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Offline Liamj

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smoothed boot
« on: 27 September 2012, 23:40 »
Hi i was thinking of completely smoothing my boot on my mk4 golf and was wondering if i got one how to get the boot to unlock etc. . . Any ideas?


Offline Chris.

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Re: smoothed boot
« Reply #2 on: 28 September 2012, 00:48 »
A lot of people use a fuel solenoid dont they?

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Re: smoothed boot
« Reply #3 on: 30 September 2012, 00:16 »
thats what i have in mine, mine is very annoying, you press the key fob once, and the drivers door opens, your press it twice and all of the doors open plus the boot, so you cant unlock just the doors without the boot! which is SO annoying, as then to lock the boot you have to lock the doors so it shuts and locks the boot. frustrating when you have passengers, as i have to unlock the other doors  from inside the car or the boot will have to be locked again due to it popping with the rest of the doors.

btw if anyone has any advise on how to change this i would love you long time, i noticed the newer fobs have a separate boot popper button? could i program the solenoid to open from a separate button? i didnt do this mod it was already done for me when i bought the car, also you have to make sure you mount the solenoid in a decent place or it will not release the catch. i found mine in place with gaffer tape as they didnt want to make a bracket up for it. works fine tho  :grin:

Offline GunnerCP

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Re: smoothed boot
« Reply #4 on: 30 September 2012, 02:17 »
Yes, you can get a three button key programmed in but from memory it's a bit of a process. There's a guide on ukmivs I think, think you have to change the ccm to a specific version and a few extra bits but the way yours is I'd look into it....!


Offline 212bhprabbit

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Re: smoothed boot
« Reply #5 on: 01 October 2012, 11:02 »
Way I done it on my first mk4 was get rid of rear wiper and I got a friend 2 loop cable round so every time u use rear wiper it opens the boot!!done wonders 4 me!

Offline mcgee9t2

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Re: smoothed boot
« Reply #6 on: 02 October 2012, 14:46 »
can use a solenoid off the fuel filler cap and some of the parts from the beetle. have a search been covered before. johnnyturbo has done it on his car and belive he did a right up

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Re: smoothed boot
« Reply #7 on: 02 October 2012, 16:17 »
what about wiring the popper solenoid to the interior sensor swicth on the drivers B pillar, most people don't use it so it's usually just redundant

Offline GTi_James

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Re: smoothed boot
« Reply #8 on: 08 October 2012, 13:16 »
you'll be stuck with either your internal sensors continuously on or off, i'd prefer it on TBH, i'm considering the mk6 boot converion but with a sharron badge mod, anyone ever done this?


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Re: smoothed boot
« Reply #9 on: 08 October 2012, 14:45 »
i wired the fuel solenoid up the rear wiper, so when i pull the leaver by the steering wheel forward it opens the boot.