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I've read most every post on this topic. I wonder, wouldn't it be a lot easier if I just put a switch on the VDC pulling the ground wire? If I have the option, I always put a switch inline with the ground wire instead of the hot wire. There's less of a chance for something to get fried.
Yes thanks!, but on that write up you CUT the wire! and I don´t like cutting oem wires. So I decided to add a separated harness and make this fully reversible with no damage at all to oem parts.
I´m working on getting a new OEM VDC button, so this VDC Full Off mod has a OEM switch, and since just cuting for a fraction of a second the G sensor signal will keep VDC Fully dissabled until you turn off and on the cars ignition, there is no need for a fully on/off switch, just a push button. and there is no better push button than a oem one that can be fitter just next to the VDC stock one. And I will design a decal or something like DANGER or RACE MODE for it
Hey surfo did you ever end up swapping switches for a OEM VDC switch? Been trying to figure out how to wire up an OEM switch for this and know little about how they work. There are 4 pins on the switch (see photo). I figured 1 and 2 were power in/out, but when connected and pressed an "ABS" light flashes on the dash and nothing changes (nothing happens after powering the car off then back on). Can anyone help me make sense of the diagram? Thanks
So I jumped on ebay and bought a seat heater switch in loo of the VDC switch. I couldn't find a VDC switch with the plug also.
(switch came from a G35)
I grabbed my wire tester and started poking at the wires to see what ones are connected when the switch is on / off.
The future plan.
1. paint the switch. Color, unsure... red?
2. Insert the switch in the middle of the seat heater switches. There's a blank there, I hope it fits proper.
3. Cut the GROUND wire to the YAW/VDC module that's in the center console and connect it to the switch via the Yellow and Black wires. So with the switch on the UP position, the ground would be working as normal. When the switch is off (Middle) or on the low heat seating the ground will be pulled, thus disabling the VDC fully.
I know this doesn't help you out with your switch, but I figured this would be a back up plan for you.
OK, I'm about to do this and have a though and would like some feed back. I'm going to splice into the power line for the Yaw sensor and connect an on/off switch. I was thinking I would use the factory VDC switch on the dash. Disconnect the factory wires from the switch and slice them together, then connect the wires from the yaw sensor to the switch. This would then mean VDC is on or fully off and I would lose the partial off function that comes from the factory.
Does anyone see and issue with bypassing the factory function?
I didn't mess with the power wire. You can achieve the same effect by using the ground wire and not chance blowing a fuse or the yaw sensor. I ended up using the seat heater switch because I wasn't sure if the VDC switch had two wires that were a constant ON. I did end up buying a 350z seat heater switch because I didn't like the Full VDC (blue) switch not matching the others. To me, this is the simplest way to do it.
Well I can add a new switch but thought just using the factory VDC would be the cleanest look. I haven't p pulled the plug yet to see if it's just two wires. I don't care if I have the factory partial off option if I have full off.
Yea, the ground wire would be best. Need to figure out which wire that is.
What i ended up doing was getting a electronic multi-reader and touching pins until I found two that where connected.
If you plan on removing the stock VDC, you need to do some research in the wiring to see if you need to cut and splice wires together once the switch is unplugged. (Does unplugging the switch light up any lights on the dash?)
Should an 03 Enthusiast have a yaw/g rate sensor? I apologize in advance if there is a thread on this elsewhere or if I missed something on here.
I just swapped out my VLSD for a welded and had planned on wiring up a switch to have the option to disable VDC/TCS/ABS etc
I removed my center console to see that there was no sensor.. will TCS off disable everything besides ABS?
Should an 03 Enthusiast have a yaw/g rate sensor? I apologize in advance if there is a thread on this elsewhere or if I missed something on here.
I just swapped out my VLSD for a welded and had planned on wiring up a switch to have the option to disable VDC/TCS/ABS etc
I removed my center console to see that there was no sensor.. will TCS off disable everything besides ABS?
