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Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Houston, TX
This guide explains how to retro-fit the illuminated/backlit overhead console into facelift (Mk 7.5) Golf/GTI/R/Alltrack/Sportwagen.
VW made the smart decision to put a non-illuminated version of the overhead console in the face-lifted vehicles to save a few bucks. It always bothered me that the sunroof and visor buttons were illuminated, but when I actually needed to find the button to turn on the lights at night, they weren't illuminated.
It seemed that the Mk 7s had full illuminated panels and it's a direct swap.
The part numbers are as follows based on your color and if you have a sunroof:
5G1-947-105-Q-DYS
W/O SUNROOF, GRAY
5G1-947-105-R-DYS
W/SUNROOF, GRAY
5G1-947-105-Q-WHI
W/O SUNROOF, BLACK
5G1-947-105-R-WHI
W/SUNROOF, BLACK
5G1-947-105-Q-DYU
W/O SUNROOF, BEIGE
5G1-947-105-R-DYU
W/SUNROOF, BEIGE
The Result:
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You'll need to get a trim pry tool to pry around the edges of the trim cover on your existing console. Here is a picture of back of the cover with all of the tabs that hold the plate in place for reference. It's fairly easy to remove, just take your time and pry slowly around each clip.
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Once you've removed the cover piece, you'll see the black control housing still in place. There are 4 VERY THIN slots that you can insert a thin plastic pry tool into which will depress the tabs, allowing you to pull the housing out. I applied a LIGHT pulling pressure and one-by-one depressed each tab. The housing dropped from each corner as I hit each tab, allowing me to remove the entire housing easily.
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Once the housing has been dropped, it's pretty straightforward how to disconnect the plugs. Depending on what your vehicle is equipped with, you may have up to 3 plugs.
- One main power connection
- One sunroof switch connection
- One microphone connection
Again you may not have all of these but most likely will have at least the main power connection.
Disconnect the power and sunroof connections and then carefully pry the microphone from the tabs that hold it in place as well as the microphone connection coupler.
If you have a sunroof switch, there will be four screws holding the switch to the housing. Using a torx driver, remove the four screws and remove the switch from the housing.
If you have a microphone, there may be a fine mesh screen covering the microphone slots in the cover plate, CAREFULLY lift the corner and remove the screen and place onto the new cover plate. There is a thin bead of adhesive that holds this in place.
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At this point it's basically re-assembling everything back together onto the new console.
When attaching the sunroof switch, be very careful not to over-tighten the screws, as you'll be screwing into thin plastic. Just finger tight should be enough.
Place the microphone and coupler back into the tabs, attach the connections and test everything out.
Once you've confirmed everything is working snap it all back into place and enjoy.
Everything works perfectly however the driver side button functions differently than before.
On the Mk 7.5 console, the driver side button illuminated only the driver side led lamp, on the Mk 7 console, that button is an "All On" button that turns on all lights, front and rear. I actually think it makes more sense this way. Other than that, all of the other switches function exactly the same.
Left: Mk 7.5 Console Right: Mk 7 Console
VW made the smart decision to put a non-illuminated version of the overhead console in the face-lifted vehicles to save a few bucks. It always bothered me that the sunroof and visor buttons were illuminated, but when I actually needed to find the button to turn on the lights at night, they weren't illuminated.
It seemed that the Mk 7s had full illuminated panels and it's a direct swap.
The part numbers are as follows based on your color and if you have a sunroof:
5G1-947-105-Q-DYS
W/O SUNROOF, GRAY
5G1-947-105-R-DYS
W/SUNROOF, GRAY
5G1-947-105-Q-WHI
W/O SUNROOF, BLACK
5G1-947-105-R-WHI
W/SUNROOF, BLACK
5G1-947-105-Q-DYU
W/O SUNROOF, BEIGE
5G1-947-105-R-DYU
W/SUNROOF, BEIGE
The Result:
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You'll need to get a trim pry tool to pry around the edges of the trim cover on your existing console. Here is a picture of back of the cover with all of the tabs that hold the plate in place for reference. It's fairly easy to remove, just take your time and pry slowly around each clip.
------------------------------------------------------------
Once you've removed the cover piece, you'll see the black control housing still in place. There are 4 VERY THIN slots that you can insert a thin plastic pry tool into which will depress the tabs, allowing you to pull the housing out. I applied a LIGHT pulling pressure and one-by-one depressed each tab. The housing dropped from each corner as I hit each tab, allowing me to remove the entire housing easily.
------------------------------------------------------------
Once the housing has been dropped, it's pretty straightforward how to disconnect the plugs. Depending on what your vehicle is equipped with, you may have up to 3 plugs.
- One main power connection
- One sunroof switch connection
- One microphone connection
Again you may not have all of these but most likely will have at least the main power connection.
Disconnect the power and sunroof connections and then carefully pry the microphone from the tabs that hold it in place as well as the microphone connection coupler.
If you have a sunroof switch, there will be four screws holding the switch to the housing. Using a torx driver, remove the four screws and remove the switch from the housing.
If you have a microphone, there may be a fine mesh screen covering the microphone slots in the cover plate, CAREFULLY lift the corner and remove the screen and place onto the new cover plate. There is a thin bead of adhesive that holds this in place.
------------------------------------------------------------
At this point it's basically re-assembling everything back together onto the new console.
When attaching the sunroof switch, be very careful not to over-tighten the screws, as you'll be screwing into thin plastic. Just finger tight should be enough.
Place the microphone and coupler back into the tabs, attach the connections and test everything out.
Once you've confirmed everything is working snap it all back into place and enjoy.
Everything works perfectly however the driver side button functions differently than before.
On the Mk 7.5 console, the driver side button illuminated only the driver side led lamp, on the Mk 7 console, that button is an "All On" button that turns on all lights, front and rear. I actually think it makes more sense this way. Other than that, all of the other switches function exactly the same.
Left: Mk 7.5 Console Right: Mk 7 Console
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