garage door opener options - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

kask2_6.0 · 10-22-2012, 10:59 AM

For those of you without the homelink option, what have you done to hide your garage door openers?

I have a 6MT and have been considering putting my garage door opener button in place of the AT snow mode button (empty on the 6MT). Haven't taken that panel apart yet so don't really know the feasibility, but getting the AT snow button and rewiring to an opener would be pretty clean.

Having an ugly opener on my visor bothers me. Maybe you guys have some better ideas

travace · 10-22-2012, 11:04 AM

that spot thats epmty for the 6mt is a great idea. Wish i had one of them 3d printers i would make a little faceplate and mod out my remote so it fits sexy right there.

normancw · 10-22-2012, 11:27 AM

I went ghetto and velcro'd my opener under the topside of the storage space under the vent controls. It's barely noticeable and can still fit a phone in there.

whaap · 10-22-2012, 11:50 AM

Yeah, my gate and garage opener are both in that little compartment, held in place by double faced tape. Almost like that's what it was made for.

FR-ser · 10-23-2012, 08:40 PM

Homelink mirror

Khyron686 · 10-23-2012, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FR-ser

Homelink mirror

This. There is already a factory plug up in the headliner. Buy the thing for 250 from subaru parts and plug it in. And get an auto-dimming mirror with a compass as well.

jchall30 · 10-23-2012, 11:22 PM

I just got the home link mirror myself. Gonna install it this weekend. I'll be glad to get all my garage door openers out my car.

Norkoastal · 10-23-2012, 11:47 PM

Love homelink! Keeps the code to the garage after battery pulls too!

diirk · 10-23-2012, 11:52 PM

I was going to do this on my WRX.
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...light=homelink

They used the same type of Homelink they use in Fords. Available on eBay for $25

avusblue · 10-24-2012, 09:12 PM

Let me suggest a different idea. The carpeting in our cars is exactly like the soft ("loop") half of velcro. I stuck a piece of the scratchy ("hook") half of velcro tape on the back of my garage door transmitter and placed it on the side sill below the door opening, just above the fuel door release handle. It stays there perfectly securely and is easy to find and use by feel.

Super easy and practically free, it gets the transmitter out of the way but still provides ready access.

Burrcold · 10-24-2012, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by avusblue

Let me suggest a different idea. The carpeting in our cars is exactly like the soft ("loop") half of velcro. I stuck a piece of the scratchy ("hook") half of velcro tape on the back of my garage door transmitter and placed it on the side sill below the door opening, just above the fuel door release handle. It stays there perfectly securely and is easy to find and use by feel.

Super easy and practically free, it gets the transmitter out of the way but still provides ready access.

Great idea! I even have the same opener.

Anduz · 10-25-2012, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by travace

that spot thats epmty for the 6mt is a great idea. Wish i had one of them 3d printers i would make a little faceplate and mod out my remote so it fits sexy right there.

that's one of the things I want to do.
Has anyone done this yet?

Smudgeous · 11-09-2012, 07:08 PM

Another idea a little further removed from the box is going with a Bluetooth Opener

kask2_6.0 · 11-09-2012, 07:22 PM

That's a pretty cool idea. Wish that Bluetooth controller had an app that worked with windows phone.

10-22-2012, 10:59 AM	#1
kask2_6.0 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 13 BRZ Location: San Diego Posts: 724 Thanks: 229 Thanked 512 Times in 256 Posts Mentioned: 18 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	garage door opener options For those of you without the homelink option, what have you done to hide your garage door openers? I have a 6MT and have been considering putting my garage door opener button in place of the AT snow mode button (empty on the 6MT). Haven't taken that panel apart yet so don't really know the feasibility, but getting the AT snow button and rewiring to an opener would be pretty clean. Having an ugly opener on my visor bothers me. Maybe you guys have some better ideas

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normancw Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 128i Location: Canada Posts: 290 Thanks: 1,563 Thanked 627 Times in 283 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I went ghetto and velcro'd my opener under the topside of the storage space under the vent controls. It's barely noticeable and can still fit a phone in there.

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whaap Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Drives: '13 FR-S firestorm, 6 mt - '11 CR-V Location: Tucson Posts: 2,133 Thanks: 243 Thanked 1,387 Times in 657 Posts Mentioned: 36 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yeah, my gate and garage opener are both in that little compartment, held in place by double faced tape. Almost like that's what it was made for.

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FR-ser Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: 2011 Toyota Prius. 2013 Scion FR-S Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Homelink mirror

10-23-2012, 11:22 PM	#7
jchall30 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 2014 Whiteout Monogram FRS Location: Winchester, KY Posts: 126 Thanks: 3 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I just got the home link mirror myself. Gonna install it this weekend. I'll be glad to get all my garage door openers out my car.

10-24-2012, 09:12 PM	#10
avusblue Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: 2013 FR-S, Manual, Argento Location: Saint Paul, Minn. Posts: 141 Thanks: 307 Thanked 267 Times in 50 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Let me suggest a different idea. The carpeting in our cars is exactly like the soft ("loop") half of velcro. I stuck a piece of the scratchy ("hook") half of velcro tape on the back of my garage door transmitter and placed it on the side sill below the door opening, just above the fuel door release handle. It stays there perfectly securely and is easy to find and use by feel. Super easy and practically free, it gets the transmitter out of the way but still provides ready access.

11-09-2012, 07:22 PM	#14
kask2_6.0 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 13 BRZ Location: San Diego Posts: 724 Thanks: 229 Thanked 512 Times in 256 Posts Mentioned: 18 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	That's a pretty cool idea. Wish that Bluetooth controller had an app that worked with windows phone.

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