tireur

Thanks LocDown, I was about to go postal on that issue and change the place of the homelink to the roof (see pic).



Thanks again!

tireur

Nevermind this post. Sorry

rkneeshaw

I had the same problem.

The rod is hollow, but there are reinforcing "walls" inside the plastic visor that stop you from being able to thread a wire all the way out the end of that rod. So you have to break them down

Here's what I did.

First I pulled back the cloth and cut out the location for the homelink module itself.



Then I had to cut a couple relief holes. Note my two black lines, they represent plastic "walls". You wont have to cut as wide of a relief cut as I did, because I didnt know what was back there so I was exploring You'll also need to cut a small hole just to the left of where you can see the rod, like so:


And I'm not going to lie, even with these relief cuts to give me some access, it was a giant pain in the *** to get the wires to route through there. Took me probably 30 minutes of just wiggling it around just right to get it through there. Oh, and I used 20guage wire that was moderately stiff. I think 18guage or larger might have been too big and I dont think I would have been successful.

Also, I only had blue 20 guage wire. I was too lazy to go to the store. Otherwise I would have used two different color wires... Anyway, once I put a connector on the end it wont matter to anyone.

Next I hooked up the module.



At this point I tested. I took my wires and connected them to the positive and negative terminals on my battery and made sure the red light lit up on the homelink module when I pressed any of the buttons. This is also how I could tell which of my blue wires was positive and negative, and I marked them as such to help me later when I finish wiring it in.

Since my test was succesful, I went ahead and started buttoning things up:





Note that the tabs on the side of the homelink module are intended to rest BELOW the visor plastic body, and the two tabs at the end rest nicely on TOP of the visor plastic body, and that helps it stay securely in place.

All set and ready for an electrical connector, and reinstall back into the truck:



Hope this helps everyone who is trying to do this mod without a lighted visor (and thus no pre-wiring).

jhelrey

Did mine yesterday in my 2011 F150. Worked great and got the module for $14 on Ebay

jkelley1001

I have a 2012 F150 Platinum, I'm wondering if I can swap out the stupid Car2u system for a homelink? I've tried a repeater to talk to my Chamberlain opener, but it still won't work.