Boredom leads to modding
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Boredom leads to modding
Pretty annoying not to have homelink the the daily driver. It'* in everything else, even though they didn't come with it. I happen to have a few Homelink'* laying around. Tested this one up and it worked great on the bench. Headed out to the Regal. Using GM'* manual to remove the visors was unsuccessful. All this meant was that I'd improvise a bit more.
Pulled the visor center clips down and inspected the wiring of the mirror for a battery voltage and ground.
Successfully tested the Homelink by pushing the wires into the mirror connector. Homelink didn't stay in the connector for the pic.
Stripped back the orange (12+ battery) and black (ground) then twisted the wires of the Homelink to the wiring harness of the mirror.
Always solder and tape connections, then there won't be an issue. Heatshrink whenever possible.
Grew a huge set, reached up and cut/pulled the backing of the headliner out of a section big enough for the Homelink.
Grew an even bigger set and cut into the headliner where I believed the buttons should go. Doing all this w/o measuing or any reference point was a bit risky.
Clipped the buttons and face place back onto the module, only to find out I put the Homelink in the same place GM puts the sunroof button on a Regal....slightly closer to the driver.
Retested with success
Total time was 30 minutes.
Pulled the visor center clips down and inspected the wiring of the mirror for a battery voltage and ground.
Successfully tested the Homelink by pushing the wires into the mirror connector. Homelink didn't stay in the connector for the pic.
Stripped back the orange (12+ battery) and black (ground) then twisted the wires of the Homelink to the wiring harness of the mirror.
Always solder and tape connections, then there won't be an issue. Heatshrink whenever possible.
Grew a huge set, reached up and cut/pulled the backing of the headliner out of a section big enough for the Homelink.
Grew an even bigger set and cut into the headliner where I believed the buttons should go. Doing all this w/o measuing or any reference point was a bit risky.
Clipped the buttons and face place back onto the module, only to find out I put the Homelink in the same place GM puts the sunroof button on a Regal....slightly closer to the driver.
Retested with success
Total time was 30 minutes.
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On the Bonneville, this was my first attempt. It worked..but it didn't match the interior well.
My second attempt and current one
Another setup that was requested by a member
And the three muskateers. Homey, Dually and original
Someone else saw dually and wanted one.
And later on another member wanted a homey, and I pulled mine to fix a blemish I had originally left.
I've seen your body work skill level Dan. You could easily handle adding a homelink. The first picture homelink is from a Park Ave, the ones I decided upon were from an Aurora or Riviera, they share the same part. The one in the Regal came from a Ford Exploder I believe. It was in a visor.
My second attempt and current one
Another setup that was requested by a member
And the three muskateers. Homey, Dually and original
Someone else saw dually and wanted one.
And later on another member wanted a homey, and I pulled mine to fix a blemish I had originally left.
I've seen your body work skill level Dan. You could easily handle adding a homelink. The first picture homelink is from a Park Ave, the ones I decided upon were from an Aurora or Riviera, they share the same part. The one in the Regal came from a Ford Exploder I believe. It was in a visor.
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Think of it as winter stuff you must do in a heated area. Staying warm and doing the mods that you will see while driving.
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Today I need to box up some shipments, pick up some kerosene, pick up some tools, port out a LIM, and get started on a supercharger. I'm sure I'll have more to do.
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