clorigo

Also, I should mention that you can test the light in the switch with a normal 9V battery. Just attach leads to pin #3 and pin #5 (in LVDell's diagram) and put the + on the wire attached to pin 3 and the - on the wire attached pin 5. This will light it up (maybe not as bright), but it does -- did it yesterday to test my wiring.

sanyata

Good Stuff.... Thanks

Twinturbofan

I have a gate into my neighborhood in addition to my garage door opener. I wired both (with lights) in my coupe to new window switches installed where the blank window switches (for rear cabriolet windows) are on the console. The circuit board slides right into the tunnel behind the ashtray. One button opens my gate, the other my garage door. Works great.

j.kenzie@sbcglobal.net

Does anyone know if the targa switch and the window switch are the same size and would fit in the same opening (extra rear window switch for cabs) ? They look like they would and I like the targa symbol better.
Thanks,
Dave

sanyata

Yes, they'll fit no problem.............

j.kenzie@sbcglobal.net

Thanks

Chuck W.

Dell

Many thanks for posting this hack. I just completed installing two Targa Switches I got from Sunset for $29.43 each. One switch is for the garage and the other is for the gate. I tapped into the windshield wiper intermediate / rain sensor switch for light. I had bought a bat wing with two cutouts to mount them in. The control units were placed behind the radio and the range is great.

I had to flip the one on the right so it would fit properly. It appears the bump on the switch has to be on the outside for them to seat properly. This makes sense as all of the other switches are set up this way.

LVDell

Chuck, that looks great!

Greg Greenberg

This was the best way I've seen to use the wasted center console controls! Many many thanks for posting! Works Great, You Rock!

lobuzz311

I realize that this is some major thread necro, but I went a different way with the mod and wanted to share.

The opener on the visor never really bothered me, but I like clean installs and I was inspired to do something. Looked into the "garage door" switch, and didn't really feel like paying 60 bucks for the dumb thing.

Instead, I searched for the cheapest 996 switch I could find on ebay, and I decided to go super-stealth with it in the blanks behind the ashtray.

I ended up with a window switch for about 10 bucks shipped. I popped the cap off of the button, and sanded it down all the way to bare plastic (using 600 grit). I sprayed 7-8 fairly light coats of Rustoleum flat black that works on plastic (the color match / texture is AMAZINGLY close). I soldered on the wires as outlined in this DIY, then mounted the circuit board under the blank next to my future opener button. I used 3M heavy duty mounting tape, taking thin strips and putting them on the prongs of the blank.

I ended up with a completely stealth button, and an opener that is attached to the ashtray console, so when it comes time to replace the battery, it will come out really easily.

Started out with this:


After paint:


Mounted to blank's prongs:


Attempting to get a good shot of how close it really is:



And mounted in the car:


And for those interested, here the paint I used:

jeanmarcboilard

Great write up. About to do the same mod myself.

Chuck W.

Nice job and write up. If I didn't have heated seats I would have used those spaces too. Also, I like hooking up the switch so they will light up.... even with the wrong symbol.

lobuzz311

Yeah, the fact that it didn't light up was the only bummer. I wanted it down by the ashtray, though, so having one blank and one real button at the back there would have set off my symmetry-craving OCD big time.

Chuck W.

Ohhhhhh........ I understand that soooooo well.

Long Islander

I installed my garage door opener switches (I have 2 of them) in the overhead console (which you can only do if you have a coupe). The transmitter itself is Velcro-ed to a metal part above the overhead console (plus it's a tight squeeze there, so you could even do without the Velcro). I used two 1/2" diameter momentary switches (in shiny black matching the other factory switches) that I got from Radio Shack, back when there was a Radio Shack. Overall, it looks very factory-like and the switches are up high where you get the best range and where the manufacturer usually installs the Homelink switches.