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hey

im really considering shaving my vk so i need a central lock kit for it..

what a good one that is easy to put in..

id also love one that puts up the windows when its locked and immobilizes it if thats an option..

thanks

[ari666]

lol, shaving your vk. your gonna need a door 'pop' kit. you can get kits that open all your doors, and wind up windows, but dunno bout immobilising.

and there is no such thing as one that is "easy to fit"

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im doing a "zeussy/FAT.36L" pop on it.

how hard are they to fit (locking kit)??

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bumpeiiiiiies...

[ari666]

how hard are they to fit.... lets see... you ever fitted a remote central locking kit to an old car? well, its much the same as that but a bit harder. so yeah, pretty hard.

those actuators never stay in the same place. they suck. then you will find that one day the door doesnt open, so you ave to climb in from the passenger side. and after the two or three days it took you to fit the whole kit initially, you cant be f...ked ripping off the trim to see what went wrong so you just keep climbing in the passenger side for about a month, then you meet this nice girl who wants you to take her for a drive and you cant cos' your car is f...ked so you have to borrow your parents car.

THEN, after all that you still have to pay a guy to install it for you, only he charges more than he would of cos' it takes longer to rip out the f.. ups that you caused and put the system back together properley.\

lol, that answer the question?

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it does help. but ive never put in a central locking kit.. lol

im guessing that is a true story for you??

so why do they fall out, wouldn't the companies have thought of that after a while??

thanks

[ari666]

so why do they fall out, wouldn't the companies have thought of that after a while??

its the brackets. its really difficult to make a bracket that is strong enough to pull the door handle mechanism. remember that with a handle you have leverage, but putting a solenoid on the mechanism means that your leverage is gone. 25ft/lps now becomes 90 ft/lps and the brackets that worked really well when you installed them tend to bend or loosen the screws holding them on, rattle loose then stop working.

unelss you are handy with a welder and weld brackets on with 2.2mm or greater steel, rather than screwing the crappy brackets supplied in the kit. that would do it.

the other thing to remember is how often you use the drivers door handle. not only from the outside but the inside aswell. it will have to be sturdy as hell to put up with daily abuse.

its ok for a chip foose car that is worth 45k USD that would see the light of day 4 times a year, but on a daily it'd wear out pretty fast.

my 2 cents.

edit* another thought is that commo's have a two stage locking door, i.e. the door can be ajar but still shut. getting around that would be fun. i suppose you could either cut off one of the stages with an angle grinder or fit an additional solenoid to actuall push the door open, but the primary locks on the door work quite well, so if the door swings back onto the lock itll just click an you will need to press the button again.

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ok, so im guessing mech or auto sparkys install them, cause i might save some hassle and get someone to install them and get them to do a good job, welding in the steel plate and than

thanks