Question for someone who really has an answer:
THe radio controls on the steering wheel will no longer be used for my new pioneer HU so with that being said. Can I use those buttons and wire in a relay for the LED strip for outside my car?

 

Thats a good question. Let me find out for you. You can get a module to take back control of your steering wheel controls if you really want them.

 

http://www.pac-audio.com/productDeta...&CategoryID=29

 

No it doesn't bother me not to have them I just didn't know if I could use controls there for something else.... I am now wondering if with removing 6 disc CD unit if I will lose my bluetooth?

 

Yea I would want it to control a audio/visual screen to display and blast...

 

hmm im was thinking more like the steering wheel controls working exterior LED's

 

have you tried this? because this is the only thing keeping me from swapping out the OEM deck. let me know.

Thanks.

 

You CAN keep you steering wheel controls with a aftermarket part but I dont care about them I want to use those controls for other things... anyway I will post pics when I can headunit looks clean.

 

I don't see why you couldn't. It's probably just a matter of tracking down the correct wire(s) in the harness and splicing into it with a new wire running to whatever you want to control.

A couple problems i see is none of the radio controls are really open/closed when you hit the button. Say for instance if you wired them to exterior LEDs i could see pushing the button turning them on only if you held the button down and turning off when you let go of the button.... Also i have no idea what the voltage would end up being..

 

Good point ... Hmmm....maybe a relay in between that opened the circuit with a click then turned it off with the next click.... starting to seem like more work than its worth lol...maybe ill just get the module to reconnect them for my radio.