The controls on the R34 tiptronic steering wheel appear to be perfect for stereo controls. Up and down for the track selection on one side and up and down for the volume on the other.
Has any one does this before, installing a R34 tiptronic steering wheel onto their car and wired up the tiptronic controls for stereo?
I did a search and couldn't find mention of it anywhere. Why hasn't any one tried it? I think it is a great idea and would bring something modern/factory looking to a fairly old car.
Here is how I thought it could be done:
For example in my car I have a Pioneer headunit.
I would purchase a hard wired remote harness that uses resistors to control different functions. (ie. 18K resistance is volume up, 24K resistance is next track etc).
The tiptronic wiring in the steering wheel would get rewired with resitors put into each button.
Wiring from tiptronic steering wheel goes to hard wired remote harness on Pioneer headunit and hey presto, factory audio steering wheel controls for an aftermarket head unit.
Thoughts?