Push start button

[doe]

Hi people thinking of putting a push start button in my S1, is it easy to do and has anyone else fitted one to their car? Cheers

[TheLemming]

Piece of cake.

The starter will happily fit in one of the "Spare" dash buttons (demon tweeks etc sell a variety).

I believe there is a guide to fitting one on [url]http://home.t-online.de/home/arno.karwath/elisediary_eng.htm[/url]

Im sure there are a lot of other guides out there on the net, it's a pretty common modification.

[pley]

www.eliseparts.co.uk

[doe]

Cheers looks like i have a weekend project. Thanks

[karlosfandango]

Be careful when you fit it. I've had the AA out twice to what I thought was a battery problem but it turns out its to do with the start button. Seems that there is either a short in the button or where the wires run, one has rubbed and caused a problem. After bypassing the button everything has been fine.

Also don't expect anything special in quality. I was quite disappointed. It was more of a home made effort than a quality item. I'm now looking at buying a good quality push button from RS/Maplin etc. If you can find the wiring instructions on the net then buy the button seperately. Then find an old hazard/fog/light button to fit in the dash and mount the start button into it.

HTH

[Davislove]

one question.......

errr....I take it you still need to turn the key first for the push button to work.......

[karlosfandango]

yep