98 Honda Civic Alarm Install

Hi, I am trying to install a Car Alarm in my honda and having a bit of a hard time tring to figure out a few things. Frist is my door locks. I have a 3 wire system one ground and 2 hots. I have been told I all I do it hook up the door lock triggers and I am done. But my alarm has two wires for the door locks. One is a Positive door switch and the other one is a neg door switch. What do I do? I am just lost. also 2 other ones is the foot brake I have a wire for that does that connect to the power side of the brake switch on pedal? The last one is a relay that came with it thats looks like it connects to the ignition coil hot line and one connects to 12v to the ign switch and the last one connects to the ACC. Do I just tap the wires into these locations? Can anyone help me out?

What alarm do you have? Model and Make? I bet the two wires you have for the lock and unlock can be used for both positive and negatve door lock types. One wire generates a pos output when the lock button is pressed and the other a neg output. When the unlock is pressed the opposite occurs. So basically by hooking them up to the two wires you have on your car, the only thing that would be wrong by hooking them up wrong would be the doors would lock when you pressed unlock. That is how most door lock outputs work these days at least. The foot brake wire from the alarm needs to go to the wire at the switch above the brake pedal that shows 12v+ when the brake peadal is depressed. The relay is most likely for a starter kill feature that is an optional feature that you can install. Look at the relays section on this website for how to install it. There is a link to the relays section on the left column up at the top under basics.J Rilla

Owner/Installer

Let me repeat myself and tell you what I found. I have two wires that state one Positive door Switch and the other negative door switch. Well I connected them and nothing happens at all. I have an electrical chart of the car. I have a Door Lock Actuator. Would that be where I connect the wires at? the wires would blu/wht and blk. I have bought a Ebay POS special. the alarm is called an option group. Also at the the end  of the electrical map on back of alarm it has an I/P + at the end of Postive and Negative door switch lettering. Anyone help???????????PLEASE

Also anyone have a good idea where I could connect the 12v power wire? I found a hot all the time connection I tried and it still arms itself while vehicle is running :)

jetullous wrote: Also anyone have a good idea where I could connect the 12v power wire? I found a hot all the time connection I tried and it still arms itself while vehicle is running :)

12 + constant is the big fat white wire at the Ignition harness.

jetullous wrote: I have two wires that state one Positive door Switch and the other negative door switch.

Neither of these 2 wires are for locking the doors. The door Switch wire is to trigger the alarm when the door is opened. That's it, that's all they do. Are you sure that this alarm has keyless entry? Not all do. Give us the link to either the one you purchased on Ebay or another one that is currently for sale. Or scan the wiring diagram pinout and upload it into your next post so we can better help you. If your model has lock outputs it should have 2 outputs for (locks or doorlocks) most likely negative only outputs. My suspicion is it may not and your confusing the alarm's triggering wire for door lock outputs.

jetullous wrote: Also at the the end  of the electrical map on back of alarm it has an I/P + at the end of Postive and Negative door switch lettering.

Not certain but my guess would be that I/P stands for Input. Good Luck, Steve

jetullous wrote: Also anyone have a good idea where I could connect the 12v power wire? I found a hot all the time connection I tried and it still arms itself while vehicle is running :)

Have you hooked up the IGN wire?  The passive arming should not active if you hook up the IGN.

FIrst drop all your tools second step 5 feet away from the car then unplug any soldering irons if you even know what that is that is all stay safe.i hate ebay they are stealing my business

Got to give me credit I tried. But I bought another Car alarmand I have hooked it up just fine and everything works. Found out that the one I had previously bought is a piece of junk and was broke before I recieved it. Thanks for all you help.