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Old 12-20-2003, 11:57 PM
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what is this LED for?

My 1988 IROC has this in the center shift consol plate. It was disconnected when I got the car. What is it for?
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Car: '82 Z28
Engine: 350
Transmission: TH400 4,000 stall
Axle/Gears: Currie 9", 4.56 gears
It was probably for the previous owner's alarm system.
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Car: 85 Z28
Engine: 305 TPI (dead) -> building 355
Transmission: 27 spline 700R4 (another one died) -> T5 goin in next
Well, all anyone can do is speculate because that did not come that way from the factory.

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It was the Naaaawz activation indicator telling you when the naaaawz was on.
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well it seems to have come that way because around the LED, there's a lip that is actually part of the shift console. Doesn't appear to be glued onto the consol in any way. And besides, the LED for my alarm is up next to the ash tray
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You can buy the LED's with a housing that makes them look as if they are factory. I have many in my car that look as if they are original. It just depends on who put the alarm in.

It could be for something else, but it is NOT factory. Unless you are the original owner, there would be no way to tell. Maybe you can trace the wires to see where they go.
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Yeah, that is an alarm indicator most likely. If it was professionally installed then it should have a gromet like you have described so that it looks professional and not like some 10min hack job. That is what you should pay for when you get an alarm installed. If not, then it is just an indicator light for something. Like mentioned above, tracing the wire/wires back to something is the only true way to tell. That is what common sense tells me as well!
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I got one exaclty like that on the same spot on my center console and it is the alarm indicator... THe guy i bought the car off of had it installed.....so im guessing thats what urs is for...like someone said the only way to find out is trace the wires..
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