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Old 12-06-2008, 08:25 PM   #1
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Question Viper Remote Start

In Alaska there four seasons: winter is coming, winter is here, late winter, and road construction. Since its nice and cool outside, I called around to see how much people would charge for a remote start. Average quote I got was approx $400 just for install, excluding the unit itself. And half of the places I asked said they couldn't even do the install because I have a manual transmission.

Due to this I have been thinking about doing an install myself. I have googled for some DIYs and read around, but I couldn't find anything "solid" about putting one on a manual transmission. Did find a few clever ways to check if your car was in neutral though, like this guy on a different forum:

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an easy and safe way to install remote start on a manual transmission vehicle is this:
remove the center console. with the shifter in neutral, place 2 springs across the shift gate. you have to secure each spring to the body with a self tapping screw. then drill a small pilot hole in your shift lever, followed by screwing the remote start comand wire. make sure the springs are positioned so that in any other position than neutral, the shifter will contact them. basically this will only allow you to remote start the vehicle in neutral, any other gear position will gnd the signal wire and cause no action.
let me know if you need any other info
So, in short, if I buy one of these:

http://www.google.com/products?q=Vip...oducts&show=dd

Would it come with instructions on how to install it on a manual transmission? And how hard would it be?

Thanks in advance.
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