Hey,


I decided to give this a shot...so i gave it a shot, and unfortunately without access to a haynes manual i cant even find the damn 12v wire for the ignition switch to splice in the power. Making my quest verry difficult. is there anywhere where i can find remote starter installation instruction for the 4th gen? even basic instruction would help. im lookin at instructions for the car starter i have and it's not being clear...pictures are my friend.

 

97 Maxima Wiring:

The ignition harness wiring changes colors at a plug, so the following is both colors.

12 volts: white/red or white/purple, (+), ignition harness
Starter: black/yellow or black/white, (+), ignition harness
Second Starter: green/black or red/blue, (+), ignition harness
Ignition: black/white or black/red, (+), ignition harness
Accessory: red/yellow or red, (+), ignition harness
Second Accessory: blue or white/blue, (+), ignition harness
Power Lock: light green/red, (-), in drivers door at switch
Power Unlock: green/yellow, (-), in drivers door at switch, requires double pulse
Lock Motor: brown/white, in drivers door at switch
Unlock Motor: brown, in drivers door at switch
Parking Lights: red/green, (+), steering column
Door Trigger: red/white, (-), low in drivers kick
Trunk Pin: purple/yellow, (-), drivers kick or BCM, BCM is located just below radio
Hood Pin: yellow/black, (-), BCM located just below radio
Trunk Release: purple/yellow, (-), low drivers kick
Factory Alarm Arm: arms with lock
Factory Alarm Disarm: arms with unlock
Tachometer: white/green, ac, at ECM. The ECM is located in the front of the center console on the transmission hump. The wiring is easily reached by removing the small black panel just to the front of the center console on the passenger side. the wire is in the middle row, 7th one in from the left.
Brake Wire: red/green, (+), at brake switch
Horn Trigger: green/white, (-)

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I'm getting ready to do this with my Clifford RS 2 let us know how it goes...

 

the best advice I can give it let Don install it. what starter are you installing?
Jae

 

I'm going to be installing mine Monday!

 

bulldogsecurity.com and the12volt.com has the wire colors. i used to install them at my old job, so i did mine xmas morning in 3.5 hours.

 

if you have never dont it before i suggest you dont attempt it... its not as easy as you think...

 

What's the most complicated step?

Jae

 

Not easy?...wat's not easy about splicing wires together then following programming directions. i mean, i've put in my system, my head unit, re-wired my corner lights, put in my boy's fogs, 9007 conversion.....i have wiring experience i think.

 

Audiovoxx Ax901 Remote Starter With Command Confirmation Remote

 

it's fairly easy and straight forward. Definitely doable DIY.

 

I've not done that much wiring before in a car, but it wasn't all that bad to do the install of the Valet 562t I got from Pearl96Max in his GD. It was more time consuming than anything else, finding the wires and splicing into them (soldering, not half-assed wire taps or just wrapping the wires around eachother and electrical taping).

As long as you have a second car to use (i.e. can afford downtime) it's not a problem.

 

Takin your time huh?

 

Its a little different than the above mentioned products, although still not extremely difficult to do. WHat has my concerns was your original post of "I cant even find 12V" This would lead me to believe your not in possesion of any sort of DMM, which would definately be recomended to have.

 

yea its been awhile. i ended up making 2 relays, one for the 2nd starter and 2nd acc, then i find out that the remote starter had a switchable wire and i could have saved some time.... if i dont include looking up the diagrams and putting away my tools it took me about 2 hours to wire it up. can you say slacker? oh yea and i did it outside in the rain.

 

Ahhh its all good, I was just bustin some *****

 

All that isnt experience..... intalling a remote start with keyless entry and security is experience... besides its not my car ur working on.. if you feel confident go ahead but have someone around that knows what they are doing... (not trying to be rude)

 

true...any specific tools i should get before going at it? i can afford hte down time seeing as tomorow i have the whole day off and as i read through post it seems liek the MOST it'll take me is 4 hours....

 

Well, as Don said, you should invest in a DMM: Digital Multi-Meter. You can get a cheapy one if you never plan on doing any more electrical tinkering on your car (which includes engine sensor stuff) that'll tell you volts/current, ohms/resistance, and continuity. Radioshack will have some to get you started, I'm sure everybody has their own favorite. Ask Don to see what he uses.

Jae

 

Fluke autoranging of course.

 

I installed my own RSX 3.5 about 2 years ago, been working great ever since...

Take your time and solder everything together, tape it up good, use zipties, get it out of the way, etc etc...

and get a DMM like don said, you cant install without it.

 

Unless you already know all the wires off the top of your head and no verification is needed.

 

Stop showing off

 

Teehehehehehehehe

 

razor blade
pick tool
wire stripper (not the one with mutiple gauge holes, get the one that has one hole that adjusts, hard to explain.)
3m super 33+ tape
zip ties