My Favorite $30 Mod so far...(keyless entry)

[e30 gangsta]

any info????

[e30 gangsta]

just ordered mine but iw anna know how to hook up the lights.... still waitng for that writeup with pics....

[e30ct]

the actuator is held in by 2 screws that u will see when you take the door panel off..once u take the 2 screws out reach around inside the door theres a plug on the bottom of the actuator just unplug that and then unhook it from the top.hope this helps...i suck at writing directions

[DanGillan]

sounds good man, dont mean to nag, just trying to keep this thread alive. let us know! thanks again man,

[TimmyBigHands]

Hey Dan, I havent done the writeup yet - I've been working 6 days since I got the damned thing (last two weeks). I'm off on Sundays, but I take my Sundays seriously by climbing some 5.11a at RedRock. After a few of those, I'm exhausted. I can probly do it on Monday after I get my Alcohol and Health cards (just got hired as a bartender and MUST have these to work).

[golde30]

any1 know how to get the lock actuator out of the drivers side door? how can i get at it, it seems totally blocked. i need to replace this in order for a keyless entry to work...when i use my key in the trunk lock, it only unlocks the pass side and trunk, and when i try to lock from the trunk it only locks the trunk...maybe the central locking control unit? where can i find this? thanks for any info guys.
-cary

[DanGillan]

any write ups done?

timmy? anyone?

[spencers]

Nope. I did some fooling around and I played with the blue twisty thing inside the remote.. OOPS! Fucked that one over. I finally did get them to work but since I fooled with the blue thing, that remote is useless.

I for one absolutely hate electrics and Its always a bitch to get anything to work right for me.. I ran into another problem: neither of my remotes would open the doors, but I somehow managed to fix it by messing with the trunk lock that somehow managed to stay locked. I dunno. The electrics on these BMWs suck ass. I ran into yet another problem that I can't fix. Read below.

Now it's my front driverside door! IT WONT UNLOCK. I have to use the key to open it. The other door and the trunk opens fine. Its just that the drivers side is stuck or something, and it's really pissing me off as it renders the keyless entry a worthless install.

edit: its my locking mechanism. I'll fix it soon.

Woo hoo!

[TimmyBigHands]

I moved out to my first home recently and cannot afford internet right now. I can only surf the web here at work now... and the damn servers block all downloads - meaning I have no AIM available, sorry.

Take apart your remote and swap the batteries on the two, just to check out the simple fix. More than likely the remote just died on ya.

[spencers]

Hey bighands do you ever get on AIM?

I got my system hooked up and when I did I immediately tried out the remote. It worked for an unlock and unlock twice, then just up and died. The little LED comes on, but does not talk to the unit.

My other remote works just fine. I don't understand why the other just died on me though. Kinda makes me mad.

I tried the holding down the pin thing and programming the remote that doesnt work, but again, the unit wont even acknowlege it's presense. Only the other one.

[TimmyBigHands]

Write-up is in the works tonight - I have the system all together and it works great. Unfortunatly, my digi-cam took a fall off the back of the trunk, and is now in about 8 peices. I will have no pictures of the last part of my install, but I can do some serious writing for that part to make up.

[Rob]

my dad did this to his e30, it works great

[spencers]

Well, I'm supposed to get mine today. Can't wait!

[DanGillan]

how do you configure it to use #1 and #2 rather than 3 and 4? im reading the directions and I cant figure it out. i think i might just leave it as 3 and 4 to lock/unlock, then take 1 and wire it to dome lights as a timed pulse, and take 2 and wire it to parking lights as a timed pulse. is that what your doing?

PS, if you have AIM, can you IM me at DanGillan

[TimmyBigHands]

No problem Dan. I'll be as detailed as possible.