A history of Skitimes car (Page 52/72)
lovethemPF FEB 18, 11:47 AM
bumppp
Icelander MAR 02, 01:25 PM
I've been reading this thread for days now while I am waiting for software builds to complete.
It has made me want to quit my job so that I can work on my '85 2M4 full time. (Gotta win that lottery or find a patron!)

Bumping it outa archives.

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Kendall (Icelander) Whitlatch
'85 Fiero 2M4 - 5spd Isuzu
'67 LeMans/GTO clone 6.5 litre TH400
All the rest aren't Pontiacs, so what does it matter?

skitime MAR 02, 09:22 PM
Well, it has been a long time since I added anything to my car. I did a small fairly insignificant addition this winter so let me add it to the thread. I was playing around (Modding) with my Pontiac Vibe and it lead to a mod on my GT. I added a Homelink opener from a donor car sunvisor to my Vibe. Homelink is a permanently wired garage door opener that can "learn" to control three devices. I am sure that there are already people that made this type of mod to their Fiero since it is so easy and less expensive then even buying a replacement garage door opener. Simply get a visor with a Homelink control, remove the control from the visor, cut hole in new location for Homelink, connect two wires, put on the bezel.



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skitime MAR 02, 09:23 PM
I liked the Homelink so much that I decided to do it to my GT. I even bought a visor type Homelink that matched the 88 GT Beechwood interior. I was not thrilled to think about dropping the T-Top headliner to do the install so I then I started studying the different Homelink modules available on Ebay. I decided to take a chance and buy a console type I thought looked like I could make it work. This model is from a Cadillac Seville, Deville, or a Eldorado overhead console control. My plan was to install it on the cigarette lighter panel. After I received it I could not believe my luck. The cigarette lighter panel has an angled surface and so did the homelink control and the angle was an almost perfect match. To prepare for the install I removed the center Fiero console and relocated the service plug behind the panel. Then I cut a hole the shape of the Homelink control in the Fiero bezel. (Center hole is for the alarm warning light)





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skitime MAR 02, 09:25 PM




That was it. Connected the ground wire and a constant hot wire then program the unit. You can wire it with a key-on hot wire if you are worried about extra security. Now I don't have to worry about a stolen opener during car shows and cruises. It never fails that when I came home from an event I could not find where the garage door opener was hidden. It works even better than the original opener with greater range and I don't have to worry about a dead expensive remote opener battery.

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Fiero1Fan MAR 02, 10:46 PM
Really nice. Looks like it belongs there. I've been thinking of doing something along the same lines so thanks for the tip on the Cadillac unit.
Spektyr MAR 02, 10:50 PM
This thread really ought to be put somewhere permanent. It (and several others) deserve to be immortalized prominently as examples of what Fieros can become.
Toaster_Man MAR 02, 11:28 PM
Did you remove the ALDL during the 3800 install? It looks like it should be interfering with the homelink module.

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Don't look now, but I think the idiots have taken over the asylum.

AIM: JSAL86

skitime MAR 03, 06:19 AM

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Originally posted by Toaster_Man:

Did you remove the ALDL during the 3800 install? It looks like it should be interfering with the homelink module.




No it is still under there. If I did not have that alarm light in the middle of that panel I could of just moved it over to the center of the cigarette lighter panel. It is now located near the stock ECM location. If I had a spare cigarette lighter panel I probably would of moved it over and relocated the alarm light.

Paulv MAR 07, 05:37 PM
Dave, I remember your car well at Fierorama and at the 20th. Hope you can come to another Fierorama someday! Just read the whole build up thread. Very interesting to read about your workmanship and well thought out improvements. Had you ever considered expanding the glass rear decklid area to encompass the area where the vents are? Did you calculate that by removing the center rib, the flex would be too great for the tempered glass?

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