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trinydex
10-08-2007, 11:06 AM
Thank you JesteR for letting me test this module out on your EVO!

The KPtechnologies "one touch" sunroof controller allows opening, closing, and tilting by simply pressing the respective button twice quickly. Once triggered, the sunroof can be instantly stopped by pressing either of the other two buttons. Although the EVO has one touch open from the factory we hooked up the open wiring. It serves no real purpose, but allows you to stop the sunroof from cloing by hitting the 'open' button. KPtechnologies engineered this module to require two pulses to allow the sunroof to retain all OEM funtionality. After the installation the sunroof will continue to operate as normal, until triggered with the two quick presses.

JesteR and I somehow made this installation much more difficult then it needed to be, but in the end it was working, and we had a good time, so all is good.

In true KPtechnologies style I didn't snap any pictures disasembling the car, but there wasn't much to it. We started by removing the dome light. This was acomplished by carefully inserting a flat head screwdriver between the lens and the plastic. The lens gently popped out when a little pressure was applied (this is how you change the bulbs). With the lens removed (2) 10mm bolts were exposed. With the bolts removed, the light fell down. We unhooked it and stored it in a safe place.

With the dome light removed we could access the two retaining clips holding the finisher around the sunroof switch. JesteR popped the rear clip off and I handled the front clip. With the trim piece out of the way two screws were exposed that held the sunroof switch in place. Once the screws were removed I gently tugged on the (4) wires connected to switch to create as much slack as possible, without damaging the wires. If the wires were about 2" longer this would have been much easier!

Now, to the wiring:

The KPtech module has 5 wires:

Power - Yellow --> EVO black/white at dome light
Ground - Black --> EVO black at sunroof switch
Sunroof Open - Green --> EVO green/blue at sunroof switch
Sunroof Close - Blue --> EVO green/yellow at sunroof switch
Sunroof Tilt - Purple --> EVO green/orange at sunroof switch

All wiring (including how NOT to solder a ground wire - notice the wire is wrapped and soldered around the insulation, not sure what I was thinking...):

http://www.socalevo.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10991/INSTALL%20EVO%20One%20Touch%20Sunroof%20Controller %20Installed%20%28Pictures%29%2001.jpg

Another shot of wiring:

http://www.socalevo.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10991/INSTALL%20EVO%20One%20Touch%20Sunroof%20Controller %20Installed%20%28Pictures%29%2002.jpg

And another:

http://www.socalevo.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10991/INSTALL%20EVO%20One%20Touch%20Sunroof%20Controller %20Installed%20%28Pictures%29%2003.jpg

Sunroof switch wiring:

http://www.socalevo.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10991/INSTALL%20EVO%20One%20Touch%20Sunroof%20Controller %20Installed%20%28Pictures%29%2004.jpg

Power is found at the dome light harness. All wires were ran up through the dome light opening and then back down through the sunroof switch opening allowing us to place the module between the headliner and roof through the dome light opening:

http://www.socalevo.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10991/INSTALL%20EVO%20One%20Touch%20Sunroof%20Controller %20Installed%20%28Pictures%29%2005.jpg

Module all wired up and tested:

http://www.socalevo.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10991/INSTALL%20EVO%20One%20Touch%20Sunroof%20Controller %20Installed%20%28Pictures%29%2006.jpg

We wrapped the module in a piece of foam before stuffing it between the headliner and the roof:

http://www.socalevo.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10991/INSTALL%20EVO%20One%20Touch%20Sunroof%20Controller %20Installed%20%28Pictures%29%2007.jpg

Module wired and stuffed behind the headliner:
http://www.socalevo.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10991/INSTALL%20EVO%20One%20Touch%20Sunroof%20Controller %20Installed%20%28Pictures%29%2008.jpg

We decided to wrap the module in foam before placing it between the headliner and the roof, through the dome light opening. Once positioned the module did not move at all. It was wedged very tightly, with no noticable bulges in the headliner. This was probably the hardest part, due to the small opening, and the fact there is a piece of OEM foam blocking the way (It's a somewhat stiff foam).

I chose to solder all wires, although in this application there may be better methods. To protect the car we laid a protective seat cover over the center console (drips) and for the headliner I ripped a piece of paper to the middle, and then ran the wires through the rip. This left the paper in between my soldering iron and the headliner, just in case.

As you can see in the pictures, I missed the ground wiring solering it, it slid down over the insulation and I didn't notice. We tested the moduel before stuffing it in to the headliner and found the mistake. Always check before putting everything back together!

Thats about it. I would think that this can be done in 45-60 minutes tops. JesteR and I spent closer to 90 mintues on it though, as we tested everything along the way, took pictures/movies, and took apart a bunch of stuff that didn't need to come apart.

We made two movies, the first shows the sunroof opening and closing, the second shows the sunroof closing and then tilting.

http://www.kptechnologies.com/images/EVO/EVO1.avi

http://www.kptechnologies.com/images/EVO/EVO2.avi

Thanks again JesteR!
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Kevin Pierson


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