door poppers
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Ease of installation and install time is going to depend on your experience and mechanical aptitude. Mounting and connecting the solenoids to the latch release rod should only take a few minutes. Then you'll need to run a set of wires through the boot and into the cab, connect it to a relay and then your activation system (alarm, remote, etc).
If you shave your handles, don't forget a backup system to get into your truck in case you lose your remote or your truck battery dies.
If you shave your handles, don't forget a backup system to get into your truck in case you lose your remote or your truck battery dies.
yeah i ordered a kit should be here in 5-6 days, and im pretty mechanically inclined, i just have to find a way to run the poppers thro my alarm, i'm not experienced on alarms. and a back up system to like a hiddn button or somethin....
thanks for the info i will get pics up as soon as im done with the install...
ravingmadman
Chief Knuckle Buster
I have poppers, and shaved doors. I didn't do the original install, but I've replaced the core components. Did you get a kit with a brain, and a separate remote fob?
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More. The idiot prior owner that did my install only tack-welded the patch plates over the holes where the door latches went. Make sure you stich weld the plates completely onto the door, otherwise it will crack. Also, don't remove the internals of the door latches. Just add the poppers, and leave the internals of the doors alone. My rear doors are hooked up to the lock/unlock button. When you hit the "lock" side of the switch, the left side, it pops the rear driver's side door. When you hit the right side of the switch, it pops the rear door.
And there's of course a popper on the tailgate, with a switch on the dash. If you have a tailgate, you can add linear actuators to open the window, and drop the tailgate pretty easily. THis is in the future for me, or i might just spring load everything to fly open. Lol. We'll see.
What kit did you get? Autoloc? I've heard good things about them, and I'm about to replace a bad solenoid, but haven't bought one yet. Installing the poppers and solenoids isn't the hard part- it's the wiring, and all of the solenoids. Good luck!!!
---------- Post added at 01:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:39 PM ----------
More. The idiot prior owner that did my install only tack-welded the patch plates over the holes where the door latches went. Make sure you stich weld the plates completely onto the door, otherwise it will crack. Also, don't remove the internals of the door latches. Just add the poppers, and leave the internals of the doors alone. My rear doors are hooked up to the lock/unlock button. When you hit the "lock" side of the switch, the left side, it pops the rear driver's side door. When you hit the right side of the switch, it pops the rear door.
And there's of course a popper on the tailgate, with a switch on the dash. If you have a tailgate, you can add linear actuators to open the window, and drop the tailgate pretty easily. THis is in the future for me, or i might just spring load everything to fly open. Lol. We'll see.
What kit did you get? Autoloc? I've heard good things about them, and I'm about to replace a bad solenoid, but haven't bought one yet. Installing the poppers and solenoids isn't the hard part- it's the wiring, and all of the solenoids. Good luck!!!
well mines a 2 dr so its a 2 door kit and my viper alarm pops the rear hatch so im gunna smoth the handle on the hatch and put it on the inside of the tail gate
it comes with a brain and 2 remotes but im gunna try and wire it to my alarm,
im getting the kit from fbi its like this not the exact one http://www.fbirides.com/product.asp?idno=8949
it comes with a brain and 2 remotes but im gunna try and wire it to my alarm,
im getting the kit from fbi its like this not the exact one http://www.fbirides.com/product.asp?idno=8949
ravingmadman
Chief Knuckle Buster
Yeah, that's good. It is easy to wire to an aux output. The relay for each solenoid will have 4 terminals on it- 2 for the signal, and 2 for the power. When the signal wire from the switch goes hot, it allows the power wire to go hot, with much more current to your solenoids. So all you have to do is slpice into the signal wire, and hook that up to an Aux output on your alarm. Too easy. Getting behind your dash, or wherever your alarm is installed is on you... 
Yeah, that's good. It is easy to wire to an aux output. The relay for each solenoid will have 4 terminals on it- 2 for the signal, and 2 for the power. When the signal wire from the switch goes hot, it allows the power wire to go hot, with much more current to your solenoids. So all you have to do is slpice into the signal wire, and hook that up to an Aux output on your alarm. Too easy. Getting behind your dash, or wherever your alarm is installed is on you...
ill have to check that out when i do the kit i really want my alarm to pop the doors open, less key pads in my pocket!!
