"Good enough" solution to the 05-07 DD kit?
#48
There's no spring return on the original turn ****, it just rotates freely like most rotary encoders do, letting a little decoder chip that figures out which direction it's being turned. I wish I could make it stay like that, but it's way beyond a simple mod.
#51
Minor update - got most of the board connections done, but I've found that the stock system has some of the buttons either run with the common signal wire on the opposite side, or the non-common side shares a connection, so either I need to simply swap the wiring around on those, or I'll try de-soldering the buttons and rotating them 90 degrees so they don't have any "wired" connection with the circuit board, just a physical mounting one.
I confirmed this with a completed unmodified trim board, so I know I didn't just solder across a few terminals.
I confirmed this with a completed unmodified trim board, so I know I didn't just solder across a few terminals.
#52
Minor update - got most of the board connections done, but I've found that the stock system has some of the buttons either run with the common signal wire on the opposite side, or the non-common side shares a connection, so either I need to simply swap the wiring around on those, or I'll try de-soldering the buttons and rotating them 90 degrees so they don't have any "wired" connection with the circuit board, just a physical mounting one.
I confirmed this with a completed unmodified trim board, so I know I didn't just solder across a few terminals.
I confirmed this with a completed unmodified trim board, so I know I didn't just solder across a few terminals.
#54
I was going to originally tackle this my self, but now that I read Wrathernaut updated it's more and more appears to me like a dark forest.
From the posts I don't think I would have done it without someone else's help.
I wonder if it would be easier just to make a custom board that would fit OEM buttons that we could use with modified trim ?
I think cutting trim is something that regular DIYer can do.
From the posts I don't think I would have done it without someone else's help.
I wonder if it would be easier just to make a custom board that would fit OEM buttons that we could use with modified trim ?
I think cutting trim is something that regular DIYer can do.
#56
With this method, so long as you can get a Metra climate control board, you'll be able to keep the stock look.
There isn't really any schematic, per se, as you're essentially just extending wires from the metra board to the buttons on the JDM board. The "how-to" part will be on how/where to cut, and what parts to use (so far it's just some tactile microswitches from Radio Shack and a small machine screw & bolt, and some tiny heatshrink tubes).
#57
If you get the JDM climate controls you can add them to the factory trim and cut a hole for it: https://g35driver.com/forums/audio-v...tock-face.html
#58
If you get the JDM climate controls you can add them to the factory trim and cut a hole for it: https://g35driver.com/forums/audio-v...tock-face.html
#60