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xlofnktax
10-28-2008, 05:07 PM
Again another shaved door post..



This time..



What did you do to make sure your not stuck breaking your window because you can't pop the door open?



Well so far personally, here's what I plan..



1: Don't have remote? Remote dies?

Hidden push buttons somewhere, or maybe not so hidden in the bed, since I can lock my tonneau cover. Probably have a hidden key some where, and make you have to put the key in and turn it on to send power to it.

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2: If battery dies on the truck?

Going to mount these bad boys under the front bumper some where I can sneak jumper cables to. Don't know if I am going to wire to positive cable going to relay to solenoids, or just the truck.

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OR



Putting a remote/seconary release cable for hood, so I can just jump battery.



3: If all else fails or both solenoids go bad?:

Hidden cable to pull one of my doors. Probably use a bike or choke cable. Hidden some where, and possibly locked with a small pad lock or something..

00BlackDakRT
10-30-2008, 06:23 AM
I'll eventually do this someday and I think the first two options you've mentioned are good ideas. I'd like to hear from those that have done this already as well.

I think the important thing with the remotely mounted button is to keep someone from getting at it without a key so either in the bed under a locked tonneau or triggered from a key operated switch would work well. You would have to have the back side of that particular key switch installed behind somewhere you couldn't get to easily if you used it. Otherwise you could just jumper the leads on the back of the switch and activate it.

If the battery dies?
I have some friends that do car audio competition and they have mounted a plug like this one under the car to plug a charger into at shows. I think the same idea would work very well if you just made some jumper cables with this plug on one end and clamps on the other.
http://www.moroso.com/catalog/images/74200_part.jpg

Moroso 74200 Battery Quick-Connect Plugs (http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=MOR%2D74200&N=700+%2D159470+115&autoview=sku)

Unless my thinking is off, I don't think the cable idea is going to work. Since you're trying to pull on something inside the door, the cable will have to be inside the door and the end of it would have to come out of the door somewhere. Anything is possible I guess with enough engineering though.

xlofnktax
10-30-2008, 05:47 PM
Most companys offer the cable to unlock them... Alot of guys I know have them actually.