Does anyone know how to use the popular garge door opener mod with one to the newer, advanced remotes? I have a Liftmaster 971 remote which modulates through billions(?) of codes and uses a 3V disk battery.

Thank you....

 

It has a button to press, right? Wire into the button with a relay. The battery voltage or number of codes it rolls through is irrelevant.

 

Is there a way to wire a garage remote to the car or do you all just use velcro for the remote or what? I'm not too keen on leaving the remote in plain site for security reasons. I had a buddy suggest the homelink mirrors but those are huge. Any other ideas?

 

In the past, I simply hooked the switch up to the brights through a relay... pull in, flash the brights, door goes up, flash 'em again, door goes down.

 

if your remote is a 12v remote, then wire the power lead to your high beams or a switch of your choice and your good to go. i've also got this done on my garage

 

Actually, it doesn't matter if your remote is 12V or not, as long as you continue to use batteries... the relay isolates the remote from the car's electrical system.

 

I like this method, can I be your grasshopper? I'm no E.J. but I am comfortable splicing wires.

 

ahhh true that lol. when i did it i totally got rid of the battery and just wired the remote directly to the car's power source so i wouldnt have to worry about the battery no more.

I found wiring the button to be harder than just swapping power sources, but either way it works

 

Buy mine.

The switch / button is already soldered in the "ON" position. Leads are soldered onto the battery connection and the (-) side already has a ring terminal for grounding purposes.

Zip-ties and half-taps included.

 

I bought a visor with a homelink transmitter in it off ebay for about $20 (off a Lincoln for my Subie, off a Maxima for the S). Wired it up under the dash, trained it with the garage remotes so now I can open either garage door and no remotes in the car. Using the third homelink button for my dad's house.