Ok the best way to put it,

currently i have TL with Navi, All of that will be coming out, Since I want to inter-grade Full Windows 8 tablet.

I was looking around online and ebay, to find heating and cooling controls that we all have on the left and right side,
I would like to buy either non navi radio and pull these controls out of there and inter-grade them on the lower panel and fiberglass everything to make it look OEM Look.

Would I have a problem to buy non OEM radio that came with the car and just use the controls?

Will wouldn't think it will be a problem, but I just want to make sure i find out before I do any of that.

Please let me know if I could just simply buy non navi radio from 2007 TL and just use the controls without that actual radio.

The only thing I care about is Controls, NOT THE RADIO!

Thank You

Mario

 

you need to keep the navi screen, so that it will keep the time above.

if screen is removed, clock function will be lost and will not look OEM any more.

 

ok so i ran into this problem when i did an iPad install. In theory you can just buy smaller buttons from a different car i was looking at the rl and then still keep the nav brain. If you look at my iPad install you can see how you can keep the nav brain and screen in the car without it being up front and center. What i found though was that i can still control every climate control feature via voice control from the nav. it works perfectly and have since decided not to install physical buttons for my climate control. you just have to get use to what command work

pretty much i use

"climate control automatic" to turn it on
"temperature 76'" to set the temp heater or ac will automatically turn on
and climate control off to turn the system off.

there is a ton of directions it understand though that you can find in the information seen of the navigation.