Push button start location

Graphite SRT · Post by **Graphite SRT** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:13 am

i plan on getting rid of my key all together but i don't know where i would put the push start button

any ideas?

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:28 am

On the column where the key is now?

Graphite SRT · Post by **Graphite SRT** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:47 am

i think putting it where the defrost button is would be a good spot. I would have to relocate the defrost button though.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:56 am

How are you going to turn the accessories on without a key, though?

mopar4life · Post by **mopar4life** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:00 pm

Im tryin to find a good place to put a start button too. Maybe make a little plate to hold it in the slot at the bottom of the dash?

Mopar_Korean · Post by **Mopar_Korean** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:20 pm

I had one in my 1st gen. I put the switch were the cig. lighter hole is. That worked pretty well.

excon · Post by **excon** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 2:58 pm

There's a small trim piece to the right side of the steering wheel: Between the HVAC outside trim, and the steering column. You could put it there...

moparman00 · Post by **moparman00** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:01 pm

did mine there, and the switches for the accessory, ignition, and my interior lights are below...

BTW air vents are no longer silve (yuck

) and the interior is black now...

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:57 pm

Clean, but it almost looks like...Well, it doesn't stand out. Like the start was kind of an afterthought.

Graphite SRT · Post by **Graphite SRT** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:14 pm

im going to have a switch for the run position. My security system that i am installing has auto recognition so it will only work when im within a few feet of the car. My Acc items will work when im within that range then i flip a switch for run and hit the start button.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:11 pm

It won't work without the key type of thing like the Lexus' have?

Graphite SRT · Post by **Graphite SRT** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:06 pm

how won't it work. Their is an output that is grounded when my alarm is armed. This is what will disable the main ignition wires when i leave the car. Arming/disarming is automatic on the keyless system i am getting. I don't have to worry about the sentry as i already have a key taped under the column when i did the swap.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:15 pm

I meant the system the Lexus has is basically that the car will start if you have the key with you (in your pocket) it doesn't need to be in the ignition, but if the key isn't in the car, it won't start...

z3roneo · Post by **z3roneo** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:17 pm

Here's where I installed my s2000 start button... Very old pic... Horrible pic and pardon the dash, its already in the trash..

patiofurnituregt · Post by **patiofurnituregt** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:39 am

Thats a cool gauge install...

I have my push start right above the e-brake on the center console.

c987long · Post by **c987long** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:12 am

isnt there a HT thread for this?

z3roneo · Post by **z3roneo** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:12 am

patiofurnituregt wrote:Thats a cool gauge install...

I have my push start right above the e-brake on the center console.

Thanxs.. I'll get better pics once my dash is back in...

moparman00 · Post by **moparman00** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:37 am

Swordfish2Cowboy wrote:Clean, but it almost looks like...Well, it doesn't stand out. Like the start was kind of an afterthought.

Isn't most any mod we do, an afterthought?

Graphite SRT · Post by **Graphite SRT** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:57 am

TheRandom1 wrote:I meant the system the Lexus has is basically that the car will start if you have the key with you (in your pocket) it doesn't need to be in the ignition, but if the key isn't in the car, it won't start...

I know what you mean, mine will work a little different but kinda the same way. Since my alarm will auto arm when i leave the car it will disable the ignition switches. When i come back to the car it will auto disarm allowing the switches to work again. My project log will show this in detail within the next few days. I am installing the alarm tomorrow and the push button whenever is shows up.

I really like the start button in the cig lighter idea but id rather it be on the other side where the defrost is so i will just have to relocated the defrost switch. I cannot deicide if i want to put the switch for the RUN position in the cubby hole or where the key used to be.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:05 am

You could hide it in the cubby so nobody will know where it is, instead of it being in the open. Make it even harder to steal the car?

Graphite SRT · Post by **Graphite SRT** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:46 am

thats a good idea but i think im going to try and make it look somewhat factory. I think i decide the "RUN" switch is going to go where the key is so i can just push it forward then hit the start button.

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:02 am

moparman00 wrote:
Swordfish2Cowboy wrote:Clean, but it almost looks like...Well, it doesn't stand out. Like the start was kind of an afterthought.
Isn't most any mod we do, an afterthought?

Shiiiiit, my car is gonna look killer when I finally have money to throw at it.

I'm saying he thought after all was said and done, "Oh yeah, I need a start button," and just put it somewhere.

moparman00 · Post by **moparman00** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:25 pm

Swordfish2Cowboy wrote:
moparman00 wrote:
Swordfish2Cowboy wrote:Clean, but it almost looks like...Well, it doesn't stand out. Like the start was kind of an afterthought.
Isn't most any mod we do, an afterthought?
Shiiiiit, my car is gonna look killer when I finally have money to throw at it.

I'm saying he thought after all was said and done, "Oh yeah, I need a start button," and just put it somewhere.

He, would be me.....haha

and do you mean because it isnt in the same panel as the three other switches?

Post by **occasional demons** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:28 pm

That is a relatively good location, as it wouldn't get bumped by a knee, or something set on it. (unless there was something kinky going on) That would suck with the engine running.

Bluerocketsneeks · Post by **Bluerocketsneeks** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:43 pm

I always wanted to take out the little cubby next to the defrost and put in a start button with two toggle switches on each side... so you would have to switch both toggles up before you press start... like airplanes, firetrucks and 50's vettes

I don't know what the toggles could control, maybe on would power the start button and one would be like turning the key before to make the power turn on.. i dont know ha

Post by **occasional demons** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:55 pm

Could do the red military style toggle cover that flips down over the switch, and use a momentary on toggle switch. But I like the push button better.

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:10 pm

moparman00 wrote:
Swordfish2Cowboy wrote:
moparman00 wrote: Isn't most any mod we do, an afterthought?
Shiiiiit, my car is gonna look killer when I finally have money to throw at it.

I'm saying he thought after all was said and done, "Oh yeah, I need a start button," and just put it somewhere.
He, would be me.....haha

and do you mean because it isnt in the same panel as the three other switches?

Well it doesn't have to be in the same panel, but it's just kind of off by itself, on the side of the bezel almost. In the middle of nowhere.

moparman00 · Post by **moparman00** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:07 am

Swordfish2Cowboy wrote:
moparman00 wrote:
Swordfish2Cowboy wrote: Shiiiiit, my car is gonna look killer when I finally have money to throw at it.

I'm saying he thought after all was said and done, "Oh yeah, I need a start button," and just put it somewhere.
He, would be me.....haha

and do you mean because it isnt in the same panel as the three other switches?
Well it doesn't have to be in the same panel, but it's just kind of off by itself, on the side of the bezel almost. In the middle of nowhere.

yep, in the middle of no-where, thats where I like it...haha

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:35 pm

I prefer mine in the middle of somewhere. Then I have some kind of chance of getting to it. But then she just gives me that look.

Oh, wait we're talking switches.

Edit: Good thing this is the interior section, wouldn't want to be off topic!