2018 Trunk Release

nandosman · 09-05-2018, 12:03 PM

I want to do this but I don't have more button space in the middle of the seats!

nis350 · 09-05-2018, 11:22 PM

can the trunk be opened when the motor is running?

NorthStyle · 09-05-2018, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by nis350

can the trunk be opened when the motor is running?

For mine, the switch doesn't work unless the car is switched on.

axmea? · 09-06-2018, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by cooltoy

You are doing great work, but sorry, I do not see the point of this mod. One still has to walk to the hatch and lift it. What difference does it make if you press a button inside or outside?

I am not trying to be negative or diminish your work in any way. Just trying to understand.

Maybe if I was explained what the advantage was, I would do it it.

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Originally Posted by mlsully

Pulled up my messy cup holder for pics. There’s a lot going on under theee for all the factory style switches I added to the car. On the release switch, the light gray goes to the BCM. Blacks go to ground. The light green wire goes to the red wire that I cut off of the connector on the second picture. That is what lights up the switch when my lights are on. Maybe this will help clarify it.

I'm with ct on this one. You still need to get back there to open the hatch. Friend of mine tried to open/close the hatch from the spoiler and I said ah ah. "It is only I who can touch her there".

Even so --- I still repped when rep is due.

JARblue · 09-06-2018, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by cooltoy

You are doing great work, but sorry, I do not see the point of this mod. One still has to walk to the hatch and lift it.

Keep a long pole to push open the hatch from the inside. Assuming you can't just accelerate to close the hatch (like you can with the passenger door), tie a string to the hatch so you can pull it closed from the inside as well

StormWhite · 10-03-2018, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by mlsully

I’ve used it many times where I pop my hatch when I pull up to a friend’s house for them to throw **** in the back of the car. It’s easier than trying to explain where the outside button is. Yes, for the most part it is redundant, but it’s a quick $20 mod and fill up the blank button slots.

Same here, everyone I know initially doesn't know where the external trunk release is situated so its easier for me to use an interior switch and saves me getting out of the car to open it for them.

2018+ Z's come with the switch anyway...

To conclude this thread today I ran the last wire to the BCM so everything works. It is indeed on the passenger side on a RHD - REP given to mlsully & DeleriousClam.

I can now open the trunk whether the ignition is on or off.

mini_cal · 10-04-2018, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by nis350

can the trunk be opened when the motor is running?

I have a 2019 model. The trunk can only be opened if the doors are unlocked. Haven't tried opening the hatch while driving though haha, but since the doors autolock when you're up to speed, it will be disabled.

Trunk switch also works without turning the car on.

Sway · 04-08-2019, 04:43 PM

I’d like to do this mod too

DragonSlave02 · 04-08-2019, 05:25 PM

So I like this mod for a few reasons but to answer the question of when it can be used click list pickup I don’t know how many times my wife has bought stuff and said go pick it up I have already paid for it, aka I can’t say i forgot to pick it up or I will get it another day, but try tell some dumb Kroger employe how to use the thing it just doesn’t work (no offense to any Kroger employees on here). And also it can be released when the car is running.

Bay Area Z · 04-14-2019, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by NorthStyle

For mine, the switch doesn't work unless the car is switched on.

Did you get the switch to illuminate?

NorthStyle · 04-14-2019, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Bay Area Z

Did you get the switch to illuminate?

Yes, it turns on via the headlight switch along with the other cabin lighting.

bmstitt · 06-15-2019, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by NorthStyle

Question for those that have installed the trunk release using an OEM switch: the switch and pigtail I received has four wires coming from it (black, black/grey, blue, purple). Since mlsully said that it's a negative pulse switch, I'm assuming I'll be using the two black wires to complete the circuit (please correct me if I'm wrong). If that's the case, which of the remaining blue and purple wires would be used for illumination and what is the extra wire used for, if anything? My pigtail came from a Nissan Murano, if that matters.

I’m giving this install a try this weekend on my ‘13.

- do the blue and purple wires from your harness tap into the same blue and purple wires at the bcm?

- did you split into the wires at the bcm and run under the carpets to the center console? Or did you find a way to identify the wires to splice closer to the actual switch?

bmstitt · 06-28-2019, 02:21 PM

Any thoughts?

mlsully · 06-28-2019, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by bmstitt

I’m giving this install a try this weekend on my ‘13.

- do the blue and purple wires from your harness tap into the same blue and purple wires at the bcm?

- did you split into the wires at the bcm and run under the carpets to the center console? Or did you find a way to identify the wires to splice closer to the actual switch?

You only connect one wire to the gray wire in the BCM. The other wire goes to ground. For the illumination pair of wires, use a test light to see which wire goes positive from one the harness plugs under the cup holder that's normally used for the heated seats. Connect the positive wire there and the other to ground.

OptionZero · 07-04-2019, 07:32 PM

Following up on this

I purchased the interior trunk release switch from Z1
https://www.z1motorsports.com/switch...h-p-13339.html

It's part #25380-JF00A

Unfortunately, it does not come with the plug, or harness that actually is needed to splice the necessary wiring to it to make it work.

I looked on various parts databases and couldn't find anything resembling the necessary wiring harness

How have others who wired this up done it?

09-05-2018, 12:03 PM	#16 (permalink)
nandosman Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: IL, US Posts: 344 Drives: 2014 370Z T/S Rep Power: 8	I want to do this but I don't have more button space in the middle of the seats! __________________ FI Non-Res Test Pipes \| FI 18" Res CBE \| Stillen Gen 3 CAI \| Dynotuned @ Dynosty EcuTek 325 whp

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Sway Track Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: TX Posts: 697 Drives: 2018 GTR Rep Power: 37871	I’d like to do this mod too __________________ - White 2018 GTR FBO+E85 - Check out my old build thread: Sway’s Journal-Hitomi ~Live and let live!~

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bmstitt Base Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Mclean, VA Posts: 183 Drives: '09 370z Sport Trng Rep Power: 12	Any thoughts? __________________ ‘13 6MT - Ported upper/lower intake manifolds and TBs, AAM intake, Dewla Dezign Air Guide, ARK HFC, FI 18” res CBE

07-04-2019, 07:32 PM	#30 (permalink)
OptionZero A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Sacramento Posts: 3,226 Drives: 15 370Z Nismo 6MT Rep Power: 214100	Following up on this I purchased the interior trunk release switch from Z1 https://www.z1motorsports.com/switch...h-p-13339.html It's part #25380-JF00A Unfortunately, it does not come with the plug, or harness that actually is needed to splice the necessary wiring to it to make it work. I looked on various parts databases and couldn't find anything resembling the necessary wiring harness How have others who wired this up done it? __________________ OptionZero Build Thread

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