Is it possible to hook up windoors to a remote unlock?

[tomtaylz]

I'm curious if anyone has tried hooking up windoors or other traditional 'T' locks to the tailgate Pop N Lock to have them unlock by remote? I'm sure there is a bit more complexity on how these 'T' locks work but interested if anyone has some sort of solution that they know works.

I'm looking at different toppers, and one is the reinforced leer contractor RCC. Downside is there's two more 'T' locks on the rear in the contractor version, so with the windoors its 6 locks to open this thing fully up. Probably not the biggest deal but I could see it being a pain in the ass sometimes and one remote button sounds beautiful.

Picture found on the internet for an example:

 

[ShikyoX]

Buy some actuators fro store out them on wire to your "tailgate locker"

 

[Mr. Nobody]

There's definitely a way to do it with actuators and such. To much effort for me though. I have the regular non-cotractor cap and it has a simple single twist lock on the rear glass. I have that wired in with a pop and lock to the factory locks, so at least the rear glass is really accessible. I still have to manually lock/unlock the two doors (4 twist locks), but it doesn't bother me much. They pretty much stay locked when I'm around town and stay unlocked when we're off grid.

Is the contractor cap only available with the manual T locks?

 

[tomtaylz]

There's definitely a way to do it with actuators and such. To much effort for me though. I have the regular non-cotractor cap and it has a simple single twist lock on the rear glass. I have that wired in with a pop and lock to the factory locks, so at least the rear glass is really accessible. I still have to manually lock/unlock the two doors (4 twist locks), but it doesn't bother me much. They pretty much stay locked when I'm around town and stay unlocked when we're off grid.

Is the contractor cap only available with the manual T locks?

Yep unfortunately, it's the same as the regular leer 100R - I'd just feel a lot more safe with the weight rating especially with me considering a hard shell RTT and 270 awning which both are on the heavier side. I may have to play around with actuators

 

[Mr. Nobody]

Yep unfortunately, it's the same as the regular leer 100R - I'd just feel a lot more safe with the weight rating especially with me considering a hard shell RTT and 270 awning which both are on the heavier side. I may have to play around with actuators

Sounds like a great opportunity for a diy thread here on T3G.

 

[ShikyoX]

View: https://youtu.be/yfQM3fXguh8

 

[ShikyoX]

Pop & Lock Power Lock Conversion Kit for Truck Caps and Hard Tonneau Covers Pop and Lock Vehicle

Turn the existing manual handle on your tonneau cover or truck cap into a powered locking handle. This locking kit wires into your vehicle's exist

www.etrailer.com

 

[tomtaylz]

Pop & Lock Power Lock Conversion Kit for Truck Caps and Hard Tonneau Covers Pop and Lock Vehicle

Turn the existing manual handle on your tonneau cover or truck cap into a powered locking handle. This locking kit wires into your vehicle's exist

www.etrailer.com

I’ve seen this a couple of places. My impression is that it is for the frameless style windows which had the option from the factory of being remote. Not 100% sure though. When I get the cap I’ll need to look to better understand what happens when the lock unlocks/locks. Maybe I’ll see if I can rope in some help from the robotics guys at work..

 

[Mr. Nobody]

I’ve seen this a couple of places. My impression is that it is for the frameless style windows which had the option from the factory of being remote. Not 100% sure though. When I get the cap I’ll need to look to better understand what happens when the lock unlocks/locks. Maybe I’ll see if I can rope in some help from the robotics guys at work..

That's the setup I have for my single center twist lock style frameless window. The wiring may, but I don't think the actuator in that system will work with the handles in the frameless dual twist windows.