Battery alligator clips for hood release
07-26-2019, 02:09 PM
#16
Three Wheelin'
For Jump Starting the the smallest I'll usually go on a car is the XP-3 but the XP-10, which is part of the sale this weekend, covers everything!
Micro-Starts
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Antigravity (07-26-2019)
07-26-2019, 02:24 PM
#17
Rennlist Member
I put one of these on my cars and run it out of the cowl by the wipers. Simple, cheap. I can then hook up to it with my battery charger or other power source to pop the frunk:
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Porsche_nuts (07-26-2019)
07-26-2019, 02:37 PM
#18
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Alligator clips in the frunk won't help you access the frunk with a dead battery!
I did a mod to my wheel liner to have the emergency access cable accessible without removing the tire and wheel well liner. I used a 9/64" drill bit for the hole. In the first pic I've circled two "indents" in white. You can see where I drilled my first hole, but I ended up needing to shift it to where the green circle is. The second pic shows you the cable itself circled in green. After drilling the hole in the liner, just re-install the liner and feed the cable through. Once it's all buttoned back up, no one has any clue that the cable is there (you'd have to know where to look and shine a light in the wheel well to see it). You can access it with the tire still mounted (I have 20" wheels, but I'm not lowered) and grab the cable and pop the frunk.
But what about theft?? The worst case scenario is someone knows this cable exists, then they check to see if you've actually done this mod, and then they pop your frunk and can steal something from inside the frunk. If you have battery power, as soon as the frunk is popped using the cable, it sets off the alarm though.
I did a mod to my wheel liner to have the emergency access cable accessible without removing the tire and wheel well liner. I used a 9/64" drill bit for the hole. In the first pic I've circled two "indents" in white. You can see where I drilled my first hole, but I ended up needing to shift it to where the green circle is. The second pic shows you the cable itself circled in green. After drilling the hole in the liner, just re-install the liner and feed the cable through. Once it's all buttoned back up, no one has any clue that the cable is there (you'd have to know where to look and shine a light in the wheel well to see it). You can access it with the tire still mounted (I have 20" wheels, but I'm not lowered) and grab the cable and pop the frunk.
But what about theft?? The worst case scenario is someone knows this cable exists, then they check to see if you've actually done this mod, and then they pop your frunk and can steal something from inside the frunk. If you have battery power, as soon as the frunk is popped using the cable, it sets off the alarm though.
DaveGee
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Class5Kayaker (07-29-2019)