Passenger Door Smart Key System

Finishing touch with great work from Cboy808!

 

To run the rear handles can you tap the front wires, rather than running it all the way to the control module?

 

Worth a try since it would be the easiest thing to try first. However, with longer wire runs you get resistivity of the conductors, impedance, and signal degradation, especially with two pairs of wire taps acting as resistive points before rears even register to the ECU.

 

It would be somewhat helpful to run to the front kickpanels and tap there, however you don’t want to run back into the front doors if that’s what you mean, just getting into that boot is a lot harder than running to the very easy to access ecu.

 

I understand what you’re saying. I will soon tackle this mod as my orders has been shipped from Conicelli Toyota.

 

This is awesome. My Subaru had the smart key work on both doors, and I definitely miss that feature.

 

Mail day! Received my handle, wires, and connector today from camelback toyota. It took a week or two to get here with the connector on back order, but well worth the wait. I know this has been said over and over, but thank you @Victory ! My Lexus credit card key will no longer require a jog to the driver's side to open any door on this truck.

 

Mine is being delivered today as well, only took 4 weeks lol..thanks to TW whom depleted inventory a few days after this thread started lol...

I still think the mods should make this a sticky on the mods/DIY sticky...

 

And here we go! Two smarts, two rear regulars. I have a limited with chrome and this is the last bit of dechroming I had left!

 

You could probably make back some of your money. Some people still like the chrome. I did when I first bought the truck, now I like it better blacked out...

 

Yes and no. It’s not solid chrome as you know so it would have to be someone with a cement...that group is very limited, no pun intended but worth the shot, so I just list it in the for sale forum? Is this what you did? The non smarts retail for $40, not sure about the chrome ones, smart for about $140, again not sure about retail in chrome, $12-$17 for the caps, but I don’t really care if I can shake them for a few bucks...how much you fetch and for what/how many? Lots of interest/snagged up right away or did it take some time for the right buyer’s attention?

 

Nah, I didn’t sell my handle, I just figure I would keep it as a spare for the 2 rears. If I sell it, one of those rear handles are bound to get damaged some how, now that I kept it, I will never need it! I just thought maybe someone may want the chrome handles. Just post them in the 3rd gen for sale forum. Won’t hurt to try, especially since you will probably won’t go back to chrome.

 

Won’t hurt to try at all because all those parts you see in that pic nearly cost me close to $500! Now that hurts...especially if it’s included next year.

 

All wired up and it works perfectly with my Lexus credit card key!
Hats off to @Victory !Such an easy mod with great reward.

 

Nice Job! What gauge wire did you go with? Thanks.

 

I went with 20 gauge wire I found on Amazon and used 20-22 gauge posi-tap connectors from amazon as well. The wire was labeled 22, but the box said 20. I got it because it was fused like speaker wire.
Wire

$8 RoadPro – 25' Hardwire Replacement 2 Wire 22-Gauge Parallel Wire,Black/Red

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001JT1CEE/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_i_tRHeBbYC5G0ZW
Connectors

$14 Lockitt POSI-TAP Assortment pack wire connectors 10-22 awg

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CMC5DII/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_i_XMHeBbGGZDZKV

 

Thank you Sir! I have those connectors on hand, but need to grab the wire. I appreciate your help

 

For those who have done it, in your opinion was it easier to fish two individual wires through versus a two-wire bundled in its own insulation like this for example? (Nevermind the solid core type, I know you need stranded type to use the posi taps)

 

For me personally the 2 wires fused together was pretty easy. If you pop the boot out on both ends like the OP suggest it makes it easier to fish something through to pull the wires back. I ran the wires from in the cab to the door. There is a small opening in the boot on the inside of the cab that made it really easy to insert the wires. I wish I would have taken a picture to better explain that, but there is a pre-existing hole to run the wires in the boot from the cab.

 

Oh and the new @CBoy808 emblem for the Lexus key is !