Hi
the range of the remote locking on my phase2 td is poor to say the least, i have to be at the side of the car for it to work,,

so i am going to buy an after market remote locking kit off ebay,

anyway i am just after a heads up about where is the best place to locate the unit, i think the passenger footwell is the best place, but is the wireing i need there?

also does anyone know what colour wires i need to solder the unit too?

if not i will have to dig out my haynes manual and try and figure it out

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GTI wanna be ---In a puff of black smoke and a whistle,,, i was gone

i got an after market keyless entry system of the bay for £9,,, lol, so i will fit it and see if its any better,,, got to love ebay ,, still need pointers on wire colours and location though

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GTI wanna be ---In a puff of black smoke and a whistle,,, i was gone

thanks dan_s16 i have been looking at the haynes manual, but i cant make heads or tails of it,, lol,, when i fitted these to my old escort and my astra i was able to grab all the wires i needed from the passenger side footwell or just above the fusebox,, but finding the right bundle of wires was a right pain in the ass

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GTI wanna be ---In a puff of black smoke and a whistle,,, i was gone

Sorry I completely forgot to check, let me find the keys and i'll get some pics

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When I've got time I forget what I wanted to do, and when I remember what I wanted to do, I have no time!

bloody hell thanks

the instructions are a joke,, ill get a pic and show it to you

loftlex has attached the following image:

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GTI wanna be ---In a puff of black smoke and a whistle,,, i was gone

just had a reply from the manufacturer in china,,, they sent me the same inforamtion that i all ready have,, with no extra wireing guide for the central locking,,

looks like i have fecked up

bugger

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GTI wanna be ---In a puff of black smoke and a whistle,,, i was gone

i found a ebay seller with the same unit as me for sale,, and they posted their instructions

many thanks,,,

just one thing,, is the common as its negative triggered earth?

its seems logical,,, but then again i am wrong 50% of the time,, lol

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GTI wanna be ---In a puff of black smoke and a whistle,,, i was gone

I've had a look and I have a couple of options:

1st one is to try wiring it up so that the new system triggers the original central locking but this will require some testing to see which central locking wires do what in the new system. They should be wired so that it can control 3 solenoids, you need to find out which one is positive when locking and which one is ground. This needs to go to the orange wire above and then the one that goes positive on unlocking needs to go to the purple one above. However i'm assuming that the standard central locking uses positive pulses to operate and not ground pulses. I will try and check on mine when I have a spare 5 mins. If that hasn't made any sense don't worry I'll explain it better when I have some time later.

2nd option is to completely by pass the standard central locking and use the new system to operate the solenoids in the doors/boot.

I think either way you will lose the deadlocking though.

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When I've got time I forget what I wanted to do, and when I remember what I wanted to do, I have no time!

Many thanks for taking time out to try and help me Dan_s16 and smegal, and every one else who had a look,, have a look at the new diagram on this on ebay link:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290476689003&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123

from my understanding providing the top diagram is negative or positive,,depending on the common line,,(i hope it is)

blue is lock

green is unlock

yellow+yellow/black goes to "common line"

i presume this is earth seeing its a negative system

and if it was a possitive system then i would have to connect this to +12v

am i right? lol

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GTI wanna be ---In a puff of black smoke and a whistle,,, i was gone

did we have any luck on establishing if the standard central locking is a possitive or negative system?