Having seen the specs for the 2005 Alpine head units and noticed they have a provision for steering wheel controls I started wondering: How hard would it to swap out the steering wheel on my 99 for a later one with buttons? Mind you that I have no intention of connecting the buttons to control any car functions; only the Alpine head unit.
Would the wiring on the steering wheel (button version) prevent me from doing this? i.e. is it a CANbus wheel of something wierd like that?
Any good stereo shop should be able to hook it all up for you. You will only get 8 button functions though. It should be enough for most functions though.