Project Elise Type R

Hi, just seen this modification to the boot release you’ve done and what a good idea. I don’t yet have an Elise S1, but for sure all being well will do by the end of this month. What you’ve done here is something I’d also like to do. The light you’ve put in the boot, is it a light bulb or a rechargeable torch that you can take in and out?

 

Any help on where you got the live and earth from. Sorry more questions, what switch did you used at the doorjamb and for the boot release, where did the actuator come from or/and what make?

 

There are three more electrical modes I’d like to do to an Elise: I don’t plane on ever having a track day with the car so not bothers about extra weight. I’ll have to see when I get the car to see how achievable they are. The three things are: Electric mirrors, the Metro electric mirrors are selling for around £20 on the net.

 

Central locking, just don’t know how to get it to work with the alarm, so maybe now achievable.

 

And the third is electric windows, don’t yet know if there’s room in that door for a motor but if there is and get to know from what car the windows come from, then maybe an aftermarket motor will do the job

 

Thank you for any help you can give

cesare

Hey,

 

Good to hear from you. I bought the actuator from Maplins online. To be honest, you could use any door/ central locking actuator, just make sure that it has adequate power. The one I bought pulls at 6kg.

 

You can choose to go with a single circuit, activated by a single push switch, however I went with two circuits, one for switching and the other for power supply to the actuator. The two circuits are separated by a relay. It is very straight forward really.

 

I bought the push button on ebay.

 

Best of luck with your car and the intended mods.

 

Hi, just seen this modification to the boot release you've done and what a good idea. I don't yet have an Elise S1, but for sure all being well will do by the end of this month. What you've done here is something I'd also like to do. The light you've put in the boot, is it a light bulb or a rechargeable torch that you can take in and out?

 

Any help on where you got the live and earth from. Sorry more questions, what switch did you used at the doorjamb and for the boot release, where did the actuator come from or/and what make?

 

There are three more electrical modes I'd like to do to an Elise: I don't plane on ever having a track day with the car so not bothers about extra weight. I'll have to see when I get the car to see how achievable they are. The three things are: Electric mirrors, the Metro electric mirrors are selling for around £20 on the net.

 

Central locking, just don't know how to get it to work with the alarm, so maybe now achievable.

 

And the third is electric windows, don't yet know if there's room in that door for a motor but if there is and get to know from what car the windows come from, then maybe an aftermarket motor will do the job

 

Thank you for any help you can give

cesare