Subject	Custom Homelink installation...
Posted by	kdwest on April 02, 2005 at 7:23 PM
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Message	Fed up with having the remote on the visor, falling off, looking ugly, marring the visor and bored... So... Bought a 1998 PathFinder visor with HomeLink controls off of eBay (~$35) Using a razor removed the fabric covering around the HomeLink control and then a dremel to remove it. There are two wires, + and -, running to it. One was orange the other white, tested with the terminals in the Z's battery to figure out which was + and -. Went from this to this: The color matches much better than the picture indicates, almost perfect, my camera (or digital camera skills?) are not that great... After removing the Homelink controller you have to cut the short white ribbon cable and lengthen it. I got some ribbon cable at Radio Shack for this. I then lenghened it approx 5 feet so that the transmitter could be placed where the headlight aimers go. I tried in the area where the trim is between the t-tops but the opener would only open sporadicaly. I am guessing this is due to the metal blocking the signal to the garage door opener. This was an easy fix so no big deal. Then I painted the controller bezel to match the red vinyl, drilled 5 holes, one for each button and two for the tabs that hold the controller trim. Wrapped the switch circuit board in electral tape and reassembled the removed trim, etc. Success! So now I can control not only both garage door openers but have an extra button I can use any HomeLink controller with and IMHO it looks great. Some notes to keep in mind if you decide to do this: 1. If your garage door opener is one that uses rolling codes for the remote you will need to get a 2001 or newer Homelink controller or do what I did, go to Lowes and get a universal remote for your garage door opener like this one SKyLink Door Remote Control Set 2. I had to lengthen the antenna of the above to get it to work from a good distance, easy to do just add some similar gauge wire to it... 3. Make sure after you separate the controller, the part with the buttons and the sender, to wrap them in electrical tape! --------------------------------------------------------- "Boosting as funds and time permits, funds mostly..." There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.
Follow Ups	Custom Homelink installation... - kdwest 19:23:08 04/02/05 I just wired my garage door opener into the CC switch. (n/m) - ShakaShaun 19:32:53 04/02/05 nice mod... - PakiHomBoy 19:35:01 04/02/05 Will get some more pics in a bit - kdwest 19:42:40 04/02/05 Larger view... - kdwest 19:52:55 04/02/05 good deal. (n/m) - Rage (SoCal) 20:00:37 04/02/05 Way cool mod. Very nice ! (n/m) - ConVerTT 21:33:12 04/02/05 u stole my mod on the leds ;) - ZeTov 11:29:01 04/03/05 wow..very nice job man! (n/m) - College Boy 19:40:18 04/02/05 Re: wow..very nice job man!... - kdwest 19:54:58 04/02/05 Nice job, - CarbonZTT 20:22:01 04/02/05 badass. The overhead controls look oem. (n/m) - zgene4 21:07:49 04/02/05 Very nice! I was thinking about doing that a few months - 94Z32XTT 21:28:13 04/02/05 If you can solder you can do it... - kdwest 21:52:56 04/02/05 If enough want details - kdwest 21:50:43 04/02/05 i would love to see a more detailed write-up - Max865(ATL) 22:10:22 04/02/05 2nd (n/m) - mousersix (San Antonio) 22:17:43 04/02/05 deffinitely interested in a detailed writeup (n/m) - CLOWNSHUE 08:09:13 04/03/05 I would be interested for sure. (n/m) - CarbonZTT 10:48:24 04/03/05 Yes, please! (n/m) - WayneLaR 18:59:04 04/03/05 i love this mod. Will do when i own a house with garage - rufflez 23:52:06 04/02/05 any pics of the extended ribbon cable that you refer too? (n/m) - spyhunter(nj) 15:45:01 04/03/05
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