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Powerizing your door locks!

Posted: 7/25/02 12:01am Message 1 of 6
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TAMPA, FL - USA
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Hello everyone,

Has anyone ever converted their door locks to power? I'm in the market for an alarm, and of course key-less entry does not work with non-power door locks. I want to turn them into power locks, which is only used by the alarm, and I want it hidden! That way, I can lock/unlock manually, and I can use the power locks from the alarm, and best of all, no switches for power locks on the inside |smile|

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Powerizing your door locks!

Posted: 7/25/02 3:28am Message 2 of 6
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If that's possible, that's way |cool|


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Powerizing your door locks!

Posted: 7/29/02 3:03pm Message 3 of 6
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Evans, GA - USA
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Vette(s): 1973 Motion Maco 1982 Crossfire Injection 2001 Coupe
My '79 didn't have power-locks. But everything is there to hook up the actuators. So, you just have to add the actuators, the wiring & the switches.


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Powerizing your door locks!

Posted: 7/29/02 8:45pm Message 4 of 6
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Personally I would put the money into an alarm and disabling system rather than mess with power door locks. All anyone has to do to quickly get into a locked convetible is to slash the fabric on the top. My driver's side door lock doesn't work anyway so if I'm leaving the car unattended for any length of time I just punch in the button that disables the ignition and locks down the hood. A previous owner installed the system so I have no idea who it is made by or how much it cost to have installed.


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Powerizing your door locks!

Posted: 7/30/02 8:25pm Message 5 of 6
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Evans, GA - USA
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Power door locks are an important part of any alarm system, especially if you have a key fob that you use to arm it---you want to make sure that the doors are locked as well.

"locking" the hood seems like a useless endeavor when you can't open the hood except from the inside (unless you don't lock the doors).


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Posted: 8/5/02 8:12am Message 6 of 6
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Vette(s): 1969 Monza Red Black Conv / Black Vinal hardtop 454/480 Tremec 5 Speed 308 Posi.Black Leather Interior, PS, PW, Air cond., tilt/tele,AM/FM Cass.-5 Pack CD, Hurst Shifter, side pipes 2004 Yellow convertible with black top and black interior
I think if a thief wants to get into the car, it won't matter what kind of alarm you have, ESPECIALLY if you have a convertible. An electrical or a fuel cut-off switch will only stop an ametuer. If a pro wants your car, they will just pull up with a tow truck and in a very few seconds, the whole car will be gone. I say this because back in early '76 I had a '74 stolen from a fairly busy parking lot. It was locked and had the hard top on it. The cops said it was most likely towed and put into a tractor trailer and moved that way.

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