HELP!! 99 EK1 Aftermarket Keyless Entry Install

**kv-nrqz** · 22-06-2014 11:03 PM

need help with the installation of keyless entry in 99 ek1 sedan. got this ebay keyless entry and been trying for days to install it... dont know much and have searched all over the net for installation and found nothing... and please dont tell me to get it done cos i also want to learn how to install it.. i found wiring diagrams but i dont know which harness do i connect it to... Help is much appreciated. photos will really help!

**dave_biscuits** · 23-06-2014 02:53 PM

Hey,

It is possible, I did it on my 99 CXi hatch. I didn't find much in the way of accurate information from the wiring diagrams either, I had to figure it out from trial and error.

In the end I solved it with ?2-3 automotive relays (5 pin I think, like the ones you use wiring up spotlights) plus the aftermarket keyless control unit all packed into the drivers door. My 99 CXi basically came fitted with central locking (but not remote) from the factory I figured out. Whatever you did to the drivers door, it would mimic to the passenger door (but not the other way around I don't think). Regardless, both doors had solenoids on the locks.

From memory there were 2 wires (or three, one might have been a ground) going to the driver's door lock solenoid. I might be wrong on this but I think to open the lock, you had to use a relay to disconnect one wire (break the circuit), and then ground the other one. Then to close it you basically did the reverse of that for the other wire. It wasn't pretty but it worked a treat. I basically figured this out by sitting down with a multimeter, cutting a few wires, and experimenting on how the three wires to the lock solenoid worked, and then worked out how to use a few automotive relays to manipulate them given the lock/unlock signals that come from the ebay keyless entry box.

There were other ways around it, but the forum posts from overseas didn't seem to match up to the wiring etc that was in my 99 hatch. The four door models might be different even still.

Hope this gives you some direction in any case, good luck.

Cheers,
Dave.

**kv-nrqz** · 23-06-2014 04:00 PM

do you have any photos? not too good with the terms u used there so i ddnt understand much.. LOL still confused with wat to do.. i appreciate the time u put in into wat u wrote.. i jus gotta understand it a bit more...

anyone with photos???

thanks

**dave_biscuits** · 23-06-2014 07:21 PM

http://postimg.org/gallery/1c94ly1u/

**kv-nrqz** · 24-06-2014 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by dave_biscuits

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**dave_biscuits** · 24-06-2014 09:13 AM

try it again, website works fine for me from home and at work...

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**kv-nrqz** · 24-06-2014 04:35 PM

i jus had a look at it... finding which wires go to wherever wudnt be a problem, but figuring it out with relays will be. i dont know much about circuits thats why.. if only theres a simpler way..

( i really appreciate ur help tho

**dove grey 64** · 24-06-2014 07:07 PM

http://youtu.be/FoSwu9i4PDE
http://forums.mightycarmods.com/show...-a-Mk3-VW-Golf

There are hundreds of videos on YouTube, thousands of forum threads found on Google. If you dont know how to wire relays it only takes a google search to find out.
Not trying to be a jerk, just saying the info is readily available

**kv-nrqz** · 25-06-2014 11:38 AM

what type of relays should i get?

**dave_biscuits** · 25-06-2014 12:35 PM

From the pictures it looks like I used 4 pin relays there. Again, Google is your friend when trying to learn about this stuff ...

http://www.reuk.co.uk/OtherImages/4-...tive-relay.jpg
http://www.reuk.co.uk/OtherImages/5-...tive-relay.jpg

There's a ton of these cheap you can buy off eBay.

Dave.

**mattmag71** · 04-11-2014 05:20 PM

After searching all over the net I finally found this thread which seems to be the only reference to the Aust Sold EK1 Civic and installing remote entry, thank you dave_biscuits

for the pictures, when I saw them I had to look twice but yes its the same wiring as my 98 cxi Civic.
I have been going back to the net for research and to learn more about relays and remote entry systems as the one I brought is a TK103 and I fitted mainly for the GPS was hoping it would do the entry as well but I figure I might as well just buy another brain and mount it in the door as you have done.
Again thank you and if there is any more light yourselves or others could throw on this it would be great there must be heaps of Civic owners that would want to have keyless entry and don't.
Would love to hear from any one with other ways of doing this.
I also found this site for people like me who need to learn more about auto electrics it goes in to great detail it is mainly about audio
http://www.bcae1.com/ anyone know of any sites that offer other auto electrics info like this in an educational and generic sense please let me know.

**mattmag71** · 09-11-2014 01:10 PM

Hi Dave_Biscuits I tried to do it your way thought I had found the answer on 12volt .com about how to wire the relays and NOPE.
But I did make a DIY video on how to do it with an aftermarket kit.

Success

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_2z1fFrdhA

Well, it is done I ended up with Keyless remote entry.