Radio steering wheel controls mod

Guitarguy

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Hey guys! So I've got an 06 Wrangler with the 2.4 (I know I should've held out for the 4.0) and I put cruise control on it cuz it's my daily and I drive about half an hour on the highway for work. I knew the steering wheel is the same as a WJ Grand Cherokee in the 05 and 06 Wrangler so I went to a junk yard and pulled the cruise control buttons off one of those and saved a ton of money and it worked great! Then I got to wondering, is it possible to graft the radio controls from a WJ steering wheel and run it to an aftermarket radio. Any thoughts?
 
You would need a WJ clock spring with the radio controls on it to carry the signal from the steering wheel. No TJ had that option and I’m not sure a WJ one will fit/work. If it did, all you would have to do is run wiring from the clock spring plug to whatever module you’re using to integrate the steering wheel controls with your aftermarket radio.

@kmas0n turned some CC buttons into radio controls, but that’s because he doesn’t have CC so he didn’t lose the feature.
 
I'd love to know if these buttons could be added. I think they'd make cool winch controls.
 
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