Here it is: SAFE Remote Start for MANUAL!

[StereoInstaller1]

It is still cool on a 90 degree day having your A/C all fired up...

[325ix]

This would have been cool on those super cold Colorado mornings, not so much in New Mexico...

[StereoInstaller1]

Bumping an OLD thread...this is finally coming together!

[dnova89]

Awesome to hear it's still in progress. When you get those flawless install directions down, I'm ready to buy! Just wanted to let you know I'm still interested whenever it's ready. Can't wait to put being late to school because I had to wait a few minutes for my car to warm up to an end! haha.. maybe I should just wake up earlier.. nahhhh, remote start is the ANSWER! lol

[StereoInstaller1]

Ty, it is as simple as this: you have to get out of the car with it running and the ebrake on.

running AND ebrake on.

If you can do that with it in gear, you need to die.

Simple, huh?

[europeanplates]

I may have read it wrong but if the car does not have the ebrake on it could start?

The ones we did had the magnets on the shift lever and the contact mounted around the pattern. I will see if I can look up some of the images of the ones I did.

Ty

[StereoInstaller1]

The other way to do this is to a plate with the shift pattern and use alarm contacts and rare earth magents. If the car is in any gear the system can show a ground and not start / if in neutral no ground and bam the car will start. I did this on maybe a dozen vw's back in the day. If build correctly it is the safest method this would be a cool project for someone.

Ty

Nah, nowhere near as safe.

Easy to lose a magnet easy to have a false start...this system has passed the scrutiny of half dozen lawyers, has to be better, right?

[europeanplates]

The other way to do this is to a plate with the shift pattern and use alarm contacts and rare earth magents. If the car is in any gear the system can show a ground and not start / if in neutral no ground and bam the car will start. I did this on maybe a dozen vw's back in the day. If build correctly it is the safest method this would be a cool project for someone.

Ty

[StereoInstaller1]

Oh BTW: I would love to see some of you guys call local shops and ask how much labor they charge for a remote start install in a manual car.

[StereoInstaller1]

Imma bump this back up.

I think I am content with everything. I need a car to do an actual install in, like a bone stock E30 that has never had an alarm installed, nor any other random hackery done.

Ideally, this car would come with a guy who can take a picture of everything I do: every wire, every connection...good enough to make a flawless presentation.

Lemme put that out there: If anyone wants to come to my place and do this, I will help you do the actual install while I teach and photograph, or you do the photos and I do the install.

You buy the kit and I teach you more than you will ever want to know about installing!

In the meantime, any of you who really are serious, please PM me with "remote start" in the subject line of a PM.

Thanks!
Luke

[dnova89]

bump, any updates yet? :D

[hoseklamp]

Did you get all of your guinea pigs Luke? I might be interested in doing so if you still need a few people

[alwaysclean]

I used to have remote start , I miss it soo much !

[E30Nova]

How much is it to be a guinea pig? I'm too lazy to go back through the thread, lol. As long as there's decent enough instructions I might be willing to be a test dummy. :)

Matt

[StereoInstaller1]

That's exactly what I need haha. If you can do that, then I'm in. :)

See, and that is the challenge. For example: the tach wire. What you have to do is separate a harness from about 10 other harnesses and grab a single wire out of about 40 or 50 wires...and connect a wire to it!

It ain't easy, and I ain't small, but if I can do it so can you.