Wayne Smith

I've installed the alternate frunk release cable to the back side of the right front fender light on a half dozen cars now. It has worked great on some cars and been very hard to pull on others. So I put that problem to the side to think about it when I wake up at 3AM. As a result I recently bought a 5 pack of bicycle brake cables with housings and fittings.



That gives me enough material to do ten cars. I cut one of the cables and housings to a length I figured would work. For future updates I might opt to add a couple inches to the cable and another 10 to the housing but the dimensions in the following pictures did work (to clarify from the pictures, I used 42" for the cable length with 11" less on the housing). I crimped an end connector to the cut end after putting the cable into the housing. All parts were included in the kits.






Before loosening the frunk latch remember to mark your bolt / washer locations. Also note how the frunk cover aligns with the front bumper when closed.


I then used the original wire I installed to pull the new bike brake cable with housing through to the fender light. If you haven't already installed a wire you will need to push and prod the new cable ... a friend with a flashlight might come in handy.





I then used a tie strap to anchor the cable end to the frunk latch at the bottom of the lever.

So with the latch back in position the final routing looked like ...


And the cable stows behind the fender light like ...



And most importantly, with the housing around the cable guiding the pull now the frunk opens with very little pull required on the cable. Now I have five other cars to update!!!

Dragon997

Why didn’t I think of that!
I guess insomnia has its benefits. Good job Wayne.

ltcjmramos

Gives me good reason to wash my car, and get up there for the update!

Bruce In Philly

2009 C2S 185K miles

Nice... I wish I thought of that.

Peace
Bruce in Philly (now in Atlanta)

Wayne Smith

No need to wash it!!!

Petza914

Nice. You should put together and sell a kit and make a few bucks.

ManoTexas

Throw in free installation and you’ll sell as many as you can make

evo9

Excellent idea! Will add your manual frunk release method to my growing outstanding to-do list :-)

Wayne Smith

Amazon for the bike brake cables. Install is easy ... just add a tie strap to the brake cable kit.

Edit to add link ...


Available in different colors.

BHMav8r

Why didnt Porsche think of that ?!

Nice mod.

BHMav8r

I wonder if running wires from the hot accessory in the pass footwell to the fuse box jumper and the door latch would work?

Petza914

Anything that's a ground for the other cable connection will work. The black door retainer mechanism, the striker catch, etc.

BHMav8r

Im talking about using the cars 12V battery power from the footwell cig lighter adapter and attaching one lead to the fuse box pull out jump and the other lead to a ground (door latch).

Might just be a short now that I think about it.

Not a different 12V power source.

Doh. Nevermind - the battery isnt connected. Ha.

Petza914

Yeah, you figured it out. That doesn't buy you anything. Trying to use the cigarette lighter socket as a power source from the dead battery isn't going to work all that well. The pullout is so you can hook up a charged 12v power source to the dead battery in the car. Your idea just makes a dead battery loop

Wayne Smith

I thought the pull out tab was to isolate the dead battery so it wouldn't compromise (pull down) your alternate 12VDC supply. Thus the need to use your remote to unlatch the frunk since the tab only supplies power to the front computer. Also this is the reason a battery tender won't work as a power source.