On my last wheeling trip I had to crawl through the 4Runner and crawl out the rear window to hook up my buddies winch to my recovery point…I was buried in a mud pit and didn’t really want to get out to facilitate the recovery….
It was easy enough to roll the rear window down from the driver’s seat, crawl out the back and hook up the winch but why not install a switch in the back hatch to allow for control? Or perhaps I shouldn't get stuck in mud pits...
The mod was originally written up here:
3rd Gen Rear Window Cargo Switch Mod W/ PICTURES - Toyota 4Runner Forum - Largest 4Runner Forum
I mostly followed it but rather than tap the wires by plug in the door, I tapped them by the rear window relay…way easier. Also, soldered the wires as opposed to t-taps.
I had an extra factory window switch and pig tail that I used for this project and wired as below.
I didn’t take a pic of the back of my switch but it was identical to the picture [MENTION=102716]Tphocker[/MENTION] posted (see below)
(Wires from Relay)------------------------------(Wires from Factory Window Switch pigtail)
Green w/ Red Stripe: Up------------------------Green wire
Green w/ Yellow Stripe: Down------------------Blue w/ Yellow Stripe
White w/ Black Stripe: Ground-----------------Blue w/ Red Stripe
I used red/yellow/green wires that I had but you can obviously use anything...
Has the same delay as if you are turning the key…but otherwise works perfect.
Connections soldered:
Here you can see the wires routed from the relay through the hatch and out the hole I cut (and lined with electrical tape):
And done…
Overall pretty easy project....I spent more time trying to figure out how I was going to tap the wires in the door before deciding to follow them to relay then anything else.
