To remove it, you pull down the headliner and unbolt it from the roof. Then pop it out of the headliner. Not sure how to wire up the switch.

 

Yikes! I was really hoping I didn’t have to take the headliner off. Seems to be more hassle than it’s worth it seems like?

 

Sorry, my bad. Wrong info.

Pop with cover off the dome light. Go along the edge of the dome light to pop the light out of the headliner. It's for long fingers that looks like it clips to the body or bracket. Not sure.

 

Sounds good! Any idea if the wiring for the switches are different or if they are plug and play?

 

The wiring could be different and may need to be added. Because your switch is tied into the rehostat wheel on the side of the steering wheel.

 

The latest MYs never came with the rheostat? Interesting. Admittedly, all the Corollas in the local 2 JYs here have always been 03-05s for some reason - so I’ve never really seen the inside of an 07-08 Corolla

My hope was it is plug and play - and the switch on the newer style dome lights could serve as a second switch as long as the rheostat was in the “on” section.

Here’s a picture of the wiring harness on my ‘05:

 

The rheostat is the wheel to adjust both the background light of the cluster and turn on the dome light.

In my 06 corolla, I have a rheostat wheel, but tried using one with the dome light switch. It didn't work just by swapping it.

What's the cost of the newer light in the junkyard? If it's under 5$, grab it and hook it up. Never know, the switch could work or not.

 

Could possibly re wire it to work. It seems to be just an added switch interface to turn it on or off but it’s just going to be a little wonky to play with because it would run through two switches instead of one. I have mine off at all times.


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I just remembered. My corolla xrs has a switch on the dome light. Since my switch is not available on the dimmer wheel, I have the external one.

 

That’s interesting. I ended up getting the fixture from the junkyard. The ‘07 I got it off has a dimmer wheel but I guess I didn’t try and see if it had the on/off positions like my 05 does.
So they swap 1:1. BUT, the switch doesn’t do anything in the “door” position.
In the on position, the light works just like in the old one.
I guess I could live with the new dome light as is. It gives me the opportunity to be able to turn off the dome light while opening the door without having to mess with the dimmer wheel. Also the cover in the 07 is less opaque than the one in the 05. So it’s marginally more light inside the car.
Any ideas on if there’s an easy way to get the constant on without having to run another add a fuse? I don’t really have any more space in my under dash fuse box....

 

I'll take a look at the wiring diagram and get back to you.

 

I believe if you have the dimmer the function that turns on the light when you have the door open is built into the lighting. Play with the switch on the dash and I believe the dimmer should control it. My car turns on with door open on the on position and dimmed position.

Meaning, I don’t think you can breakout the door switch on that assembly without changing the original switch


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