pull solenoid

Playing with it for a couple hours I think its working now. I see how giving it slack will make it snap or pull hard but the problem I ran into was if I gave it the slack then there was no more room to pull the lock open. Moving it to the key cylinder lever allowed it to open with less torque. So either Toyota put locks on there trunks that requires a long excessive amount of pull and torque to open the lock or Electric Life manufacturers POS trunk pop kits.

Could it be you're doing something wrong? Electric Life make the best window kits etc. It's ALL in your positioning. I personally will never aftermarket install trunk releases, 2 hours to wire and fit it, 6 hours to get it working.  Open your trunk lid, flip the lock catch over, sit back, half a cup of tea or coffee, then work it and see what's happening.  Bet you have to adjust or shorten the cable. Hell I've even made them work with a cable tie (tiewrap) as the linkage.  Look at the angle of attack.  Just like a door lock solenoid, it has to work at the MINIMAL angle away from the release mechanism's line of travel.