Thanks for this write-up! Has anyone tried swapping the buttons? Or does the actual function of the driver's side light button change when you swap panels?
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How to Retro-Fit Illuminated Overhead Console Panel
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Bumping an old thread here... So I have this problem (buttons not illuminated after the swap) and you're saying I have to run a wire from the dome light all the way down to the headlight switch? So across the headliner, down the a pillar, and pin it into the back of the round headlight switch? Not sure that's worth it.
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It's not as hard as you think, you can be sure of thatBumping an old thread here... So I have this problem (buttons not illuminated after the swap) and you're saying I have to run a wire from the dome light all the way down to the headlight switch? So across the headliner, down the a pillar, and pin it into the back of the round headlight switch? Not sure that's worth it.
I'm sure it's not hard, but tedious. Isn't there a wire up in the existing dome light harness that I can tap into? I don't understand why some of these have illuminated buttons and some don't.
bobloblawGTI
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2015 to 2017 are illuminated; 2018-2021 VW stuck a cheaper, non-illuminated part up there. What I (everyone?) did who has a 2018+ is buy the part from the 2015-2017 and stick it up there instead. It's plug and play afaik.
Yeah, that's what I thought I bought for my wife's 2020 GLI, but I guess I got a MK7.5 part (part # 5TA 947 105 B WH1).
bobloblawGTI
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Yeah that sounds like the wrong part #. They vary based on color and whether you have a sunroof or not (listed out in the first post of this thread.) Not sure if the GLI uses the same part or not.Yeah, that's what I thought I bought for my wife's 2020 GLI, but I guess I got a MK7.5 part (part # 5TA 947 105 B WH1).
tigeo
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Anyone know if you can get the rear one w/backlit button as well?
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255...JfHffvn93ltjguF5lxpL3e3zbHmtA_cUGbInJXZGaSEFE
Front and rear available there. It sounds like the rear also works in a Mk7.5. On my 2018 Alltrack, there is a single button and single light plus a dummy cover for the rear lights (above the rear doors). It looks like the 2017 part plugs right in and adds a second light, but the buttons are not illuminated.
tigeo
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Yes, that's the one I bought. I'm looking for the central overhead second row unit but having back-lilt buttons like the front...I don't think anyone has it.