central locking

spud · petrol head Joined: 05 Apr 2002 Posts: 1106

just put central locking in my coupe. best part is i have 2 spare motor thingies so i am going to get rid of my door handles and make it button operated. nice smoote doors

Frederick Stienheld · petrol head Joined: 05 Sep 2002 Posts: 2719

Spud mate, I want to put central on my coupe. How much did it cost for a kit and was it hard? the guy down at rice barn reakons it can be pretty tricky...

spud · petrol head Joined: 05 Apr 2002 Posts: 1106

36 bucks at brisbane car sound. took me less then 2 hours

Frederick Stienheld · petrol head Joined: 05 Sep 2002 Posts: 2719

That's what I like to hear!

zzz · petrol head Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Posts: 1298

what about putting it on a sedan ?
sounds like a good buy was it on special?

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 9:11 pm Post subject: Re: central locking

i got mine for $40, 4 doors. thats what there worth, it was gonna cost $250 tho if they installed it.
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spud · petrol head Joined: 05 Apr 2002 Posts: 1106

yeah is on special at bris car sound. not that hard at all to install. is a 4 door kit. 2 master and 2 slave

Blue TG · tinkerer Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 183

hahaha have fun with a flat battery!
actually mate, i know a guy who shaved his door handles and actually got a flat battery, he was screwed!
after that he ran a secondary cable off his positive terminal down to the bottom of the engine bay and then sealled it off so that if he ever got a flat battery again he could connect another battery to his with out opening the bonnet, he also kept a small sealed container under the car with a spare remote battery in it. might seem a bit much but not to someone who has been stuck before.
just a few pointers

spud · petrol head Joined: 05 Apr 2002 Posts: 1106

i was thinking about what i would do with a flat battery, but it didnt concern me too much since a gemini is pretty easy to open with a peice of wire

YellaTE · tinkerer Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 81

Also guys, Dick Smith has the central locking kits, cat number is L 5414 (from memory - I work there). They are around $40 but sometimes they come on special. I put one in 3-4 yrs ago and its never missed a beat. They are key operated but u can connect to a remote immobiliser/alarm.

spud · petrol head Joined: 05 Apr 2002 Posts: 1106

dont get the bris car sound one when it isnt on special. normal price is 99bucks!

ByteMe22 · backyard mechanic Joined: 28 Dec 2001 Posts: 591

there are a couple of pics of how mine is mounted at

http://community.webshots.com/user/byteme22

under my gemini's

HighTeK · tinkerer Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 205

I got mine on sale for around $40 normal was $99.

Installed into a sedan in about 2 hours as well.

I love opening/locking the gem when people r around cause its so ovious.

But i hate it when someone gets out and locks me in because they didn't know it had central locking. arrrrrgggg

and i find it hard to belive the someone who took the door handels off his gem did master the art off braking in?? its so easy, i had to do it every second day due to a faulty door lock.

Overall, very easy mod.

Does anyone have Power windows in a Gem, or have inquired about it.

Whats an average price??, was it hard??

badboygem · tinkerer Joined: 31 Aug 2002 Posts: 132

hehe gems r easy to break into all ya need is a ruler Very Happy

....my mate had a tg with remote central locking, and power windows...all fitted by himself, windows were ~120-140 for each door...ended up worth it though coz you could walk away with all the windows down...hit the lock button and all the windows would close up an doors would lock....VERY NICE Very Happy

..........3 weeks after that, he drove it off a bridge into a creek. oh well

OTD 079 · tinkerer Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 78

To stop the passenger from locking you in, only connect the two wires (the same colour as the rear slave solenoids). That way if they do lock the door, it only locks their door and not the whole car.