Dylan's How To: Auto-up mod, now with pics!

[cwapface]

if you haven't done this to your car yet, well now there's no excuse. I always like to see step by step pics for everything i do to my car, and when I couldn't find any for this I made my own. Not like you would need them to do this mod, but here they are anyway

http://gallery.sanitylapse.com/v/supra/thumbnails.php?album=69

 

[Milenko]

Well done. This has got to be the easiest car mod ever. It actually cost Toyota more money to NOT have auto-up, than to just leave it in there.

Instead of spending all that extra money on that little tab, maybe they could've done more R&D on the head gasket.

 

[SupraMario]

thats cool
now to make that for the passenger side window an auto up and down.

 

[shaeff]

it's also on the SOGI site:

http://www.supras.com/04/resources/index.php?id=70&start=21

-shaeff

 

[IJ.]

cwapface: Thanks for posting this up it gave me the little push needed to actually get around to doing this mod!
(Has bugged me since I got the car in 97)

 

[cwapface]

well then my work here is done I was following the SOGI guide, it was just very irritating seeing Fig 1 and Fig 2 with no actual pictures there. glad I could help

 

[MKIIITrbo89]

Just did this, great write up....and I think it's probably the easiest mod I have ever done to my car! Took about 15 min.

 

[mazzer]

wow. the hardest things were the stupid plugs that cover the screws. thanks for the write up . ive read about this before but was never sure enough about what i was cuttin off to bother taking it apart..

 

[Jeff Lange]

Well done. This has got to be the easiest car mod ever. It actually cost Toyota more money to NOT have auto-up, than to just leave it in there.

Instead of spending all that extra money on that little tab, maybe they could've done more R&D on the head gasket.

It was a market thing. In Japan the cars had Auto-Up. In fact, pretty much any Toyota from 1985-now with Auto-down had Auto-up in Japan. You'll find rarely though that all the circuitry for the auto-up is already in place. The Supra/Celica switch is the only one I know of where you don't have to add at least 1 diode to the PCB to get it to work.

 

[IJ.]

AUp is disabled here as well maybe it was a design rule thing depending on the local rules?

Would be nice to have it on both windows though!

 

[Joel W.]

Not trying to knock the idea, but remember our window motors do not have the safety auto reverse built in. So if you have kids or pets, well read this...

http://www.vehicle-injuries.com/window-accidents.htm

 

[IJ.]

Survival of the fittest !

 

[Joel W.]

Agreed..

 

[Allan_MA70]

http://www.jaycar.com.au/productVie...&pageNumber=&priceMin=&priceMax=&SUBCATID=288

 

[IJ.]

Now that's a handy gadget !

How does it sense the pass side window being full closed?
(this is built into the driver side switch)

 

[Jeff Lange]

Not trying to knock the idea, but remember our window motors do not have the safety auto reverse built in. So if you have kids or pets, well read this...

http://www.vehicle-injuries.com/window-accidents.htm

This is true, and for people with kids I wouldn't recommend doing this mod, but even if you put your arm in the window, it will stop before hurting you. If it was a child's neck... would probably cause some damage/suffocation.

 

[Allan_MA70]

Now that's a handy gadget !

How does it sense the pass side window being full closed?
(this is built into the driver side switch)

when the window stops going up the current draw go's up, i'd say it sences this!

good item for a group buy save $10 each one if you buy 4+

 

[Jeff Lange]

Typically a DC motor like is used for the power windows uses about 2A when in motion, once it it's the end of it's travel, or even something blocking it's travel, that jumps to approx. 10A, this kicks a relay to stop the power to the motor.

 

[IJ.]

Typically a DC motor like is used for the power windows uses about 2A when in motion, once it it's the end of it's travel, or even something blocking it's travel, that jumps to approx. 10A, this kicks a relay to stop the power to the motor.

Yes on the Driver side but does it do it on the Pass side as well?
(never tried to see what happens if you keep the button on after the beep)

 

[Allan_MA70]

could hack up something using another door module but the jaycar version is much prettyer