Anyone have any experience with remote starts? Brand? Self install to difficult? Pros cons?
Anyone have any experience with remote starts? Brand? Self install to difficult? Pros cons?
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Get viper. Have professional install… takes a lot of time If you have never done one
Go DEI. ( viper, python and several more ). Not a diy project if your not very comfortable and confident in 12volt electronics
i have clifford with smart start on all my vehicles.. love it
Solace is the best based out of Canada easy install there trying to put there name out there
Have a shop do it! Too much of a headache and if anything goes wrong with it, it’s on them!
Thanks guys
Never done a remote start installation before and I installed the KB Voodoo in about an hour last year. Works great. Heard 12v solutions has a plug and play one for $220ish
Got a KB Voodoo i am installing tomorrow
Would need some wiring knowledge to do the KB Voodoo kit!! Otherwise get the plug and play kit from 12 volt solutions
It’s really not hard. There are some really great write ups on the Tacoma world forum with excellent pics. I used posi-tap connectors and they made it ridiculously easy.
I’m far from a wiring expert also. This was my first time doing something like that
I will solder the wires nothing new too me do it all the time
And save a $100 by doing the wiring myself
@Lee exactly!
Soldering is a skill worth learning. It makes projects like these far less intimidating, and gives you the best connections. Especially for things like aftermarket radio harness to Toyota adapter harness connections (never use bladed push on splices). If you like your connection you should solder your connection.
Really not that hard to do
Just takes a little practice and proper technique to do it well. But once you learn how to do it well you don’t forget.
Anyone can do a poor prep and/or a cold joint. I see it a lot in poor quality electronic devices, and often a little remelt and reflow of the solder can correct the issue. This was common on the 2nd gens that had compass/thermometer display problems, among other things.
Gotta get the wire hot . solder does the rest
As long as the wires are clean and free of oxides. Flux only does so much to overcome that.
Friend with a 4Runner tried to do this and said it was way over his head. He went professional.
Anyone have any luck with push button starts? Do you have to leave a fob in the vehicle?
They are for push button starts
You just keep the fob in your pocket
Otherwise someone could drive away with your baby
Yelp
I got a remote start on my manual taco from Toyota (part of the nego when I got it new). Works great and I love it
Update on the KB VooDoo system? So I installed this system yesterday and really is not that hard to do. The wires are kind of a pain to get too but not impossible the instructions are pretty good but the pictures are kind of small and can be hard to decipher but just take your time and verify each wire and all should be good!