Miata Mailing List: October 1995, Message #156
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   From: ssharp@indirect.com (Sam Sharp)
Subject: Re: Review: Brainstorm's power window "one-touch" switches
   Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 01:48:36 -0400

>A while back, I read Steve Ling's post about one-touch power window
>modules (attached below) and decided to get a pair for my 94B. I
>finally got around to installing these in my car today.
>
>To quote Steve, these are what the modules do...
>
>   "For the curious, these are added under the center console completely
>   out of sight. When you press a window button, the window continues in
>   that direction on its own. Tap both buttons and you are free to work
>   the top up or down while the windows take care of themselves."
>
>Yes, I know...you may be thinking..."Geez, is this the laziest Miata owner
>or what? - he can't even press down on the power window button for a
>few seconds." And you know, you're right. I am lazy :-) Actually, I just
>don't like keeping one hand off the steering wheel, for multi-seconds,
>especially when I'm most likely to put the window up or down - right
>when I enter or exit a freeway ramp.
>
>I ordered these from Brainstorm for $17.50 each or $35 for the pair,
>plus 5.50 for UPS ground shipping, for a total of $40.50. The modules
>are "P/N HPS-3000K", just like the modules described in Steve's post
>below.  They came with *generic* installation instructions for any
>power windows. No Miata specific instructions were included.
>
>Fortunately, I had my shop manual handy, and I found the right wires
>to cut. I installed both modules in the space under the front center
>console, directly in front of the shifter. They fit quite well under
>there. I could have stuck them under the center console, just behind
>the power switches, but I already have a little microwave transmitter
>box (from my Clifford 800-IQ alarm) already stuck there.
>
>I "tapped" the existing power window wires just past the connector which
>leads into the center console. These are the color wires of my car
>that I tapped into:
>
>Direction    Wire color          Wire color
>            (Driver's side)    (Passenger side)
>
>UP          Green/Red           Red/Black
>DOWN        Green               Red/Green
>
>Overall, I'm quite happy with them. The only (slight) gripes that I
>had was that the modules came with no specific Miata wiring
>instructions, and that on retrospect, I *may* have been able to get
>these directly from A1-Electric for $15 each instead of $17.50.
>
>
>   - jaime villacorte         jaime@tcville.es.hac.com or jaimev@netcom.com    
>                                   Hughes Aircraft Co, EOS,  El Segundo, CA
>              Miata License Plate list: http://mmdshare.ucsd.edu/Plates.htm
>
>
Baby is apart as we speak, receiving her new power window modules (purchased
from Brainstorm, along with a Voodoo Knob).  Hers came with the
miata-specific instructions, along with the generic ones.  Baby, too has
some alarm stuff already installed under the console, along with about a
million wires, so I'm having to get creative with placement of the modules.
One change I'm going to make, though, is to power them directly from the
battery rather than through the ignition.  The worse thing about the power
windows is having to fish out the key again when the windows aren't where
you want them after you park the car.  BTW, the last price I saw from
Al-Electric was $19.95 each plus shipping, and you don't get the
Miata-specific instructions.
Sam and Baby (Who states her philosophy on life to the world via her brand
              new classic red over sunburst yellow New Mexico license 
              plate (rear only) which reads-----RAINSUX-----)