i used a credit car slid it under and popped it off. try doing a side at a time, starting at the side furthest from air bag as there is a lip that like goes under there

hope this helps

lukemortlock7 said:

It says 'pop them out with your fingers', I was giving it a good pull and couldn't get them off? More brute force or is there a technique?

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Sorry I didn't explain it very well

To get the whole control button unit out from the steering wheel you will need to use a flat head screwdriver to lift them out, They are just pushed in but are quit tight.

when you have done this you will have to take the face plate away from the circuit board that is in the block attached to face plate. It is held on by 2 clips either side, again use screwdriver to pop apart. Very easy to do but also easy to break clips so be gentle.

Finally you will have the face plate off but with the buttons still attached, all you need to do then is push the buttons from behind to get away from the face plate(the part you will be painting).

Thanks guys! Great help

Haha no problem. Sounds much harder than it really is once you have them out from the steering wheel you will know how to do it.

Looks 100% better when done and makes an instant impact for pennies

Yeah once you know what you're doing.
Yeah, I'm gonna wrap it in carbon fibre like the other few bits i've done

Bought a couple of blue LED strips as well, to go into the footwells
I'm going to wire them into the cigarette lighter, but does anyone know how to get to the bottom of it? Removing plastic panels etc? cheers

it supposidly just pulls out but i couldnt get it out so i soldered the wires onto the block as there are little metal contacts on it. there is a way of getting it out but i didnt succeed hahaha. anyway the way i did it works perfectly

What block? Where is that?

the one you pull off the back of the lighter

Okay mate cheers I'll have a look

lukemortlock7 said:

Okay mate cheers I'll have a look

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I would wire them to the interiour light,, so that they work with the door's opening and cloing looks much better so extend the wires with electrical wire and solder them to the terminals then run them under the cars trim at the top and then run them down the door and into the foot wells would be so much better the is a full guide on the pg guides so have a look there!!

Yeah I was thinking that! Then I can turn them on and off when I like, with the other lights on as well! Think I might do that actually. Thanks very much!

Done a bit more vinyl wrapping this afternoon

Just ticked over 29k miles too

Looks much better, very subtle. Im impressed you managed to wrap the small strip between the buttons.

Thank you. Thought it'd tie it all together seeing as I have the metal strips wrapped too. That was the easiest bit!

lukemortlock7 said:

Yeah I was thinking that! Then I can turn them on and off when I like, with the other lights on as well! Think I might do that actually. Thanks very much!

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yeh no problem,, the interiour lights wont be affected either as there is sufficent suply of power for the both of them as well as two more, but i would advise you to get two white led lights for the interiour light as it looks better than yellow and is a good light to still see things around the car (dont get other colours like blue) makes it hard to see i personally got 2 more led strips and wired them into the back footwell's as in my punto i have no back lights. good luck anyways man

That's good then! I was a little worried there would be insufficient amount of power but I just saw the pictures of your car and it looks fantastic!
Yes I was thinking of changing them to white, have you got a link to the bulbs for the interior light? as I'm not sure what I'm looking for! Thanks

I'll be over some next time and you can do mine for me!

Haha sure

lukemortlock7 said:

That's good then! I was a little worried there would be insufficient amount of power but I just saw the pictures of your car and it looks fantastic!
Yes I was thinking of changing them to white, have you got a link to the bulbs for the interior light? as I'm not sure what I'm looking for! Thanks

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As they are just lights i got them from halfords,, so these were the 1's that fitted in my car but i would check with your interiour lights first: www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_779505_categoryId_165688_langId_-1?cm_sp=Intelligent_Offer-_-Product_Details_Zone_1-_-Blank&iozone=PDPz1
some gp are different,, but if you can go to the interiour light and you should be able to pull it down with your hands and then see if these 1's match ur's. if any problems just message back gd luck.