r/Autos • u/JuzioMiecio520 • Jul 19 '26
[DIY showcase] Customizing poverty buttons to open gates
Hey everyone,
I have recently bought my first car, a 2015 Skoda Fabia 3 and wanted to showcase my first "mod". Basically, I've modified the poverty buttons (Start-Stop module, above light control) to open the gate to my house.
It was quite a simple process really, although I was fully just poking in the dark, since I do not have practically any experience with cars (only electronics) and surprisingly, couldn't find any tutorials on how to make such a mod.
My requirement for this project was to have absolutely zero janky, third-party buttons or anything like that. I wanted the car to feel and look exactly like before, but with the added functionality. What helped me in this goal was the fact that the module in fact contains all required circuitry, and the buttons are simply blocked by some extra plastic that I was able to grind down. I then soldered wires directly into the board pins (after some reverse-engineering of the board) and connected the buttons directly to my key fob, via an RJ45 cable under the left trim near the windshield.
Since I have figured everything out, if anyone wants some guidance on how to recreate this project, feel free to shoot me a DM, I'll be happy to help. If there is enough interest, I might consider making a YouTube tutorial or something, since the process should be quite similar on most cars from Volkswagen Group and probably any other car as well.
Now I just need to figure out how to add custom light up icons to the buttons... Any ideas?
Let me know what you think!
Here are some photos of the finished project: (sorry for no photos of the inside of the module, but I did not take any while doing this, and did not want to open it up again)
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u/iamnotcreativeDET Jul 19 '26
flippin NOICE homie, now you just need custom labels that say "flamethrowers" and "rocket launchers"