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General Discussion Area / Total closure kit fitted
« on: 17 February 2007, 18:50:55 »
And it works a treat. Deadlock the car, and a second later any open windows or sunroof are closed. It can be cancelled at any time by unlocking again.
I used a kit from www.totalclosure.com - not the cheapest out there but it is a good quality piece of kit with an internal fuse and 2 year guarantee. Took me around 1.5 hours from start to finish, but that was soldering all the connections rather than using the provided Scotchloks (which I hate with a passion, really don't trust them) so it can be done quicker if you're prepared to put up with the Scotchloks. Pretty easy to do, only 3 wires to the alarm module plus a power and ground wire. I ran the power wire to an unused slot in the interior fusebox and put a 5 amp fuse in.
You get some pretty decent instructions with the kit, it's written for a Vectra but all the wire colours match and most of it applies to the Omega too (with the exception of removing the kick panel).
Well worth it IMO, I had this on both my Audi and Subaru and I used it all the time, just getting out the car with the window down and letting it close automatically. Seldom used it on the Omega as I couldn't be bothered standing waiting while holding down the button. Unfortunately my BMW is of the type where you have to hold down the button too (although it does "total open" as well as total close) and I'm not sure if this kit can be adapted.
Looks somewhat 8-) too!
I used a kit from www.totalclosure.com - not the cheapest out there but it is a good quality piece of kit with an internal fuse and 2 year guarantee. Took me around 1.5 hours from start to finish, but that was soldering all the connections rather than using the provided Scotchloks (which I hate with a passion, really don't trust them) so it can be done quicker if you're prepared to put up with the Scotchloks. Pretty easy to do, only 3 wires to the alarm module plus a power and ground wire. I ran the power wire to an unused slot in the interior fusebox and put a 5 amp fuse in.
You get some pretty decent instructions with the kit, it's written for a Vectra but all the wire colours match and most of it applies to the Omega too (with the exception of removing the kick panel).
Well worth it IMO, I had this on both my Audi and Subaru and I used it all the time, just getting out the car with the window down and letting it close automatically. Seldom used it on the Omega as I couldn't be bothered standing waiting while holding down the button. Unfortunately my BMW is of the type where you have to hold down the button too (although it does "total open" as well as total close) and I'm not sure if this kit can be adapted.
Looks somewhat 8-) too!
I'm much happier with the car now, no more trying to avoid using the 1500-2500 RPM range due to the drone!
