Garage Door Opener

[MeefZah]

This is more to hide it so a car burglary doesn't lead to a home burglary but it'd work for your uses, too.

Zip tie a mini opener to the steering wheel adjuster. There's a handy hole in the metal spine of the adjuster that lets you run a zip tie right through it.

This is my Tacoma but the 4R is exactly the same. Remove the paracord, I am not sure why I had it on there for the photo:

 

[cb1111]

What momentary switch is available for one of those blanks?

That's the best way of making it look factory, yet hiding the fact that it is a garage door remote.

For those readers asking "why hide it?", many people don't lock the door between their garage and their house. If a car with a visible remote is parked outside, then people can break into the car, open the garage door and get into the house.

 

[Beams37]

This is more to hide it so a car burglary doesn't lead to a home burglary but it'd work for your uses, too.

Zip tie a mini opener to the steering wheel adjuster. There's a handy hole in the metal spine of the adjuster that lets you run a zip tie right through it.

This is my Tacoma but the 4R is exactly the same. Remove the paracord, I am not sure why I had it on there for the photo:

Very cool! This is exactly the opener I have. Thanks for the share!

 

[MeefZah]

Very cool! This is exactly the opener I have. Thanks for the share!

Oh yeah, take the clip off

 

[Beach5150]

Why not buy the overhead console that has the homelink buttons?

That’s exactly what I did for my 2017 Off Road.
Took a while, but I finally done one at a decent price.

Easy swap.

 

[MeefZah]

The problem I have with the Homelink is that the buttons operate without the ignition on, so you are kind of in the same situation with someone accessing your truck and hitting the button to open your garage.

 

[llDemonll]

that's no different than having a garage door opener in your car though

 

[t0y0ta4R]

that's no different than having a garage door opener in your car though

:iagree:

And you probably don't want to hear about how car thieves are using Signal Amplification Relay Attack to steal cars out of driveways. If you can, I suggest parking your new shiny 4R inside your garage at all times and using a metal key box to store your keys inside your home. Technology can be great when it works but sad when it's so easily exploited.

 

[MeefZah]

that's no different than having a garage door opener in your car though

That's my point! What's the benefit of having a chubby rearview mirror with illuminated buttons to open your garage door when it offers no better security than a shitty ol opener that can be carried with you or hidden?

FWIW I hate Homelink... I think the Gentex mirrors are gimmicky junk and the switches and data display makes it hard to use the mirror at nighttime. I immediately removed mine and sub'd a base OEM mirror from EBay...



But I know most people think they're awesome so I'll just quietly slink away...

 

[cb1111]

The problem I have with the Homelink is that the buttons operate without the ignition on, so you are kind of in the same situation with someone accessing your truck and hitting the button to open your garage.

That's my point! What's the benefit of having a chubby rearview mirror with illuminated buttons to open your garage door when it offers no better security than a shitty ol opener that can be carried with you or hidden?

FWIW I hate Homelink... I think the Gentex mirrors are gimmicky junk and the switches and data display makes it hard to use the mirror at nighttime. I immediately removed mine and sub'd a base OEM mirror from EBay...



But I know most people think they're awesome so I'll just quietly slink away...

Most people overlook that. This is why your idea of hiding it (or my idea of using one of those button blanks - labeled as something else) is far better.

 

[Cndnmax]

That's my point! What's the benefit of having a chubby rearview mirror with illuminated buttons to open your garage door when it offers no better security than a shitty ol opener that can be carried with you or hidden?...

The major benefit for me is combining multiple remotes into one built-in device. Another benefit is that it cant be stolen and secure rolling codes canÂ’t be copied easily. Most people probably just have the one remote so I get what youÂ’re saying.

 

[Bumbo]

The major benefit for me is combining multiple remotes into one built-in device. Another benefit is that it cant be stolen and secure rolling codes canÂ’t be copied easily. Most people probably just have the one remote so I get what youÂ’re saying.

When you have to manage access to 3 different properties or vehicle gates in addition to garage door, the HomeLink thing becomes pretty valuable. I have it in multiple vehicles and it really cuts down in “clicker management”.

I generally park inside the garage, but I have thought about security as well when I park outside. Most modern garage doors have a “wireless lockout feature”. My Liftmaster has a button on my interior garage door pad that basically ignores all wireless open commands. So if someone broke in the 4Runner and tried to open the garage, it won’t do anything until I open it in the morning from inside.

If security was a huge concern than I would just carry wireless combination pad like those you would install just outside of the garage door, or perhaps rewire the HomeLink to not have power unless the ignition was powered on.

 

[cbreze]

My 2012 SR5 has 3 programmable buttons on the overhead console. Is that the home link you speak of? Did they do away with that feature on newer 4runners? If so, big fail. I love those buttons. So handy. Perfect for a garage door opener.

 

[Bumbo]

My 2012 SR5 has 3 programmable buttons on the overhead console. Is that the home link you speak of? Did they do away with that feature on newer 4runners? If so, big fail. I love those buttons. So handy. Perfect for a garage door opener.

Yes, I refer to those as HomeLink. I think it’s the official name but different brands might call it something else.

 

[cb1111]

Yes, I refer to those as HomeLink. I think it’s the official name but different brands might call it something else.

Yes, it is called HomeLink.

Some versions of the 4R still have Homelink.

 

[Space King]

Yes, it is called HomeLink.

Some versions of the 4R still have Homelink.

Most versions do have HomeLink. Out of the 8 trim levels available for TRD in 2020, only 2 don't come with it. SR5 and TRD base versions.

 

[ajonesaz]

Not sure what this small opening next to the USB is intended for, but a liftmaster remote can be jammed in there and won't come out. The opening size is perfect.

 

[Bumbo]

haha Homelink installed.

 

[jk24runner]

I looked for a premium overhead console forever for my 16 trail. Never found one so I went the mirror option. I tapped it into the ign fuse under the dash. (You know the one everyone uses for raptor lights). Now it only works when the car is on.

 

[Godogssicem]

Following. I see some with overhead console buttons and others say a mirror version.

Is it a mirror version or overhead console button
on 23 TRD off road premium?

QUOTE=Beams37;3427082]Hey guys,

My TRDOR does not have any kind of more link buttons. The clip on the garage door opener will stretch around the visor, but it doesn't really fit. It kind of sticks out and looks ridiculous.

So ... What the heck does everyone do with their garage door opener?

Thanks.[/QUOTE]