garage opener!

[chopthebass]

I remember seeing a thread (and I can't find it) where someone hard-wired a garage opener to a dash switch (or might have been the horn button on steering wheel).
How would you get the voltage down? I assume a big resistor?
It may not be worth the effort as the batteries last ages, but without sun visors like in your average car, I thought it could be cool.

[Gumball]

That would be cool. Absent that, I just velcro'd mine to underside of the driver's seat on the door side - it's out of view and an easy reach.

[mikeinatlanta]

What is the voltage of your remote? Most hard wire systems I have see still use the remote battery but with a separate button.

[mikeinatlanta]

BTW: I have the Flash2pass system on both my motorcycle and wife's car. Stay away. It is inferior to a hard wired remote in every way.

[Bob Cowan]

My remotes use a 12v battery. I keep saying that some day I'll hard wire them in, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

[chopthebass]

Not sure what the voltage is. I will check.

[Arvin]

My remote doesn't work very well when my car is running. There must be some kind of interference going on!?

[edwardb]

I've seen some threads on several forums where guys have obtained a Homelink module, from salvage or whatever, and wired those into their cars. Those are the built-in remotes that a lot of mfg's build into their cars. Pretty nice solution, and certainly wouldn't be a problem using the available 12v.

I was thinking of looking into that further, but then we had to install a new garage door opener last year. Turns out the brand I bought (Liftmaster) has a key fob remote, so I picked up a couple of those. They are really small and work surprisingly well. I just have one on my Roadster key ring. This brand will also open/close with my smartphone, but haven't used that to replace a remote.

[chopthebass]

I hadn't thought of the homelink route Ed. And you could hide it behind the dash, and just wire in a different switch.

[canuck1]

My regular garage remote sits very nicely clipped over the pocket of Herb's door panel! ;)

Sean

[chopthebass]

Thanks Sean, I'm thinking its not worth the effort!

[Cobradavid]

My regular garage remote sits very nicely clipped over the pocket of Herb's door panel! ;)

Sean

X2. Perfect solution.

[BEAR-AvHistory]

Velcro'd to the passenger side dash under panel. Drivers side has a iPod velcro'd in

[Robotec1]

Hi, I have been using a remote switch in few of my past street cars and did mine without connecting to the cars electrical system and just velcro it to the backside of the grille.

To make it work I took the remote apart, soldered wires to the underside of the open/close switch on the circuit board and ran those wires to a momentary closed switch I mount on the dash. Then you can hide the remote somewhere in the front of the car. Altho there aren't many places to hide it on a Roadster I looked over a Mark 4 I have almost finished and it looked like a remote might fit in the empty space between the horn and the F panel(??) then run the wire into the front harness thru to the dash and the wires won't be that noticeable. The remote still uses the original 9v battery but you can tell if it is going dead by how close you have to be to open the garage door. I'm using the same one I installed in 93 and it's still working great.