[156] Facelift wheel in pre facelift car?

[yeahSCOTTT]

would it be possible to put the wheel with stereo controls into a 2003 or earlier 156? has anyone done this before?

[colcol]

The steering wheel with buttons was first seen in 2002 on the 156's that had color coded mirrors and bumpers, these had a different electrical system to the 1st 156 series which had a conventional electrical system, where the 2002 on had what they called a CANBUS system, the 156's with the button steering wheels mostly had Blaupunkt head units and there is a bit off chat on the forums about when you upgrade from a Blaupunkt to something better, you need some sort of adaptor kit so the steering wheel buttons work with the upgraded head unit, so while it would most likely fit, i don't know whether the buttons would work, Colin.

[yeahSCOTTT]

id use the kit to make the buttons work with an aftermarket h/u anyway is that the only connection required or is it more technical than that?

[L4OMEO]

This might help ...

http://forum.alfa156.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=53488&

[bix]

You could buy an aftermarket stereo and sticky-tape the remote control to the steering wheel