I actually thank you guys for this, I installed one just under the edge of my seat. The day after I come out of Walmart to someone sitting in my car trying to start it, but couldn't find the button. The police showed up shortly and one more dirtbag is in the brig. THANK YOU GUYS

"If you wanna go Civic style, you're already done." That cracked me up..

i want to put a start swich like airplanes you know little switches on the roof inside the car

First off - I love these guys they are hilarious and helpful - 2nd the best way to install these push button ignitions is to wire them slightly differently to bypass the key all together - rip out the original key ignition (you can use a slide hammer if you don't want to take your time with it) install your push button where your key ignition used to be and then no redundancy.....of course anyone who gains access to the inside of your car can take off with it....but at least you don't need the key anymore. There are kits for push button ignitions that have a activation dongle that you hang on your key chain - (prevents starting when dongle isn't within 3' of senor in dash)

A mighty car mods ad right before a mighty car mods video is about the only ad I will never skip

came for the diy tips, stayed for the Honda jokes

I love how you are just honest and just tell what a stupid idea it is :P

Thats my car. The Malaysian Version, Perodua Kelisa My friends already make fun of me for it. And if I install this, I wont have any friends.

I love the sarcastic touch to this how to

All I can say is that the cold solder joints you did are amazing.

How do i uninstall this? I bought a car with this, looks piss ugly tbh...

These guys bash Civic in such a gentle way. Love it! :)

3:58- "If you want to go civic style and just have the visual to impress your friends, then youre already done" +1 subscriber

next mod show us how u changed what side the steering wheel is on :)

BRUU-N...BRUU-N what's does the mean martin.... that part had me cracking up lmao 😂😂😂 sounds like a customer tryna explain to a mechanic the sounds they hear coming from the car lol

Who else thinks it would be funny to put a Fake Start button into the Car thats wired to a Camera and a Timer that prevents the Car from being Started for the Next 30 Minutes while taking a Picture of the idiot who tryed to steal your car by pressing the Start Button? :D

i would put the start button under the back bumper

stick in on the roof

love going back to these old episodes!

Great tutorial guys ! thanks, I now have some ideas to improve my installs ! :) I must confess, I never used solder in a car installation before ! (guess it's never too late to make improvements).

I think what they were really asking for is a start button like many of the higher end cars coming out recently, where it detects the presence of the key in the car and starts without you having to take it out of your pocket. I assume they failed very hard at describing their desires.

This would be cool for about 5 minutes, then get old.

Goodness 😂 as a long time MCM viewer and sub, this is a good throwback video. I recently had to do the same with my 1988 Jeep Cherokee as it has a mechanical rod linkage to the ignition switch and ignition cylinder. The rod was bent so instead of going through the effort of fabricating a new linkage and attempting to properly realign the ignition switch to engage on "crank".. I ordered a SPST 50a switch for $6 shipped to my door. I have enough spare wiring laying around and some inline fuse holders. With all my heat-shrink crimp connectors I should be able to cobble together a solution to the no crank. It starts just fine when you short the starter solenoid so I'm assuming this will do the trick!

3:55 "Civic Style" ahh I get ya, Canberra Civic style lol, good one mate

I would hide the push button somewhere as a anti theft device

What's the point of a start button if you still need the keys?

so much sarcasm Moog!! 🙊😅 Well, I'll be honest... i was toying with the idea of this mod, but after watching this video, I've completely changed my mind 😬 Thanks MCM for talking some sense into me 🙏 on a side note, how good (aka cheesy) are these old vids!? Love them though, because these were the formative templates for what has become the worlds most watched and adored car mod channel 👌 Get chopped! ✌

laferrari starts the same exact way. I would call it a Laferrari start system.

"if you wanna go civic style then thats already done, the visual mod is done so u can impress your friend who dont know better".... LMAO im dead

I love the fact the piss-taking is non-stop.

I find myself watching this even though my car already has a factory fitted start button, lol.

Kinda reminds me. of my last car, a '99 Camry. Didn't have a formal "Start" button per se, but there was a button you had to push and hold to get it to start because the key alone wouldn't turn it on. Really fun too when the car sounds like a pissed off lawn mower. Lmao. Ah memories...

wait i dont get this, doesnt turning the key start the ignition, therefore starting the car? does that mean the start button is unnecessary?

In thery - can you not just remove the wires from the key "starter" position and connect them to the button? That way the start button would actually make sense..

Miss the old MCM days, good laughs and DIY, newer ones good but miss these　えんじょ

now you can show ya frens that dont knw betta lmfao thats shit had me dying 😂😂😂😂

The brake pedal switch works on an open loop circuit so when you hit the brakes it closes the circuit. If you tap into that with your button then when you hit the brakes and the start button it will turn on the accessories and turn the starter motor for as long as you hold the brakes and push the button simulataneously. Then you only need to push one button instead of flip a switch, push the start button, do the jig, slap your grandma, and eat a turkey sandwich to start the car. It's easier than it sounds. The starter engage wire, start wire to the ecu, ground or earth as aussies call it, and power constant all run to the key tumbler switch. If you take the starter wire and run it to the brake switch power out, and the accessories or power constant wire to the start button, you can access the accessories constant power or switch power and by holding the brakes, complete the circuit to run the starter in one motion.

can't you use a small button as a start button so it can be hidden for extra security?

This will always be the best intro to me,

this idea may seem stupid but for some of us it's a practical solution. my ignition powers up but the connections when starting have worn and it can take a monumental effort to get it to start. this cheap button from china is a more viable solution than tracking down an expensive and hard to find replacement ignition for my old van. thanks for the great tutorial.

You guys should have your own tv show been watching for the past 2 hours addicted

Quick question: Will the car start with the button if the keys are not in.

If you replace the push button with a three position switch with return spring to the second position you can eliminate your use of a key. First position is off, second is ACC or accessory power and toggle push to the third position will turn the starter when being pressed then returns back to the ACC position just like turning the key. Similar to any track type car which uses an automatic cut off and no key for crash engine cut offs. Most motorcycles use three things to start. Key to turn on electronics, engine cutoff which in a two position toggle and a push and hold to start return to neutral after start button. This idea is used for similar situations like race cars where in the event of a crash the cutoff can stop engine run if the key or ignition is broken. One would probably favor better with installing an ignition cutoff switch which if not used will not allow the engine to start. This provides both security and the ability to put the key in your pocket when matched with a push start and stop button.

doing this is a good way to save your ignition barrel wearing out. like a common issue on holdens like vt-vy models, guys are always replacing the rear throw in spring in the back part of ignition barrel. being a plastic part it wears out fast. a button start saves key cycles meaning less wear.

2019 algo be like Here is a 7yr old video Me: OK

What kind of wire stripper/cutter is that @ 5:07 ?

In my old 69 Charger I disconnected the ignition key switch but left it in the dash. I ran the wires under the center console and used two unmarked toggle switches and a plain looking button on the front wall of the glove box there. One toggle was accessories and one was ignition. Most people never realized I didn't use a key.

JOB done we put a stat button in and it works great installed because of failing to start with key many failings to start more reliable

Great project, now my GT86 has 2 start buttons! Double the awesome!

what if my car it stick shift ? would i still have to hold the clutch down before i would have to push the start ignition ?

I like your intro with left and right sound

Made good use of this Mighty Mod out of necessity. When I watched this video years ago I enjoyed the piss taking. Now in 2020 I'm thankful that it works.

The steering wheel is on the wrong side !!!

The advantage to the start button would be if it starts the engine without killing all of the interior power in the same way as turning the key does. I see the advantage of that as not killing your Bluetooth connection on the radio when you've been idle listening to tunes, then you want to get going. The standard key start kills the radio first to start the car. Does your start button do this? If not, there is the advantage of it.

Since my MX5’s ignition barrel actually broke, causing the “start” position to not work, I’ve had to do this mod out of necessity. I’ll be doing it this afternoon! Maaaaad.

I see these being used on older cars. When the original turn key start is no longer working. A lot of older cars use a cheap pop metal toggle gear setups on steering columns.i like the push button start setup they use on 2010 Nissan Altima.

Instructions unclear ended up cutting the red wire on my tail light.

I call that double reality martin I call it a start button

Want to see a drum conversion to disc breaks for a 2012 Toyota corolla LE . Thanks guys and keep up the great videos!! The myth of cold air intakes was great ...

For a couple of Aussies you have a good sense of humour, mate!

this mod isnt useless i bought a car with a broken 1 piece steering colum. in other words the key deal doesnt come out. so instead of buy a part that cant be replaced. i put one 2 way switch for acc and on. then another switch for start. and well $25.00 later i had basically the same thing u got except no key. so i could go outside in the - temps start my car and lock it while its running and still have the keys. i think its a great idea atleast the way i did it. lol i got arrested one night driving home and the cops were letting my friend take the car. and 3 cops and my friend for 1 hr while im sitting in the back of a cop car cant figure out how to turn my car on. lol they had to let me outa the cop car to show em. and sence having my switch start ive missed it in the winter. and ive thought about doing it to my current car.

"Carbon Fiber roll cage" LOL!

Without doubt the BEST part of this series is when they examine the instructions - bruuuuuuum! lol

G'day mates!! Such a pleasure to watch these mods.

So all you need to start a car is to connect the blue wires? Alrighty then.

How do I fix it so that I absolutely need the start button to start? planning to have it hidden to prevent theft.

For some reason this reminds me of my dad's old Freightliner since you had to activate the starter with a button instead of turning the key.

Nice shirt at the intro... I dub thee 'Mini Moog!'

I was under the impression that you guys were going to pull the ignition out and replace it with the button which just so happens to be the same size... It would be cool but never mind lol

How about showing us how to tie it in to the ignition so, like the new cars, you don't need to "enter and turn the key", you just have a FOB nearby. That my mates is why people would want you to show us how to install a start button. We don't need a video that you still need to insert the key

Towards the end "i like it man" had me rolling

there must be some option to stop also. but its also dangerous if someone accidentally press it to start when car is running.

or you could have used a hole saw , to make that hole

i learned how to hot wire a car from this video

You guys are hilarious. I'd love to work on cars with yall.

I understand the gripe about 2 hands to start, but.... I do have an old 87 vw and the harness that plugs into the back of the ignitions switch seems to be flakey and i have to push up on the wires in order to make the ignition switch work. have gone thru 4 switches now and something like this makes sense to me, since i was using 2 hands already :) .

Does this really need a 34 second intro?

I thought it was to replace the key but u have both

I've driven two cars with start buttons. Neither of them needed you to turn the key too. One is a BMW X5 where you just insert the key dongle thingy into the slot and then start with the start button and the other is a Ford where you just have to have the keys in the car (in your pocket for example) for the start button to work.

Motorcycles also have a starter button on the right handlebar which I always thought was a bit weird. This is standard on like practically every motorcycle ever made. I suppose it's faster to turn your bike back on after stalling it or something if it's just a button you can press with your thumb instead of having to move your hand to the ignition though.

close to everything is cooler than having a honda

2 hands instead of 1 lmfao

Would love to see a mode that replaces the key starter completely with a button or something like the Transporter where he starts it with a code. :D

Lol, 8 years ago who would have known we'd be watching them still. Waiting for 50 years from now when they finally finish Marty's mira

Why not just drill it out with a 5/8 drill bit or just smaller than the button

I thought the point of these start buttons was so you didn't need a key? I've never actually seen one in person so I'm not really aware of how they work

Could you make a tutorial on how to relocate a cruise control button from your steering wheel on to you dash? I want to swap out my steering wheel but my cruise control set/coast and resume buttons (only two buttons on steering wheel) are on the wheel.

my ignition is busted so for me its a very good solution of I dont want to pop the hood each time I need to start

'Burning Plastic Stinks Bad'' (3:11) -Marty

what tool is that youre using to strip the wires???!!

Your looking pretty cool there with that chrome socket on an impact

Ironically Moogs favourite car (classic mini) had this type of set up in 1959 but with the starter button on the floor and the key in the centre of the car on the switch panel.

I would install it on the roof (inside) I think it would be unique.

Make it modern style and remove the key completely. All new cars don't have a key hole AND the button. They only have the button

could you disconnect the wire that starts your car with the key and just have it connect to the button? im wondering if this is possible because i was thinking of doing this and hiding the button under my seat so that, even if someone steals my keys, they wouldn't be able to start it because only i would know where the start button is?

What did you connect the two blue wires to? Red one goes to power, black goes to ground. One blue goes to the starter wire, where the other blue goes? Which the starter wire would be the wire that has 12 v only when you turn the key in the start position correct?

Sorry i don't understand that concept of turning the key on and then pushing a button...Just take more time of starting the car to just having to push only the start button....

start buttons are stupid

Had this start button in my '77 Opel Manta installed by previous owner, cause ignition switch was broken. Cost me around 2$ to fix it using parts from '82 Opel Kadett ;)

Thank you guys... I learned something new....