Buying after market remote central locking for DIY

**Thraxeh** · 07-01-2007, 02:59 PM

I'm up for installing remote central locking for my camry, the kits seem really cheap($60) for 4 doors. Are there any kits any of you guys can recommend, or will the ones at Jaycar be fine ?

**TurboRA28** · 07-01-2007, 03:06 PM

I got the jaycar ones and they have been working fine for 5 years or so now.

JP · 07-01-2007, 05:49 PM

I've also used the jaycar kit in conjunction with their shadow immobiliser on 3 different cars now, no problems at all.

The hardest part is tightening the screw on the clamp that attaches to the original lock actuator, I use a bit of loctite in addition to screwing it down REALLY tight. This way is doesn't shift over time.

**bmak** · 07-01-2007, 08:59 PM

Ive had a few jaycar kits and never had any problems.
Thought i had a problem in my AE82 recently but it was only broken wires.

**worldwalker** · 07-01-2007, 09:04 PM

yeah, get the Jaycar kit, around $35-40. I fitted a unit of the same price from JB hi-fi in my g/f's jeep and it died in a few weeks, replaced the control unit with a jaycar one and no problems.

**mrshin** · 08-01-2007, 12:16 AM

I've found the Jaycar kits alright, although I've had better luck using products from other places for the remote. One I've had good luck with is the Cyclops immobiliser (it's only $10 more than the remote locking only one, and has a nicer looking remote - you can leave the immobiliser disconnected if you like)

Personally, I can't stand car alarms and never use them, but use one if you choose.

**scorpion2096** · 08-01-2007, 08:42 AM

i asked the guys at work (autobarn) and they said the viper alarms are pretty crap, though i dunno whether thats cos they don't like fitting them, or because they have problems