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02-08-2018, 07:56 AM | #1 |
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Garage door opener on OEM buttons
I recently installed a garage door button into an unused OEM button - the top one of the three next to the instrument cluster:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCUqvaPN08c"]BRZ garage door button - YouTube[/ame] Here's some basic instructions on how I went about this. Ignore my typos! |
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That's pretty darn awesome!
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I thought about doing this on my KM/MI button. I've not pulled the dash apart to see what is back there. I assumed there was a connector to these buttons that you could tap into. Like pull the pin(s) used for the top button and then put your own pins in the same place. That way you aren't permanently modifying anything.
So my question to you, is there not a connector in there somewhere? My other concern with doing this is I was afraid the range of the remote would suck if it was tucked under the dash. The range on my remote already sucks even being right at the windshield. |
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get fancy and hook it up to your highbeams or horn. nothing like laying into your horn waiting for the garage door opener to wake up. But in all seriousness this is cool
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I also didn't want to tap into the loom as if I stuffed that up replacing it would be harder - this is just a small circuit that's really easy to get to (one screw to pull dash apart) and cheap to replace if really needed, though I can't see why would need to since the button wasn't used for me. Range has not been affected - for me it still works a few houses away. The circuit for the buzzer itself is just tucked up behind the plastic where your knees are, so quite easy to get to. I did consider other locations - the suggestion above for the fog lights, the spare button behind the gear stick for manuals but this was the easiest and cheapest (cost me $0 as I had a spare buzzer) - and it's pretty darn easy to get to when you need to push it. |
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My problem right now is I have a 3 month old baby at the house so the wife isn't too happy when I sneak off to work on projects right now. I have an exhaust leak that for the life of me I can't find. I wanted to hack the USB port to supply 2.4A rather than the standard 1A and I want to do this garage door hack. Last night I snuck out at about 10:30PM to make another attempt to solve my leak. I thought I narrowed it down.. still not fixed. Ahhhh |
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There is a product that does exactly called Flash2Pass. I you used it on motorcycles before.
They also have a version that works with an app on your cellphone.
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interesting idea. you don't really need to cut the original switch out on the remote. you could just scrape the covering off of the traces where you cut them and solder straight to the board there. you would just need to be sure when you mount the remote under your dash that the button on the remote isn't contacting anything as that switch will still work as well.
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Cool but a home link mirror does the job too.
But cool none the less.
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As for the actual remote, no I only soldered the wires to the tabs on the either side of the button; the button on it is still very much usable and this was thought out, as the remote is double sided taped to the plastic where your knees are. If needed (say the wiring / button in cluster failed), I can easily reach down and activate the remote via the button. Edit here's a couple more pics showing the wire path and location of the buzzer circuit, and a photo the unit itself mounted Last edited by azonic; 02-12-2018 at 04:05 AM. |
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