[filcord]

Great work guys. I just love it when a DIY can be done which so resoundingly answers the pricing policies of car makers in India.
Keep going.

[kpzen]

Phew !! Fantastic effort guys !
One of the best DIY jobs ever done on forum.

PS: Are there any holes behind the number plates in Ikon? or is it just normal flat sheet metal?

[sanju.sreekumar]

Cool work Benny and Condor. Seems like your DIYs are a hit everytime. Next time i would be privileged to give my car as test vehicle.

[leadf00t]

Billiant stuff that Benny and condor.

Real neat DIY and great pictorial guide as well.

[sammyboy]

Originally Posted by benbsb29

Samarth, didnt i tell you the wait would be worth it? Try it out. Else we can meet sometime and implement it. Pretty simple now, as all the R&D has been done by Condor.

Worth every minute of the wait man. Awesome stuff. Once you have it done in your car lets meet at the same place we met the last time. Would love to see it in action.

[prabhuav]

Benny,

That is an awesome DIY.. Kudos my man

[benbsb29]

Originally Posted by bullboy

Is it possible to try out the lever from fiesta , if it is cheaper .

I certainly do not think the Fiesta mechanism would come cheaper. I may be wrong, though.

Originally Posted by bullboy

pardon my ignorance . Is it possible to remove the fuel lid opener lever also and replace it with the combination one (fuel + boot lever) from indigo

On the Ikon, the fuel cap is a seperate mechanism which is coupled to the central locking system of the car. It can be opened only when the door locks are open. The boot release is seperate from this arrangement.

I remember Parwath mention that the lever we source should be a single lever type. So, should source one from possibly the Wagon R or the Sumo.

Originally Posted by ariendj

good work there,you make it sound real simple and i really know that the boot release as a very important feature!!

It certainly is, cost is what kept away people.

Originally Posted by Rocky_Balboa

Wonderful, Benny and Condor.
You could probably open a DIY workshops at Your garage

Not a bad idea, actually.

Originally Posted by filcord

Great work guys. I just love it when a DIY can be done which so resoundingly answers the pricing policies of car makers in India.
Keep going.

That was the main intention.

Originally Posted by kpzen

Phew !! Fantastic effort guys !
One of the best DIY jobs ever done on forum.

PS: Are there any holes behind the number plates in Ikon? or is it just normal flat sheet metal?

Prajesh, i dont remember since i havent removed the number plate, but i believe there arent any holes. Why?

Originally Posted by sanju.sreekumar

Cool work Benny and Condor. Seems like your DIYs are a hit everytime. Next time i would be privileged to give my car as test vehicle.

Between, what happened to your LED experiment?!

Originally Posted by leadf00t

Billiant stuff that Benny and condor.

Real neat DIY and great pictorial guide as well.

Originally Posted by prabhuav

Benny,

That is an awesome DIY.. Kudos my man

The honours to Condor, who seems to be media-shy, as of now.

Originally Posted by sammyboy

Worth every minute of the wait man. Awesome stuff. Once you have it done in your car lets meet at the same place we met the last time. Would love to see it in action.

Sure, let me know when you want to meet. Will have to get the car accordingly.

[esteem_lover]

Nice work ben & parwath. So whats the new partnership upto apart from DIYing remote release ?

Did you take a peek at the SX4's ?

[sanju.sreekumar]

Between, what happened to your LED experiment?!

Dont ask!! I tried out the second DIY (with the 6 LEDs and one resistor). All seemed to be go well until after sometime, there was smoke all over. The whole circuit burnt off. I still have not managed to find out what went wrong! May be my foundation was not correct.

As of now, dropped that plan and now back to my old setup.

BTW this is a brilliant DIY. I dont need to do this as i already have a Boot Release Setup in my ZXI. (lucky me!!) - No offence to you mate, just that looking at my previous experience on DIY, i might just goof it up

[benbsb29]

John, we didnt check out the SX4, but what kind of a setup does it have?

Originally Posted by sanju.sreekumar

Dont ask!! I tried out the second DIY (with the 6 LEDs and one resistor). All seemed to be go well until after sometime, there was smoke all over. The whole circuit burnt off. I still have not managed to find out what went wrong! May be my foundation was not correct.

Looks like you confused the series and parallel arrangments.
Its supposed to be 6 LEDs, with two parallel arms, each having 3 LEDs with a resistor in series on each arm.

This is off-topic here, so we can take it up on the other thread.

[narayan]

Benbsb29 - great show - good ingenuity

I have always felt even the conventional location of boot release is quite inconvenient to reach and one mixes up with the fuel lid release

it would be good if you can extend this cable all the way to the front and bring it out via the dash board to the right bottom of steering ( where normally the mirror/head lamp adjust controls lay )

then you can place a nice vintage Amby headlight switch ( the pulling type ) or maybe a toggle switch which would give you that good feeling everytime you open the boot !

[Lukeskywalker]

@ Benny

6.5k kept you away from the Ikon, Hari? I am sure you can afford that much!

Cool Job Benny/Parwath,
The lack of remote boot release was one of the reasons among others that made me decide against Ikon, but now you have provided a neat and cost effective solution I'm sure all Ikon owners here will be doing it soon.
Congrats on a job well done again.
BTW what's next??

I hope that explains what I meant.

[bblost]

Yesterday at the reliance outlet I bought some plastic clips for guiding the running wires.
There is a small sticker behind them and a wedge to keep the wires in place.
Cost was about Rs 30 for a pack containing 24.
Offer buy one get one free.

Each clip is about 1*1 cm in size.
Some thing like this one.


Let me know if you want.
I can pick it up and courier it over if you don't find them there.

Great Job.

[benbsb29]

Here is a pic of the loop which was created to take care of the excess length of the cable. Didnt have the pic with me earlier to post it.

[Comrade]

great work there benny and condor. It suddenly struck me that old jeeps used to have those "pull to stop the engine" mechanisms with lever or knob on dash. Probably you could it install something like that till you find a fitting lever. I guess it would be a very cheap solution temporarily.