04-06-2011, 08:24 PM
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Vanity mirror garage opener...
I got the bug to tinker last night, so here's what I came up with.
I pulled the vanity light assembly out of my driver-side visor, gutted it, and tucked a very small garage door remote into the void. The opener is held in place with a couple of smears of RTV...
I then modified the mirror mounting so it could slide a bit, but is held in place with an elastic band. Now that the proof of concept works, I'll replace with dabs of silicon.
Now the vanity mirror looks just like a vanity mirror, but if you press the center, the garage door goes up and down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5UocnPvc6E
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Last edited by sd_boxster; 04-07-2011 at 05:13 PM.
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04-06-2011, 08:38 PM
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Is there any way to get youtube links to work, or no?
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My Corvette doesn't leak oil... it sweats horsepower.
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04-07-2011, 01:40 AM
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To get the link to work
you copy the http thru 6e stuff into the address bar of a new tab of the browser.
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04-07-2011, 02:38 AM
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brilliant, finger smears aside. 
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"Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary... that's what gets you."
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04-07-2011, 03:45 AM
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But what if you drive without gloves on? Oh I know, you hit it with your forehead.
Last edited by ekam; 04-07-2011 at 03:56 AM.
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04-07-2011, 04:21 AM
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sd_boxster,
Pretty slick and love the ingenuity. Nice Job!
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04-07-2011, 06:24 PM
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Nice idea. There are several methods for integrating a garage door opener into a Boxster. I used this one from RennTech:
http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?/tutorials/article/153-yet-another-way-to-add-a-homelink-device/
Your method is less expensive and easier to install.
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04-07-2011, 08:56 PM
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Gump...you are a G-D genius !
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04-08-2011, 12:46 PM
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very smart idea. however, i've already done the garage door hack to the button near the airvents. any other ideas of what i can stuff in the vanity mirror?
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04-08-2011, 08:56 PM
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Well, there's the oil slick dispenser, ejection seat, and flamethrower mods to consider...
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04-08-2011, 08:57 PM
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In all seriousness, though, I have Flash2Pass installed, but the range is so disappointing I thought I'd try something new.
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