Is it possible?, steering wheel Options

[BlackCelicaGT94]

I was driving my dads solara and it has the luxury of messing with the stereo with buttons on the steering wheel like a lotta newer cars have. Is it possible to get a steering wheel like that in a Solara or another car that has those buttons and wiring it up in our car?

im not looking to do it. just wondering if its possible?

[Random_Stranger]

I was driving my dads solara and it has the luxury of messing with the stereo with buttons on the steering wheel like a lotta newer cars have. Is it possible to get a steering wheel like that in a Solara or another car that has those buttons and wiring it up in our car?

im not looking to do it. just wondering if its possible?

Dude, nothing is impossible. Everything is possible. Although I wish I knew specific details on how you can accomplish this. I am sure you can.

[celicaST]

I was driving my dads solara and it has the luxury of messing with the stereo with buttons on the steering wheel like a lotta newer cars have. Is it possible to get a steering wheel like that in a Solara or another car that has those buttons and wiring it up in our car?
im not looking to do it. just wondering if its possible?

Dude

you noob

[cnelson]

mp3car.com probably the best way to get an answer.

This post has been edited by cnelson: Mar 28, 2007 - 5:21 AM

[amysmojo]

i use to have that feature in my jetta. i just think it gives us another way to be lazy "yessss, i can eat my fries, cut people off, smoke my cigarette, & change songs with out extending my arm... im living the american dream!" jk. it would be cool to have again, but i dunno if its possible... lets send it in to myth busters lol

[Rayme]

you could wire the button to the wireless remote and put the IR led somewhere in the arm rest where its in constant view of the deck.. sound easy too

[jason]

depends on ur headunit, i have 4 buttons on the back of my steering wheel for volume & track, a stock headunit or most normal single din units probably dont have inputs like that

[BloodyStupidDave...]

I was driving my dads solara and it has the luxury of messing with the stereo with buttons on the steering wheel like a lotta newer cars have. Is it possible to get a steering wheel like that in a Solara or another car that has those buttons and wiring it up in our car?

im not looking to do it. just wondering if its possible?

I believe it is possible but can offer no proof to support my beliefs. I posted a thread a while back discussing this.

Upon visual inspection, it looks like the audio controls from a 4-spoke steering wheel of an LS430 from 2003 or earlier might fit the stock 4-spoke Celica steering wheel but I have yet to find one in black or ash grey. Several Lexus' from mid to late 90's had bolt-on audio controls and many have a very similar or identical shape to the Celica 4-spoke wheel.

It is hard to work out without access to the EPC and even then I understand it is difficult as Toyota give the same part different part numbers for different cars. What I have determined is that the parts are typically called "steering pad switch" and start 84244 or 45186 for the right-hand-side switch and 84247 or 45187 for the left-hand-side switch. The same prefixes are used for the blanking plastic when the switch isn't fitted (eg 84244-35010 is a plastic trim piece for the right-hand-side of a toyota 4runner steering wheel, 84244-35030 is the switch assembly). So a first step for someone with access to the EPC might be to find the part numbers of the side plastic trim pieces on the 4-spoke Celica steering wheel.

Update: RHS trim is 45186-20060-C0

This post has been edited by BloodyStupidDavey: Jun 13, 2007 - 4:40 PM

[cnelson]

well lets put it this way... if you have the money.. anything in a car is pretty much possible.

[95GT]

you could wire the button to the wireless remote and put the IR led somewhere in the arm rest where its in constant view of the deck.. sound easy too

I did this to one of my Volkswagens, just pulled a steering wheel from a newer car at the junkyard that had the buttons and then I bought this device on ebay for $30.

[Manny]

My head unit came with a remote control and a small harness that let me clamp it to my steering wheel.
The remote had a contour shape to match the steering wheel curve, and the volume buttons are located on the back of it, with the rest of the buttons on the front....

Kinda cool and I use it all the time

[Mangozac]

As other are saying, it's doable, but you'd want someone half technical doing it

My friend just bought a racing wheel which has two buttons on it so we're gonna wire them up for iPod skip fwd and backward controls.