit the high beam switch the lights go half as bright. I replaced the switch on the floor and it looks like it may have fixed it. I picked up a switch from JBugs and it seems like a nice quality little unit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9124-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9124-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9124-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9124-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9124-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9124-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It looks quite nice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9125-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9125-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9125-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9125-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9125-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9125-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The old one in my beetle was just secured to the floor with sheet metal screws, I doubt that is the right way to do it, but easy enough to remove and add back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9127-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9127-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9127-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9127-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9127-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9127-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As easy as removing some connectors and reattaching. I might go back and use fully insulated connectors to avoid the possibility of shorting out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9133-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9133-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9133-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9133-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9133-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9133-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now this is a short post, but I noticed how filthy the Uni filter was so I cleaned and re-oiled that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9128-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9128-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9128-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9128-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9128-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9128-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9131-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9131-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9131-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9131-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9131-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parts: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dimmer Switch \/ High beam Switch \/  Foot Headlight Switch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jbugs.com\/product\/111941561B.html\">https:\/\/www.jbugs.com\/product\/111941561B.html<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had an issue where sometimes when I hit the high beam switch the lights go half as bright. I replaced the switch&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2296"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2315,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296\/revisions\/2315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robonza.com\/beetle\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}