hey, I'm looking at buying the central locking kit from repco and was wondering if anyone has any tips or recommendations?

 

cheers

All the kits are the same mate all fairly generic, and the ke70 is easy as to install. but it does take a bit of thought since it is a generic kit. Put a kit through my car a few years ago, not had any dramas since!

ok thanks, did u have any problems setting up motors in the back doors?

remote central locking /alarm and remote start $50 from ebay to your door!

Shit thats cheap as.

Edited October 3, 201015 yr by blzbub666

yeah but how long will it work for...

 

ive only had dramas with those cheap alarms on eaby. work great for a week, then start to get buggy.

 

i bit the bullet a few yrs ago and bought a "python" alarm from JB hifi ($250 i think), hasnt missed a beat in the 2yrs ive had it. combined with a $50 jaycar central locking kit it works great.

 

as for rear doors, nope no dramas, just have to work out where to mount the actuator, drill a few hols and hook it all up.

 

the only real drama i have had is that over time the wire that goes from the body to the door wears out and eventually snaps. this is from opening/closing the door the wire just gets bent back and forwards. unsure how to combat this, mine broke about 1yr ago and its just done it again recenetly. just a matter of soldering it up again..but thats just a tempory fix untill it happends again. i think my wires also get crushed between the door and the chassis...not really ideal.

you got pics of where they are located in your rear doors? i can't figure it out. Front was a piece of cake

nah sorry mate i don't,

 

if you get a photo of your door with the rods marked in i can edit it for you and show you where i put mine.

 

fairly sure it was on a funny angle.

sweet man, will do. i just can't get it sorted. I bought a rhino central locking kit and alarm, gave up on the alarm and only got as far as the front doors for central locking then gave up aha

haha to bad you don't live around me, id give you a hand. wiring alarms in is pretty straight forward once you get your head around how they work etc.

 

i first wired one mine in, in about grade 12, then of course all my mates got me to wire theirs in....needless to say my neighbours are sick of hearing me testing alarms! to be honest only reason i put the alarm in was to get remote central locking.

 

and there is nothing more classy then remote central locking in an old corolla.

so far ive installed it in 2 doors, pretty easy- just need to have a bit of an idea of what your doing. heres 2 pics- one of front position, one of back.

here they are....