Car Alarm Installation...
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Car Alarm Installation...
I wasn't sure what category this went in, so I'm going to post it here too (It was originally in Electrical Systems)
Well... here's the deal. I purchased an Autopage 750LCD off of Ebay and it came in the mail a couple days ago. I called around to all the shops in town and they either told me that they didn't specialize in alarm installation or that they only installed alarms sold at their shop... so it looks like I'm going to have to go Macgyver my way through this. I plan on doing it tomorrow because I'll have about a good 10 hours I can work on it (If I run into problems... hopefully it will be ALOT shorter time than that) Anyways, does anyone have any tips or suggestions on just what to do and what I'm getting myself into?
Thanks,
Scott
Well... here's the deal. I purchased an Autopage 750LCD off of Ebay and it came in the mail a couple days ago. I called around to all the shops in town and they either told me that they didn't specialize in alarm installation or that they only installed alarms sold at their shop... so it looks like I'm going to have to go Macgyver my way through this. I plan on doing it tomorrow because I'll have about a good 10 hours I can work on it (If I run into problems... hopefully it will be ALOT shorter time than that) Anyways, does anyone have any tips or suggestions on just what to do and what I'm getting myself into?
Thanks,
Scott
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Sure!
90% of your work will be done under the steering column area in the dash. Is this system an Alarm only? What options are included in this? Locks, lights,shock, extra outputs? Remote start?
Have your 8mm sockets, phillips, 10mm sockets, sharp razor, soldering iron and some super33 tape. Lots of wire ties, and maybe some crimps depending on how you can do this. Multimeter to check wire voltage and polarity.
The neatest ways of doing this are either use a pigtail, or run the wires to length. If you pigtail your work, it'll be easy maintenance, testing and access.
If you pigtail, cut all(not wires with connectors on both ends or relay harnesses) the wires off the harness about 12 inches from the box, and use the cuttings to connect to each wire inside the truck, run those to one central area and connect 'em back up to the alarm, program it, test it and put it back together.
or
if you run to length, group wires that will go to the same area together, mount the alarm and begin running the alarm wires to each of their respective locations and cut off the excess. If you do it this way, you can tie the alarm wires in with existing bundles, and make it look like factory work.
Don't:
Use T-Taps
Screw on wire caps
Do:
Strip, Solder and tape, all of your connections for the 12V,acc,ign, and starter. (these wires are all heavier guage going to the key cylinder)
Shock sensors - tend to perform best when tied to a THICK bundle of wires in the dash, usually not so well on the firewall or more solid surface.
I can help with wire colors too if you need it...
90% of your work will be done under the steering column area in the dash. Is this system an Alarm only? What options are included in this? Locks, lights,shock, extra outputs? Remote start?
Have your 8mm sockets, phillips, 10mm sockets, sharp razor, soldering iron and some super33 tape. Lots of wire ties, and maybe some crimps depending on how you can do this. Multimeter to check wire voltage and polarity.
The neatest ways of doing this are either use a pigtail, or run the wires to length. If you pigtail your work, it'll be easy maintenance, testing and access.
If you pigtail, cut all(not wires with connectors on both ends or relay harnesses) the wires off the harness about 12 inches from the box, and use the cuttings to connect to each wire inside the truck, run those to one central area and connect 'em back up to the alarm, program it, test it and put it back together.
or
if you run to length, group wires that will go to the same area together, mount the alarm and begin running the alarm wires to each of their respective locations and cut off the excess. If you do it this way, you can tie the alarm wires in with existing bundles, and make it look like factory work.
Don't:
Use T-Taps
Screw on wire caps
Do:
Strip, Solder and tape, all of your connections for the 12V,acc,ign, and starter. (these wires are all heavier guage going to the key cylinder)
Shock sensors - tend to perform best when tied to a THICK bundle of wires in the dash, usually not so well on the firewall or more solid surface.
I can help with wire colors too if you need it...