I really hate....

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

Cleaning up the previous car owners truly gheto-fied wiring jobs. All I had to do today was a fairly simple alarm install...just started kill, and the basics...no power locks, no windows...nada. What did I actually get accomplished? Fixing up the wiring nightmare including the previous alarm install, got the siren mounted, fixed the starter wire (they cut the end off and ran a new wire altogether...wtf?), installed the starter kill circuit, removed the previous alarm and uhm....ran the power...thats it. Oh, and installed the antenna at least. Too bad the old alarm was such a hack job, its probably fairly compatible to the matrix10 I am installing, it was a python 650 I think?

Tommorow now, I gotta get up early and finish the valet switch ( which I may just skip, any opinions?) the led light, finish the power ground and remote leads, run the parking light circuit..then maybe then I can devote some time to finding out why the door circuit reads constant hot whether opened or closed... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif

Sorry.....had to vent.

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[bad @SS chevy 10+ year member]

some people just don't care.

 

[Worlddre 5,000+ posts]

do not forgo the valet switch!!!

 

[mrbomb 10+ year member]

X2 valet switch would be a good thing to have

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

i had a guy try to put his own rem. start in buy watching the install dvd that came with it..... i was pulling out golf ball size ball's of sauder... i had to replace 6'' of every wire in the steering colum from the heat of the sudering iron melting the caseing away...

******...

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

i had a guy try to put his own rem. start in buy watching the install dvd that came with it..... i was pulling out golf ball size ball's of sauder... i had to replace 6'' of every wire in the steering colum from the heat of the sudering iron melting the caseing away...******...

Holy crap. Mine was not quite that bad thank god.

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

So then I should make a go of the valet switch eh? Now I just gotta figure out a place to mount it....

 

[casper97ta 10+ year member]

Kinda harsh man, how old is the little one??

I mean if he's freakin 14 than theres a problem but under 2 I blame it on mommy

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

Cleaning up the previous car owners truly gheto-fied wiring jobs. All I had to do today was a fairly simple alarm install...just started kill, and the basics...no power locks, no windows...nada. What did I actually get accomplished? Fixing up the wiring nightmare including the previous alarm install, got the siren mounted, fixed the starter wire (they cut the end off and ran a new wire altogether...wtf?), installed the starter kill circuit, removed the previous alarm and uhm....ran the power...thats it. Oh, and installed the antenna at least. Too bad the old alarm was such a hack job, its probably fairly compatible to the matrix10 I am installing, it was a python 650 I think?Tommorow now, I gotta get up early and finish the valet switch ( which I may just skip, any opinions?) the led light, finish the power ground and remote leads, run the parking light circuit..then maybe then I can devote some time to finding out why the door circuit reads constant hot whether opened or closed... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/furious.gif.fc81ca146dbff91fede3ed290dbc4f4c.gif

Sorry.....had to vent.

Worst part of installing.... Fixing other people's hack jobs