Alarm install
08-24-02, 02:22 PM
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Alarm install
Looking for a shop that can put in an alarm on my 93 RX. I got a Clifford @ Good Guys bout the installer said he couldn’t install it because the doors use a cable instead of a rod like most cars. I’m returning the alarm so can buy @ the install shop. ( yes I would like to doors to lock and unlock) 
08-24-02, 08:17 PM
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if there is a door motor in both doors there will be a central locking molude/ecu underneath the dash
somewhere. have a look inthe kickpanels by ur feet in the car were the wires go out from the body and into the door it should be in there
somewhere. have a look inthe kickpanels by ur feet in the car were the wires go out from the body and into the door it should be in there
08-25-02, 03:24 PM
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This has been covered many times.
Only the least trained installers have a problem with it.
Just like many other Japanese cars designed in the late eighties and '90s that also have a cable system but not true central locking, you have two options. The expensive and the cheap.
#1 (the expensive) Get a Jspec Door lock motor and install it.
#2 install an aftermarket door lock actuator/motor to activate at the drivers door inner lock lever instead of the cable. This method makes it no different than you yourself flipping the lock unlock lever.
Only the least trained installers have a problem with it.
Just like many other Japanese cars designed in the late eighties and '90s that also have a cable system but not true central locking, you have two options. The expensive and the cheap.
#1 (the expensive) Get a Jspec Door lock motor and install it.
#2 install an aftermarket door lock actuator/motor to activate at the drivers door inner lock lever instead of the cable. This method makes it no different than you yourself flipping the lock unlock lever.
08-25-02, 03:28 PM
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Originally posted by DJ!
if there is a door motor in both doors there will be a central locking molude/ecu underneath the dash
somewhere. have a look inthe kickpanels by ur feet in the car were the wires go out from the body and into the door it should be in there
if there is a door motor in both doors there will be a central locking molude/ecu underneath the dash
somewhere. have a look inthe kickpanels by ur feet in the car were the wires go out from the body and into the door it should be in there
08-26-02, 07:53 PM
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My acuator burned out! 
I had to have it disconected because it would not let me onen or lock the doors with the key. It really sucked to have to go through the passenger door. I don't like Clifford. But they are all bullshit, false sense of security, nothing but noise makers anyhow. Oh they add remote door locks ...woohoo, not.
I had to have it disconected because it would not let me onen or lock the doors with the key. It really sucked to have to go through the passenger door. I don't like Clifford. But they are all bullshit, false sense of security, nothing but noise makers anyhow. Oh they add remote door locks ...woohoo, not.
08-26-02, 08:40 PM
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Originally posted by GoRacer
My acuator burned out!
I had to have it disconected because it would not let me onen or lock the doors with the key. It really sucked to have to go through the passenger door. I don't like Clifford. But they are all bullshit, false sense of security, nothing but noise makers anyhow. Oh they add remote door locks ...woohoo, not.
My acuator burned out!
I had to have it disconected because it would not let me onen or lock the doors with the key. It really sucked to have to go through the passenger door. I don't like Clifford. But they are all bullshit, false sense of security, nothing but noise makers anyhow. Oh they add remote door locks ...woohoo, not.
A good installer will often also have a dedicated fuse for the additional door lock motors to again help prevent the burning out of an actuator.
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