Steering Wheel Audio Control Lights

by **rx7_fan** » Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:42 pm

Hey guys,

How do you make the steering wheel audio control lights brighter? It's so dim on my 2004, and I figure you guys can help. I tried making it brighter by making my instruments control lights brighter but it didn't work, I guess it's separate. Hope you guys can help.

Andy

by **steve-o** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:29 am

I have an '06. The steering wheel switches don't illuminate at all.

by **kingkakyle** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:39 pm

yea i have an '05 and it doesn't light up at all
i dont think they are supposed to lol
it jsut seems like it cuz its white and at night white stands out

by **PXLpainter** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:48 pm

LOL - I don't think they illuminate dood.

Would be cool if they did though!

by **linmk2** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:51 pm

I have a 06 Converible and yes they do light up, at least on my SLE. Light up is not a good phrase. More like they hardly glow up. On a very dark road, you can see them. I owned the car for a number of weeks before I noticed the controls lit up. I too would like to know how they could be made to glow brighter. I'm assuming they are picking up the light somewhere else via a fiber optic. That's just a guess of course.

by **cklinh** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:21 pm

Yah... my 04 SLE "glows" too...

by **KSolara** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:27 pm

my 04 bottom of the line SE iluminates too.. it s bit dim thou

by **kingkakyle** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:29 pm

lol ok im gonna go to my car tonite and look

by **PXLpainter** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:42 pm

Wow - guess I'll have to go out in the garage with all the lights off and see for myself then!

by **theprodigy79** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:54 pm

Yup, my '04 controls light up as well.. they adjust in accordance with the console cluster dimmer... They aren't extremely bright, but I can definitely see them.

by **rx7_fan** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:04 pm

PXLpainter wrote:Wow - guess I'll have to go out in the garage with all the lights off and see for myself then!

yeah they glow dude, just turn on your headlights and make sure your surrondings are dark, you'll see a slight glow.

by **steve-o** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:01 am

I'm looking at the buttons and there is no light. The symbols are painted white on the buttons, Where are these illumination lights? because my '06 SE don't have them as far as I can tell...

by **theprodigy79** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:15 am

steve-o wrote:I'm looking at the buttons and there is no light. The symbols are painted white on the buttons, Where are these illumination lights? because my '06 SE don't have them as far as I can tell...

On the steering wheel, my Channel button, Volume button, Mode button and Display button illuminate. It's kinda hard to see from the shot below, but look carefully and you can see what we're talking about (sorry, these pics weren't taken with the intent to focus on just those buttons, I took these when I first got the car):

Day:

Night:

Close-up Night (you can see the illuminated Volume button):

by **steve-o** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:47 am

O.k, I can see it. I only have mine 5 weeks... and its daylight savings... Now I'm really curiose..

by **steve-o** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:43 am

steve-o wrote:O.k, I can see it. I only have mine 5 weeks... and its daylight savings... Now I'm really curiose..

There are absolutely no lights, fiber optics, etc in the steering wheel. Its just glow in the dark paint. This I am sure of. I took to the garage here at work. This would explain why the illumination brightness control has no effect on the buttons.. Case closed.

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