Originally Posted by Atomiklan

So at the risk of making enemies here on my first day on this site...

So I was quite disappointed at first when I came to not only this site, but a few other online resources including a few YouTube videos. Several individuals seemed to have reverse engineered the wiring to make this possible, but they were (as many of you already know and have been fighting over) hoarding the information in order to push their homemade kits and instructions. Now I totally get it! Someone put in time and effort and then designed a product to sell. I myself am an engineer and I know what it takes to get this stuff done. At the end of the day, the work is not complex, its just time consuming. I was pretty upset that this community that I joined today seemed less about being a community and helping each other and more about trying to make a quick buck. So at the risk of creating enemies, I reverse engineered my 2018 today and also payed for the Toyota schematics which I will attach here. There is nothing wrong with creating a great easy to install product, and it looks like the OP has done a great job and many people will buy his kit an appreciate the work he put into it, but seriously... At the very least, opensource the wiring... To hopefully put this to rest, I have attached everything you should need to attempt this yourself. I hope that more people will pay it forward in the future.

Ignore the scratches on my panel near the button... Old marks made by some gear in the back jumbling around. You should be able to see in the pictures which plug on the 2018 I tapped into. According to the Toyota schematics, its pin 7 and 24 (green and grey wire) for the door release latch. I used all Teflon wiring and heat shrunk everything for a nice factory look.

Originally Posted by DingusGoziña

I appreciate your effort to open source all the wiring information. I purchased the kit anyways for convenience sake. There are those that buy kits and those that don't. I believe that even if instructions (OP's or someone else's) get open sourced, those markets will not shift meaningfully. The real concern by OP I assume is that another user may create their own kit and undercut him, although at this price-point I don't see that happening. Open sourcing instructions is ALWAYS better because it invites scrutiny and critique from all parties for improvement. ITT (in this thread) a clear example of that is people mounting on rear hatch surface rather than interior paneling, against the instructions recommendation. Could this invite water damage? That's what I thought about during my install.

I think a video could decrease installation time to sub-hour and I offered to create one but OP has asked me kindly to not.

I am ready and inclined to create a fully detailed instructional video for installation sans kit creation however a moral dilemma is stopping me...

Here's a video of the thing working for now: YouTube

Thoughts?

Originally Posted by rooneyy

Thanks for that helpful video. Purchasing this for my 4th gen, can't wait!

Originally Posted by DingusGoziña

Sure thing. I'm glad you appreciate my small effort. I'll be making a video of the Sprint Booster soon as well as the CompuStar remote-start system.

Tip: I found it easier to thread the coat hangar from the bottom-end of the hatch door through the channel and to the grommet at the top-end of the hatch.

*** IMPORTANT *** I will also add that the Black Plastic Trim piece that you pull off the inside of the hatch door is INTEGRAL to the rear window operation. It prevents the window from scraping along the track guides when rolling-down/up. DO NOT ROLL DOWN/UP THE WINDOW WITH THE BLACK TRIM PANEL NOT REINSTALLED. You will scratch the glass and ruin any tint applied.

EDIT: Jesse was kind enough to send me some money towards tint repair. However, the tint guy repaired under warranty at no cost to me, so I returned the money. It was still a kind gesture from the seller and it is much appreciated. Sobering to know that there are sellers out there that care about their customers. One of the reasons you buy the kit and not DIY is for support like this... but to each their own!

Originally Posted by Atomiklan

Here are the other attachments (More important attachments)

Originally Posted by adrtoy

For those interested I just did the gate button (post #164) and it worked great. Thanks to the person posting this diagram!

Originally Posted by ElectroBoy

Here’s some reference material if you want to add some more functionality.
https://www.toyota-4runner.org/3239038-post43.html

Originally Posted by Rig4CAB

I'm interested in a kit, but something a little custom like @ElectroBoy installed. Send a PM if you can help!