Added Homelink to my visor

[Shacky4]

Phew! I did it. I added Homelink garage door opener to my visor. (Plus, a couple stickers to cover the big Ford warning stickers on the visor.) I bought an old visor on eBay for $25 and took the Homelink remote out and transplanted it. Not for the faint of heart!

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Nice job! Any description of doing this and possibly photos too? I wanted this option, but wasn't willing to pay for the Lux package to get it and I don't want to spend $300 ish on the visor from Ford when there are other options like this and myQ. TIA.

Hi, Ryan,
I took a few pictures as I went along but I was figuring it out at the same time. If I did it a second time, it would be much easier. I bought a 2010 Ford Focus visor on eBay and opened it and took out the Homelink unit and tested it. The visor of the Bronco comes off by prying the cover plate off and one screw. Undo the modular plug and it's free and clear. The illuminated mirror unit pops out. There are clips on the longside of each corner and two more in the middle of the long sides. Use a plastic trim tool to get in a pop them up. Now you can access the inside of the visor. It's two layers of white styrofoam. I thought if I took the top layer out it would work, but you have to remove both layers. So using various tools, especially needle nose pliers, I pulled out the styrofoam to give enough room to slide the Homelink it. Then you have to cut the vinyl so you can put the silicon buttons and snap cover on the outside. (I made a slight overcut, but it's barely visible.) Be sure to wire to the hot lead to the mirror. I put a thin layer of foam over the back of the Homelink and closed it all up. It's not an easy job, but it can be done and it beats paying over $300 for an OEM visor with Homelink. If you have any questions let me know.

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[2020FordRaptor]

It looks great!

 

[RyanP]

Phew! I did it. I added Homelink garage door opener to my visor. (Plus, a couple stickers to cover the big Ford warning stickers on the visor.) I bought an old visor on eBay for $25 and took the Homelink remote out and transplanted it. Not for the faint of heart!

Nice job! Any description of doing this and possibly photos too? I wanted this option, but wasn't willing to pay for the Lux package to get it and I don't want to spend $300 ish on the visor from Ford when there are other options like this and myQ. TIA.

 

[Shacky4]

Nice job! Any description of doing this and possibly photos too? I wanted this option, but wasn't willing to pay for the Lux package to get it and I don't want to spend $300 ish on the visor from Ford when there are other options like this and myQ. TIA.

Hi, Ryan,
I took a few pictures as I went along but I was figuring it out at the same time. If I did it a second time, it would be much easier. I bought a 2010 Ford Focus visor on eBay and opened it and took out the Homelink unit and tested it. The visor of the Bronco comes off by prying the cover plate off and one screw. Undo the modular plug and it's free and clear. The illuminated mirror unit pops out. There are clips on the longside of each corner and two more in the middle of the long sides. Use a plastic trim tool to get in a pop them up. Now you can access the inside of the visor. It's two layers of white styrofoam. I thought if I took the top layer out it would work, but you have to remove both layers. So using various tools, especially needle nose pliers, I pulled out the styrofoam to give enough room to slide the Homelink it. Then you have to cut the vinyl so you can put the silicon buttons and snap cover on the outside. (I made a slight overcut, but it's barely visible.) Be sure to wire to the hot lead to the mirror. I put a thin layer of foam over the back of the Homelink and closed it all up. It's not an easy job, but it can be done and it beats paying over $300 for an OEM visor with Homelink. If you have any questions let me know.

 

[RyanP]

Hi, Ryan,
I took a few pictures as I went along but I was figuring it out at the same time. If I did it a second time, it would be much easier. I bought a 2010 Ford Focus visor on eBay and opened it and took out the Homelink unit and tested it. The visor of the Bronco comes off by prying the cover plate off and one screw. Undo the modular plug and it's free and clear. The illuminated mirror unit pops out. There are clips on the longside of each corner and two more in the middle of the long sides. Use a plastic trim tool to get in a pop them up. Now you can access the inside of the visor. It's two layers of white styrofoam. I thought if I took the top layer out it would work, but you have to remove both layers. So using various tools, especially needle nose pliers, I pulled out the styrofoam to give enough room to slide the Homelink it. Then you have to cut the vinyl so you can put the silicon buttons and snap cover on the outside. (I made a slight overcut, but it's barely visible.) Be sure to wire to the hot lead to the mirror. I put a thin layer of foam over the back of the Homelink and closed it all up. It's not an easy job, but it can be done and it beats paying over $300 for an OEM visor with Homelink. If you have any questions let me know.

Scott,
Thanks for the detailed explanation as that's very helpful. It looks like your finished product came out great and saved you $300+, so well done! If I decide to try and tackle this mod, once I have my Bronco, I will probably reach out to you if I run into any issues. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge as that's really what makes this community so great! Enjoy!
Ryan

 

[Area51BS]

Looks great. Where did power come from?

 

[kevin.gt]

Looks great. Where did power come from?

Sounds like OP has a model with vanity mirror light.

The illuminated mirror unit pops out. […]Be sure to wire to the hot lead to the mirror.

I’m curious if ford ran wires for the base model without light in the mirror. Doubt it

 

[Shacky4]

Looks great. Where did power come from?

I have the illuminated mirror, so I don't know if there is power available in the headliner without the option. But, with the mirror, it was easy to tap in.

 

[Southern62]

Still trying to figure out why this isn't a standard feature. And why lux level?

 

[NasBronco]

Looks great! Meanwhile, I have HomeLink and cannot get it to connect to my garage door...

 

[Hey Buddy]

Sounds like OP has a model with vanity mirror light.

I’m curious if ford ran wires for the base model without light in the mirror. Doubt it

Nope, they did not.

 

[Shacky4]

There is always the rear view mirror option. But having an oem auto dim mirror , i didn't want to take out the mirror.

 

[xcracer47]

Looks great, I agree that this should be standard at least on high and above. We ordered the High package cause wife wanted 360 camera. Thought it would have Home link too. But sadly no.

 

[VNVET]

Looks great! Meanwhile, I have HomeLink and cannot get it to connect to my garage door...

i have the same problem. I had to replace one of my (old liftmaster ) garage door openers with a new ( liftmaster )and I cannot connect to it.
I also cannot connect to my front gate. Has something to do with ford sync. Only solution was to use remotes that come with opener.
now I have all these remotes clipped to my visor. If you find a solution please share.

 

[vrtical]

My non lux braptor doesnt have homelink its bonkers. last time I just bought a visor off ebay for my mustang worked like a charm. I will just to the same for the braptor

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