TheJakeR
09-17-2006, 12:48 AM
I had a crazy idea for a cool mod that will hopefully be cheap and clean:
I used to have a car with a homelink system, the one that has 3 buttons you can program to open a gate, garage, etc... My e36 328i doesn’t have that and I hate carrying around two openers, one for my community's gate and one for my garage. I was wondering if anyone has done a mod comparable to this.
I had two ideas that I would be able to pull off:
1. I can pick up an an oem homelink kit from an 03 540i. I might be able to cut a hole in the roof in front of the sunroof to fit this piece it, but where would I get power from?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-Universal-Homelink-garage-door-opener-325-528-740_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ50459QQihZ005QQitem Z150034438354QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
2. I could get a rearview mirror from another manufacturer, but that has the homelink built in. I know the rearview mirror I have now, a stock one, has no power running to it, but the new mirror that I couple pick up would be able to mount after a little fitting and I would have all the homelink buttons in the mirror. SW33T!!! But... there is a temperature gauge built into the mirror in the top right corner, which means that there would be a sitting lcd display in the corner of the mirror. Not a big deal to me if I cannot hook it up.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-Infiniti-M45-rear-view-mirror-Homelink-LKQ_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33699QQihZ015QQitem Z250028011810QQrdZ1
So the question with both of these solutions is where are the connections I need to hook up (power, anything else I need), and how involved do you think this mod is? This would be really cool to have, and any other suggestions to accomplish the installment of a homelink system with at least two functions for my gate and garage would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot,
Jake
I used to have a car with a homelink system, the one that has 3 buttons you can program to open a gate, garage, etc... My e36 328i doesn’t have that and I hate carrying around two openers, one for my community's gate and one for my garage. I was wondering if anyone has done a mod comparable to this.
I had two ideas that I would be able to pull off:
1. I can pick up an an oem homelink kit from an 03 540i. I might be able to cut a hole in the roof in front of the sunroof to fit this piece it, but where would I get power from?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-Universal-Homelink-garage-door-opener-325-528-740_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ50459QQihZ005QQitem Z150034438354QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
2. I could get a rearview mirror from another manufacturer, but that has the homelink built in. I know the rearview mirror I have now, a stock one, has no power running to it, but the new mirror that I couple pick up would be able to mount after a little fitting and I would have all the homelink buttons in the mirror. SW33T!!! But... there is a temperature gauge built into the mirror in the top right corner, which means that there would be a sitting lcd display in the corner of the mirror. Not a big deal to me if I cannot hook it up.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-Infiniti-M45-rear-view-mirror-Homelink-LKQ_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33699QQihZ015QQitem Z250028011810QQrdZ1
So the question with both of these solutions is where are the connections I need to hook up (power, anything else I need), and how involved do you think this mod is? This would be really cool to have, and any other suggestions to accomplish the installment of a homelink system with at least two functions for my gate and garage would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot,
Jake