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Having 4 cars, garage door openers are at a premium. My wife's MDX has home link, but not my truck or the Vettes. So for less than $50 I purchased a Tahoe overhead console with home link. Exactly the same as my Silverado but has the home link. Almost plug and play. Here are the steps required.

 

1. Removed the rear AC controller from the Tahoe unit. 4 tabs on each of the corners.

2. Removal of the cubby off of the Silverado unit. A little more involved as there are 3 mounting spots where the plastic has been melted down over the tabs, looks somewhat like a rivet. Just a quick touch of a larger drill bit on each of the mounts and it was free.

3. Using the same procedure drill 2 mounts to remove a support bracket on the Tahoe unit.

4. Install the cubby into the Tahoe unit. I did this with 3 #8 x 5/8 flat head wood screws. There are pilot holes molded in the mounting posts, so they screwed in easily.

5. Install the new console into the truck and program the home link and done.

 

I spent around than 30 minutes doing this. Everything plugged in, looks factory.

 

RonC5

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sahls01gmc Senior Enthusiast

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That is awesome! Are you happy with the Valentine 1?

 

And, that isn't lumber stacked on top of one of the vette's is it?

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No, not lumber! LOL Empty cardboard boxes going to the curb that afternoon.

 

Love the V1. I bought it 5 years ago when I began commuting from Orlando to the Cape everyday. Saved me more times than I can count. I am hardwired in both Vettes, the MDX and the truck. I use Invisacords to tap power from the mirror lights plugs. I took the overhead console out to planning to tap into the map lights for power, but discovered a unused pigtail just next the mirror wiring. So I powered the V1 off of that, and it is keyed power as a bonus.

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