[Snappy]

So I've always wished the RSX came with homelink like my Accord did.

I thought about using a universal garage door opener and wiring a button to the dash but didn't want to worry about a battery dyeing or wiring it with resistors to achieve the correct voltage.
Also I have fogs, so I don't have any switch blanks to put the button in.

Yesterday I was bored and saw that I had a spare homelink dome light from my accord lying around.
I decided to start cutting it up to see how small I could make it.

Started like this:

Hacked down to this:

Then enclosed the circuit board and soldered power leads:

Removable faceplate and buttons:

After a quick headliner trim:

I had originally wanted to put it by the map lights but there isn't enough room to hide the circuit board.

I now have a fully programmable garage door opener that runs off 12V power tapped from the dome lights.


It was a spur of the moment mod but I think it turned out pretty well.

What do you guys think?

Comments and criticism welcome.

 

[Xander]

That's fucking neat

 

[Clean_DC5S]

Definitely awesome :thumbsup:

 

[itskien]

fucking neat as fuck

 

[mikegedge]

That looks really nice, what was the part number of the accord home link? I would like to do this mod also.

 

[Snappy]

That looks really nice, what was the part number of the accord home link? I would like to do this mod also.

Unfortunately I don't know the part number.

The one I used was off a 98-02 accord V6. (4 cyls didn't get homelink)
Also 99-03 TL, 01-03 CL and 99-04 Odyssey all have the same Homelink map lights.

Your best bet is to browse the junkyard and find one from the vehicles I listed.

 

[nats007]

Subbed...

This DIY needs to be stickied. This is truly the best garage door mod I've seen for the RSX.

You can get the home link on eBay. I have a 2000 TL and ordered one from eBay for under $50 bucks or so.

 

[Maximo_619]

Nice, now all I need is the garage....









And the house ray:

 

[mallen600]

That is a solid DIY. I bet you could score a nice home link type module from a junkyard pretty cheap.

 

[s1 s2]

Nice, now all I need is the garage....









And the house ray:

:rotfl:

Great job OP

 

[Mr. Anderson]

p cool man. Nice job.

 

[cauQazn]

Hmm... I might do this lol. I used to have a 12v garage door remote tapped to my high beam harness and it would open the garage when I flashed my high beams. But this is cooler.

 

[rlippy001]

One of the cooler diy's I have seen in a while.

 

[jtyjackson]

Hey I just did this exact same mod but I cant seem to power it now, how exactly do you wire this to the one wire on the map lights? I though you would wire in the pos wire and ground the black anywhere, is that right?

 

[Bath Tussue]

Hey I just did this exact same mod but I cant seem to power it now, how exactly do you wire this to the one wire on the map lights? I though you would wire in the pos wire and ground the black anywhere, is that right?

That one wire is positive.
Ground it to a bolt.

 

[FuknRSX]

Hmm... I might do this lol. I used to have a 12v garage door remote tapped to my high beam harness and it would open the garage when I flashed my high beams. But this is cooler.

i had my S2K wired to my high beams and loved it. need to find some motivation to do that with my RSX.

 

[iThinkImJoey]

must be nice to have a garage lol