I relocated the siren today, now you can REALLY hear it !!
Crankshaft
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did you have to shorten or lengthen the wireing?
That's basically where my (aftermarket) one is.
gonna write some instructions????
OK, first thing is no need to splice any wires, the existing harness is actually too long !
1) Remove the spare wheel cover by removing the 4 screws holding the hinges & remove the spare wheel.
2) Remove all of the plastic poppers (push the centre pins into the popper) and remove the big plastic cover
3) Undo the 4x 6mm bolts (10 mm head) two at the front and 2 holding the siren bracket down.
4) Disconnect the battery then disconnect the harness plug to the siren. Remove the siren & bracket complete and then undo the 2x 6mm nuts holding the siren in (10mm heads).
5) Push the large grommet and harness back through the plastic 'bin' and then remove the bin (you need to pull hard). Cover the hole the grommet was in using black duct tape on both sides or something similar.
6) Remove the harness from it's original position across a front cross member and route it back to the place you want to re-locate to, tucking the wires in neatly. Remove the insulating tape from the back of the grommet sleeve and pull the grommet all the way up so the connector now sits inside it.
7) Get a 90 degree bracket and secure it somewhere convinient (i used the bolts holding the 2 earth straps secured to the body behind the fuse box. Mount the siren to the bracket using the original T Bolts(s) and 10mm nut (6mm thread).
Finally reconnect the siren and reconnect the battery and then put everything back in reverse order. I mounted the original bracket back again so it wouldn't get lost but you could just leave it out.
Quite a simple job, it's now deafaningly painful to stand close to the car when the siren goes off. As no wires have been cut, it can be easily restored to original if necessary !
Cheers
Crankshaft
many thanx Crankshaft,
mind if i copy?
thats a definate hum-dinger of a mod for security, looks pretty easy to do as well
Hi kanujunkie;
No problem at all to copy it. Should take an hour to an hour and a half max, especially if you have a ready-made 'L' Bracket.
Cheers
Mine's always been in the engine compartment
Quote from: "smr2ley"Mine's always been in the engine compartment
Yes, but yours is an import, with an aftermarket system, as is mine - the front under the plastics is the obvious place for it.
Oh, and BTW - my dealer mentioned that they have done this mod on a few customers cars, so it may be worth you UK car guys asking them to do it for you?
nice idea, cheers Sean s:D :D s:D
Will doing this effect the insurance? won't they mind about messing around with the alarm?
they ain't going to care, all they want to know is does it have one, i'm not even going to bother with the cost of a call
Right, i'll do mine this weekend then.
It seems odd that Toyota decided to put it there in the first place, since everyone moans about the lack of storage space in the car. It'd be a simple step to relocate the alarm and include a can of repair spray under one of the seats.
Quote from: "kanujunkie"they ain't going to care, all they want to know is does it have one, i'm not even going to bother with the cost of a call
There have been several threads discussing this, and the overall opinion is that you will loose the thatcham classification for the alarm unless the mod is inspected by a thatcham approved installer and they re-issue the certificate (as standard the UK-spec car has a type-approval certificate)
No certificate = no insurance, and given that the insurance underwriters are getting squeezed more and more by personal injury claims (due to the proliferation of ambulance chaser companies) any excuse to get out of a claim and they will take it.
Just my 2c worth.
ah that sounds bad, maybe i'll continue to travel light.
Relocated mine yesterday! Yep, definitely much louder!
I removed the 'U' shaped bracket from the larger piece of metal which attaches to the bin mounting bolts, by drilling through the two welds. I then re-mounted the 'U' bracket to the angled strut next to the nearside headlamp, bolting through a spare hole in that strut.
Simple! The only thing needed to return to standard would be to bolt the two pieces of metal together again, to replace the welds which I drilled out.