2006 honda civic, alarm
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Forum Name: Car Security and Convenience
Forum Discription: Car Alarms, Keyless Entries, Remote Starters, Immobilizer Bypasses, Sensors, Door Locks, Window Modules, Heated Mirrors, Heated Seats, etc.
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Printed Date: June 03, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Topic: 2006 honda civic, alarm
Posted By: BChillin83
Subject: 2006 honda civic, alarm
Date Posted: July 01, 2008 at 8:29 AM
Putting in a DEI Viper alarm this weekend in my cousins car, never worked on one before...If its anything like all the other civics, should be pretty easy. Never worked on the 2006 civic before so I was wondering if any of you had any ideas as to where to put the brain...
Also does anyone have any info on how to take the dash apart? Just in case I decide to put it somewhere up in the dash Thx
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Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: July 03, 2008 at 9:34 AM
There's tons of room under the driver's side dash against the kick panel ( up high ). No need to hide it under the center dash at all. The only thing that I found hard was the hood pin location and on the 2007's the firewall pass through was tough ( I don't like to drill into the firewall unless I absolutely need to ).
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: July 03, 2008 at 7:28 PM
Factory hood pin. Lt. Blue (NEG)- it's in a large harness with grey tape on it coming UP from the kick infront of the fuse box.
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Posted By: BChillin83
Date Posted: July 03, 2008 at 11:41 PM
thanks guys!
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: July 05, 2008 at 11:26 AM
And.... if you ae doin some tunes, let me know where your puttin your power cable thru the firewall. I am finally getting motivated to do something to my car. -------------
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: July 06, 2008 at 3:55 AM
key KTM, long time no see. i see you moved up the the Yukon ! hows the weather. if you do a system for your 06 civic take some pics and share. hey Bchillin, make sure you test all your wires with a DMM. dont just connect to what the diagram tells you to. you dont want to smoke your cousins 06 civic.
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: July 06, 2008 at 10:05 AM
tedmond..... you a smart guy? tell me where to put my power cable thru the firewall. I'm not so smart...... And yes, long time. The new job REALLY cuts into my free time.  Click my www sign! -------------
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: July 06, 2008 at 7:07 PM
key kartuneman, your in luck ! i met an old friend of mine that owns an 06 civic. I got under the dash and found an area suitable for a 4 gauge. Looking under the dash its on your right hand side towards the driver door. its hard to see so a flashlight helps. there is a fairly large grommet thats made of rubber. theres a thick taped up bundle of wires going through there. when you pierce the grommet, poke (looking underneath) to the right hand side because if you poke towards the left your going to pinch the wires going through. I noted that the wires lean towards the left in the engine bay so poking left of the grommet ( right looking up). Not sure if you drive stick or not. If you happen to own an automatic civic, directly behind the brake pedal, pull the carpet back and theres a empty grommet (prolly used for clutch wire on manuals) but this might be hard to fish out the wire. well good luck ! your a smart guy ! you could have found it without my help. what you planning to install ktm? navi, subs, amp(s)?
Posted By: BChillin83
Date Posted: July 06, 2008 at 8:18 PM
KarTuneMan wrote:
Factory hood pin. Lt. Blue (NEG)- it's in a large harness with grey tape on it coming UP from the kick infront of the fuse box.
Great advice! You described the location perfect, basically rigtht in front of me right on top of the hood release under the dash
Posted By: BChillin83
Date Posted: July 06, 2008 at 8:19 PM
yea thanks for the advice, i always test the wires, better to be safe than sorry ;)
Posted By: BChillin83
Date Posted: July 06, 2008 at 8:44 PM
These newer civics are tougher than previous years... It rained off and on today so i didnt get to finish like i wanted to. I have door locks, door triggers, 2 sirens, and do a little programming in the brain still... I CANNOT find the door lock wires to save my life...can anyone give some hints as to where to look? I really dont want to go behind the fuse box to get to that Multiplex Control Unit. Im trying to avoid that control unit at all costs. The wiring diagrams ive looked at says they are in the driver kick panel...Ive looked and cannot find them. HELP please, theres a really big harness which i think they are in but didnt look, but its pretty tight area to work in if you got big hands. Door locks slowed me down alot as i got discouraged/ frustrated Door triggers should not be a problem at all i just got to get some dioides As far as the siren under neath the hood, I have no clue where im going to put it, damn these newer civics have a really small engine bay...grrrrr. Need help/ ideas for this too... Firewall pass through is tough. Couldnt find a grommet, and I also dont like to drill in the firewall. I ran my tach, and siren wires around the door jam but etched a little notch in the metal where the weather stripping goes, put electrical tape around the wires so they wouldnt pinch. I put the wires in the notch, then over lapped the weather stripping and routed the wires away from the door hinge and through a crack in the fender to the engine bay. Then used wire loom over those wires. ( I was desperate and feeling fatigued due to the 85 degree heat outside). Going to keep an eye on this method and see how it holds up. If it doesnt work out i might have to try that firewall grommet location that tedmond posted above Tach is hooked up, remote start is working. The siren wire is loomed up just chillin in the engine bay until i figure out where the hell im going to put the siren. Thats basically it, everything else was cake besides hiding the brain and the immobilizer...that took some time because i wanted to hide it/ secure it pretty good.
Posted By: BChillin83
Date Posted: July 06, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Oh yea as far as the immobilzer, i used an 05 civic immobilizer. i believe it was a 556uw, or 556hw... cant remember
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: July 06, 2008 at 11:10 PM
The siren. I had issue with mine as well. On the passenger side, up front next to the radiator. The door locks blow hard. I dropped the fuse box down in order to help reach the plug that goes thru the door boot. Lock, unlock, arm, and disarm are in THAT plug. -------------
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: July 06, 2008 at 11:18 PM
tedmond wrote:
what you planning to install ktm? navi, subs, amp(s)?
Alpine PXE-H650, PDX5, Morel Hybrid Ovation 6, and I haven't decided on woof yet it will be a single 10. -------------
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: July 06, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Bchillin, i think the 556u are PITA to use. i only use Fortin Honda-SL3 for Honda and acuras and Idatalink or Key-Overideall by fortin for other vehicles. using th efortin piece, never seen problems. just another note, did you use a relay to power both the sirens? some may agree or disagree with me, but i like to take extra precautions as always. Siren outputs (+) are often rated for less than 3 amps. Im sure a siren doesnt draw that much current but you can never be too safe. I suggest you use a relay and power BOTH sirens that way you eliminate the chance of burning that output. 85 - siren wire from main unit.
86 - ground
87 - constant 12v fused @ 5 amps
30 - to both postive siren wires like i said, its not needed, but rather be safe than sorry. just my 2 cents :)
Posted By: BChillin83
Date Posted: July 07, 2008 at 6:40 AM
KarTuneMan wrote:
The siren. I had issue with mine as well. On the passenger side, up front next to the radiator. The door locks blow hard. I dropped the fuse box down in order to help reach the plug that goes thru the door boot. Lock, unlock, arm, and disarm are in THAT plug.
Advice on dropping the fuse box? I removed the bolt up top on the right and the fuse box has a plastic clip that goes into the metal fuse box mounting bracket, that was taken out too. I was only able to drop the fuse box about an inch or two. Those two plugs on the back of the fuse box at the Multiplex Control Unit hit the metal fuse box cross bar on the back, so i could only lower it so much because the two plugs are ran through an opening of the metal fuse box mounting bracket on the back. Did you remove all harnesses in the fuse box so you were able to drop it?
Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: July 07, 2008 at 7:56 AM
It just comes down a bit....don't disconnect anything from it. The plug is up high ON the kick panal. There are 2 plugs, it's the white one....
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Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: July 07, 2008 at 9:05 AM
The door lock wires are easy to get to. There are (2) looms of wires that go into the driver's door. One loom contains the door lock wires and the other contains the OEM alarm arm and disarm wires. Not hard to get to unless you have really large hands.
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
Posted By: BChillin83
Date Posted: July 07, 2008 at 9:43 AM
I found 2 pictures in the 07 civic wiring diagram. In this picture there is a harness and below is two other harnesses with a cover...can i grab them there? 
Another picture, but i read they were up higher... true? 
When my cousin stops by this week ill have take another stab at door locks... my hand is all cut up from yesterday :(
Posted By: BChillin83
Date Posted: July 07, 2008 at 9:45 AM
Velocity Motors wrote:
The door lock wires are easy to get to. There are (2) looms of wires that go into the driver's door. One loom contains the door lock wires and the other contains the OEM alarm arm and disarm wires. Not hard to get to unless you have really large hands.
Did you drop the fuse box?
Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: July 07, 2008 at 10:34 AM
No I did not have to drop the fuse box. The wires are very easy to get to.
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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA
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