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Model Year 23/24 Facelift backlit heater controls? Possible retrofit?
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Ah, in that case, not simple or maybe even possible (and certainly not cheap).
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I'm sure someone on here bought and fitted small luminous dots next to the heating controls, and that looked a good quick fix.
They did, and somebody also fitted an led in the interior to illuminate the panel from afar. My Monaro had a similar arrangement to light the gear stick.
Use to have that in the Altea... factory fitted down lighting... red as I recall... down lighting all the rage in 2004. Seat touch 
. Two beams or was it one that illuminated the controls from the roof mirror assembly area. They probably moved to led behind the controls then thought it was cool to have nothing 
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I'm sure @East Yorkshire Retrofits can tell me whether the new infotainment with the bottom controls is "mib4" and whether that is what is fitted to the facelifted Formentor or some not fully fledged unit. Where they have a bottom line of multifunction controls. In the Tavascan.
. Two beams or was it one that illuminated the controls from the roof mirror assembly area. They probably moved to led behind the controls then thought it was cool to have nothing .I'm sure @East Yorkshire Retrofits can tell me whether the new infotainment with the bottom controls is "mib4" and whether that is what is fitted to the facelifted Formentor or some not fully fledged unit. Where they have a bottom line of multifunction controls. In the Tavascan.
Use to have that in the Altea... factory fitted down lighting... red as I recall... down lighting all the rage in 2004. Seat touch
I'm sure @East Yorkshire Retrofits can tell me whether the new infotainment with the bottom controls is "mib4" and whether that is what is fitted to the facelifted Formentor or some not fully fledged unit. Where they have a bottom line of multifunction controls. In the Tavascan.
I’ve had the red downlighting (two beams) in VW Golfs of the same era that I owned; the downlighting matched the red backlighting of the other interior controls / switches fitted in the Golf at the time.
All the same tech. Somewhere along the line they decided you needed to fumble with the controls in the 2020 - 2024 period on some Vag cars probably the MQB Evo ones.
Personally I've yet to see the 2025- controls. Cupra dealers are thin on the ground round here. My summer treat to see what mib4 looks like and that bottom row of controls. Whether they are blessed on all incarnation of mib4 or not front display. Not sure. Pictures appreciated.
I like mine with no backlit lights, the less glow and button light in the cabin the better, otherwise it looks like any other car interior of decades ago. At Tesla they must know better going from day one with just a screen and nothing more. Noone really needs to fiddle and play with the temp controls all the time unless you are hyperactive and can't decide what you want. I have set easily the climate control to auto and I just lower the temp once when summer comes, thats all.
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We like to hear that. Have they pumped up the destination menu. Mib3 you couldn't get much in there limited saved destinations, mib2 it's considerable. 200+ and counting.
Well VAG could help their own image and also repair some of the damage done to their reputation by MIB3 by offering a cost effective MIB3 to MIB4 retrofit. If it came in at under £400 I'd certainly pay that, as the current system is bearable, but frustrating.
Is it not a mib4 @East Yorkshire Retrofits . Prices I guess if it was possible will be well over £1000. Mib2 high was £900.
Well ofcourse this is what people were doing with their mib1, ripping them out and putting mib2s in. Mib3s were not so sexy and probably not a direct swap put. People didn't feel the need.
And are we talking about the unit or screen or both. Personally sitting out mib3 and mib4. Waiting for mib5 if VAG isn't bought out by then
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Well ofcourse this is what people were doing with their mib1, ripping them out and putting mib2s in. Mib3s were not so sexy and probably not a direct swap put. People didn't feel the need.
And are we talking about the unit or screen or both. Personally sitting out mib3 and mib4. Waiting for mib5 if VAG isn't bought out by then
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