Anyone have a working link to this DIY?

 

Working on it, have contacted Lurch.

If not, I have as files and can email.

S

 

yes, a little search turns up this

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...hlight=sunroof

but here is a direct link, enjoy

http://home.comcast.net/~c_wrzesniewski/sunroofmod.htm

 

But the window link:

http://home.comcast.net/~c_wrzesniewski/windowsmod.htm

isn't working.

 

yes, i know. for some reason the windowsmod.htm file got deleted. i am working on resolving this. please bear with me, as i am working all day today. hopefully i will have it up and running by tomorrow

 

up and available again. sorry everyone that tried to access the page.

 

Once again, Lurch comes thru!!

You still 'Da Man' !!

S

 

Thank you! I just recently bought RX8 and there is more things to mod! Класно зделано!

 

If you just wanted the passanger button on drivers side as an auto down, couldn't just install the stock drivers side button ? or does it actually need the module ?

 

^ Yeah! Please if anyone knows if the above will work????

 

tell you guys what, you buy me the part, ill try it out and do a diy if i can make it work

 

someone do it for me please, i hate pullin door panels, i always snap those damn retaining clips on the panel!!!!!!

 

Any way of getting the link active again?

 

link works fine

 

Well, wasn't this thread just the greatest find in the world... I've had my 8 for almost 2 years, and this will be the first electrical job that I do on it. Like others who posted on here, my desire to search out this thread stemmed from driving the Mazda(and/or Speed) 6. I suppose I'm either lazy or spoiled, but the automated-up functionality is one of the biggest upsets on my list of factory absences (along with the auto-close sunroof, next on my list of to-dos...)

I just ordered the 530t and PAC Audio TR-7 through Amazon for a combined total of around $75 with shipping... About $125 cheaper than I figured this job would cost me.

I'm on the west coast next week, but will be back to do this install on/around March 21st. As such, I'll let you all know then (for whomever is still reading this thread) how it went. Thanks in advance for the time and energy you put into writing out the DIY (lurch) and the addendums re: the PAC Audio TR-7 (robbz).

 

Wow thats a great price for all 3. I think I spent about 100. Let me know if you need more help with the install because I don't think anyone else did it. Here is the link to the other thread where I detail up and down and adding the sunroof using the TR-7's. I just want to point out that Lurch doesnt recommend doing it this way, however I feel that because the sunroof motor already has overload protection it is fine. I have had mine like this for 1.5 years and all is still good.

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-interior-audio-electronics-24/auto-down-up-windows-factory-alarm-100712/

 

Well, the install of the 530t went through with no incident. Had the whole job done in around 30 minutes. Then I started to work on the TR-7....

Lesson Number 1: Read the instructions first. And read them well. I thought I read the entire document perfectly, until I realized that I overlooked the part at the top of Page 2 stating Go figure, I overlooked that part initially...

I'll have to take a look at the device when I get home later, as I threw in the towel and decided to revisit the install sometime this week, but here's a rough draft. I bridged the red wire into the 12v constant power (orange wire) running to the Bose amplifier. I then threw a spade connector on the end of the brown wire for easier contact, and tried programming the device by "pulsing" the brown wire to the door latch bolt (for ground). I was able to illuminate the LED in doing so (which, by the way, is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to see when you're doing this install outside in the middle of a sunny afternoon), and tried to program and set it to Feature #11, with 3 input pulses to trigger output, for a constant output of 5 seconds. Unfortunately, I was never able to get the TR-7 to accept the feature code and move to the next step.

From my understanding, I was supposed to "pulse" the brown wire 11 times, wait three seconds, and then I'd receive 3 flashes back as confirmation of setting that feature... I never received those 3 flashes. I tried doing a number of feature codes (as low as #2) to test, but was never able to receive the feedback indicating the feature had been set.

Did I hook the Red wire up to the wrong power source? Also, was I supposed to have any additional wires connected during the programming mode? From my understanding, AFTER I program the TR-7 I, hook it up with the following configuration:

Use a tap-in on the green wire from the TR-7 to the Red/Blue wire from the door control (for wiring to the lock button), then run the White wire from the TR-7 through a tap-in on the orange (12v) wire from the Bose Amplifier (for a constant power source). Ground another colored wire (I currently forget), and you should be good to go.

Does that above configuration sound correct, assuming I'm actually able to program the TR-7? And why can't I program the TR-7?

 

I didn't mention on the board, but i know when I programmed it i used the power supply of my cable modem. Check around your house for small electronic devices you should be able to find one that uses 12V. Of course i recommend checking the voltage with a multimeter to make sure you get it right. This will solve your daylight problem too. Read the other thread i started for this specific mode. I put more detailed programming instructions for the TR-7. There are also more instructions on the whole thing. I started with just closing the windows, and then added opening the windows, and both ways for the sunroof too.

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-interior-audio-electronics-24/auto-down-up-windows-factory-alarm-100712/#post2370462

 

oh and you didnt mention it, but there is a switch on the TR-7 to switch to programming mode did you flip this? Also i cant remember offhand, but the other thread says i used option 15 not 11.

 

I have tried this and just the button won't work. The switch behind it is completely different and the physical switch won't come off. If anyone wants pictures or anything of the inside of the switch mechanism let me know as I currently have a spare.

 

hay this is a really cool DIY how do you get the remote to control thew windows im guessing it has to be programmed

 

doesnt the jap rx8 has the auto-up and down? I recall reading the adjustement procedure for it in the service manual... I wonder if we can only use their button..

 

Great thread by the way, really detailed and great photo's.

 

I must just say i read through this whole thread and it is pure gold. I am very surprised this hasn't been brought up for the half a year i have had my 8.

 

So sorry to revive this, but the link does not work! I am getting a RX-8 in a few weeks, and I would like to know how to do this! Any information would be helpful! Thanks!