Took out my radio about a week ago - removed dash board ect ... Now my dash lights are super dim... Almost non existant and i have to use a light to see the speed ect at night .... My headlights turn on off ect with the **** and it used to dim fine but now during the day it stays bright and night gets super dim,.. Any ideas id really love to fix this haha

 

03 monte ss highsport ... The dash was taken off correctly i think itd have to do with my radio not being in ... Literally only the harness is there no radio

 

Prnd321 works but is super dim - rest of dash is nothing

 

Was it the Factory radio you removed? If so, your dimmer runs through the radio. (When you dim the dash, the light in the radio dims as well.) When you removed the radio you opened the circuit for the dimmer. It's like you turned a switch off. Put the radio back, you get your dimmer back!

 

Yes it was the factory removed but im getting an after market one in in a couple if days --- is there any way to do it with an aftermarket head unit? And is there any temporary solution?

 

There is an adaptor for our car. I know Crutchfields.com sells it and if you buy the head unit from them I think they give it to you for free. But don't quote me on that. I think the head unit has to support the dim feature of the car. Either that or the adaptor has a bypass for it. Either way you are going to have to complete that circuit in order to get your dash lights back.

 

So I'm getting the kenwood bt 310u - it says it has dimming but does that mean when this is connected that the dash should work ... Essentially finishing that circuit and without a radio it its an incomplete one? And yeah im having it done with all the wires (adapters) ect so essentially all controls should carry over - like steering wheel controls ect? And once the new one is in the dash will finally work ?