Hooking up Rostra to Factory CC Stalk? xB Related

[Vette Moto]

Hi all,

Brief intro: I have a 2006 xB and I believe there is a lot of commonality with the Yaris, 1.5L 1FNZE, so I thought I'd come over here and ask some technical questions from you gurus as there aren't that many technical people over on the other forum.

Here is my story: my xB came with a TRD steering wheel with a factory cruise control stalk. I believe the steering wheel was removed from a Celica. I have not opened anything yet, but will dig into everything once my Rostra comes in.

My question is: Can anyone share their experience with hooking up a factory Toyota cruise control stalk to a Rostra? I believe I just need a factory CC stalk wire to get this hooked up properly to the Rostra, is there anything else I am missing?

Here are some pics of my CC stalk.

[B2FiNiTY]

you already check with clubxb.com ?

[Vette Moto]

Yes, there weren't many experienced or familiar with my custom (really a TRD wheel with factory cc stalk) setup.

[CTScott]

The Rostra kit uses its own proprietary stalk, which is not compatible with an OEM Toyota stalk (even one of the older generation ones like you have with that wheel). You would have to use the Rostra stalk, or gut it and attempt to transfer its innards to the OEM stalk.

[Vette Moto]

I believe through some hard wiring and matching up wires, it may work, at least that is what I was able to gather on the web from other people doing this....(I still have hope!)

Wiring matching or gutting, I will do whatever it takes to get this factory stalk functional :)

[yarisugi]

I know you're new here, but whatever CTScott says is usually on the money. He's the guru here. (Yes, "the" is italicized.) He even had a DIY Cruise Control for the Yaris here.

Perhaps his DIY Kit could work on yours? I don't know. He'll have to chime in on this. But the Rostra is more "stand alone".

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by yarisugi

I know you're new here, but whatever CTScott says is usually on the money. He's the guru here. (Yes, "the" is italicized.) He even had a DIY Cruise Control for the Yaris here.

Perhaps his DIY Kit could work on yours? I don't know. He'll have to chime in on this. But the Rostra is more "stand alone".

My DIY will not work on his car, as his is a cable throttle, so it is a completely different setup than the Yaris.

[Vette Moto]

Thanks all for the input. I will try to figure something out.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by Vette Moto

Thanks all for the input. I will try to figure something out.

I opened up the Rostra stalk, that I have on hand, last night. The Rostra uses much lower resistances for the switch functions than the OEM stalk does, so you would have to pop open the OEM stalk and swap the resistors with values to match the Rostra stalk.