power trunk

[jin]

has anybody ever done a power trunk conversion. i think that wuld awsome. id really like to know

[Tippey764]

As in an electronic trunk release? You would need an electronic latch to do that. I dont think anyone has done that yet. Plus if your battery dies you cant open the trunk.

[kosheen1]

Plus if your battery dies you cant open the trunk.

Yup, kinda useless at this point... im wondering if any car came with it factory? hope not :P

[vietkid_2006]

Yup, kinda useless at this point... im wondering if any car came with it factory? hope not :P

Plenty of cars came with it Volkswagens and newer Acura's

[Tippey764]

Yup, kinda useless at this point... im wondering if any car came with it factory? hope not :P

Well with a power trunk release you can open your trunk from a key fob which is really nice.

[MikeW]

I was told by a buddy that installs alarms that all you'd need is a door popper or hinge popper and then wire it up to your existing alarm.

[F20A CB7]

Elvis did this I believe.

[jin]

well if my battery dies i can always just use my key.. thats a no brainer. but i wuld like to have one cuz i got my alarm

[KB7]

Plus if your battery dies you cant open the trunk.

if your battery dies, i think getting in the trunk is possibly the least of anyone's worries, except for people who have done a battery relocation

[92smokeaccord]

i used a electric trunk popper frrom a malibu and wired it to my hood latch.it worked for a while till i crashed.....but in my opinion its the same as the hood just do it to the trunk.i welded the hood line to the puller of the motor so it worked.

[jin]

ima try to see if find one at a junkyard and just try to play with it and get it working. hopefully i find a good acura

[choppacity]

if your alarm has an auxiliary port then it is possible, my friend did it with his corolla. except it just popped the trunk but he would lift it the rest of the way, he used an electric solenoid and just added another wire to the existing mechanism so he could use his key and the remote. ill try to get some pics of it to help you understand.

[jin]

thanks alot. that wuld really help

[choppacity]

well heres the solenoid.(sorry it took so long) he actually modified it with that plastic piece so that the piston would not fall out. He then soldered some bike wire to it and attached that to the lock mechanism you can see the wire coming out the end.
you can buy ready made ones just don't use the switch provided connect it to the alarm auxiliary wire. you might have to run it through a relay if the alarm system doesn't output the required power.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=...6ec6be010d257f

[C91BLX7]

Had one on my old cb. pretty simple