Help with aftermarket alarm

[tadz0rz]

Gah! I thought i followed those steps. I moved the jumper setting aswell

[SIR-VRX]

Oh sorry. I thought you didn't move the jumper

Ok then, try the opposite:

Ohms on the POSITIVE switched, Volts on the NEGATIVE switched.

[tadz0rz]

If i take tomorrow off school ill check it out because i just took it apart again then and found that that white wire is actually going somewhere. It looks like it runs to the LED that flashes when its armed, but i know for a fact that it aint running to that because i unplugged the LED harness and it stoped flashing.

[tadz0rz]

Thats what i was thinking on hooking up the angel eyes to the parkers and to the alarm, does that seem right or...?

Those white roundish things are the angel eyes fyi

[SIR-VRX]

Yes, that seems right.

But first, you need to make sure that the alarm unit, when locked/unlocked grounds the white wire to the chassis.

[tadz0rz]

What do you mean by that adrian? White wire is my postive...

[SIR-VRX]

Oh hang on, now I look at it, it't not quite right... I'm tired, so

I'll draw you a pic. Hang on.

[tadz0rz]

Thanks adrian, +1

Gotta stop giving you rep man! Your heads getting fair big

[SIR-VRX]

Actually, your picture is right, as long as your alarm can output 12V positive, that should work.

Of course ground the black wire to the body, that would be easier, or to teh NEG of the battery.

Sorry for my yes and no confusing answers! I have had a long day figuring all kinds of circuits out at work, bit hard to think now Bed time now but.

[tadz0rz]

Thanks adrian.

That white wire is actually going to somewhere on my car and i gotta figure out where. I rekon when the've installed it, they've ran that to the headlight switch thing and it hasnt worked for whatever reason and they couldnt of been bothered fixing it. Tadz dash i coming out again!! Maybe even better, i could fix the boo boo that they may have made.

We shal see tomorrow, might take the day off school. Got crappy classes tomorrow lol.

Thanks again adrian, can always rely on you

[tadz0rz]

Well just finished up with the car and everything worked as planned

EVEN BETTER ACTUALLY!!!!

Heres how it went down..

I had to remove the dash to find out where that white wire was actually going. Found out where it went. When the guys installed it it looks like they've tried to splice into a wire and it hasnt quite worked and insted of fixing the problem and hooking it up correctly they have covered up the splice and just left the wires there that make the lights flash

So i ran that white cable through the firewall and spliced into the front parking lights on either side and WAH LA! Parking lights flash when i lock and unlock the car wew wew!!

Proud of my work i zip tied everything and electrical taped all my conections so they wouldnt go anwhere. Cleaned up the inside of the car put the alarm back, dash back etc. Grabbed a pepsi and admired my work. As i was walking behind the car i thought, gah its gunna look stupid with just the front ones flashing but i thought id check if by some miracle the back ones might work aswell. AND THEY DID!!! I WAS LIKE WTF HOW DOES THAT WORK! I tapped into the wire going directly into the front parkers and it makes the rear parkers work aswell!!

MORE TO MY AMAZMENT! THE BRAKE LIGHTS FLASHED TOO!!!!! I WAS LIKE WTF IS GOING ON THIS IS EXACTLY HOW JB SHOULD HAVE HOOKED IT UP WHEN THEY INSTALLED IT AND A 17 YEAR OLD FIXED UP THEIR MISTAKE!!

Im buzzin right now, im really happy =) Thanks for all your help adrian

But, I will award ANYONE +2 rep if they can figure out why, when i hooked up ONLY the parking lights at the FRONT of the car, why did the rear ones flash aswell, and even better, why did the brake lights flash when i touched nothing near them.

Kgo.

(thnx adrian and Speedie)

[SIR-VRX]

it works on the rear because the parking lights are all connected together on a left and right circuit. So that's easy.

Why the brake lights work idk. Even the centre LED brake light?

[tadz0rz]

Ill send you +1 for that adrian

Only the brake lights work, not the 3rd LED brake light. I have no idea why it worked, or even a hypothesis on why it could of worked...Perplexing...

[SIR-VRX]

Cool, thanks!

Also, you do realise the tail lights are in the inner and outer lights? And the brake lights would be 2x brighter when on.

(I am thinking you saw all 4 light up, and thought the outer were only brake lights?)

[tadz0rz]

all of the lights lit up except the 3rd one. They all lit up like they would if your parkers were on and you wernt braking