Post Your Ultimate Remote Start Tips, Tricks

one more to my list, too mayn ask this so make this a point

11) Cars with multiple ignitions and starter wires (nissan and toyota) CONNECT them all. do not leave one out. If your unit only has one output and the car has two. Use a relay and wire it so you have 2 seperate ignition. same goes goes for starter wires. The car has 2 seperate/dedicated circuits for starting. they are not meant to be combined to one circuit. NEVER connect one start wire to the other. it may work now but you will run into issues later.

just my 2cents

thought i would bring this back to "tips and tricks"

some guys like to poke through a factory gromet in the firewall if its available with a coat hanger then drag the wires through for tack, hood pin, siren (and in my case power wires also), you know junk like that. it works pretty good. but what i like to do is just go to an auto parts store and buy a $3 piece of 3/8" brake tubing about 24" long. i cut one end off and take it to a bench grinder and gring it at a steep angle, then clean all the edges off. it makes for a real nice sharp tube that you can easily push through a gromet. then you just run what ever wires you want to go under the hood through the inside of the hollow tube. once there under the hood just pull out the tube and voila! the wires are through the gromet in seconds. dont have to tape wires to anything. make it sharp so it goes through the gromet real easily. once you pull out the tube, the gromet shrinks right back to the wires and makes a nice seal around them as well. kinda hard to describe so below is a simple picture.

So you basically make your own wire insertion tool?  I've always used a Thexton 436:

Same basic principal - the handle is hollow all the way through and is removable, so once you get the shaft through the grommet you can pull the handle off and feed wires through.

exactomundo my friend. only mine is cheaper and i have a few different lengths as well. a 40" piece costs around $3. so i used to buy a tube and cut it in half to make 2 20" ones and myself and another guy would just split the cost, a whole buck and a half each!