clifford 20.7x in 2004 grand am

Hello-

I was hoping anybody who has installed a remote starter in a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am could help me out.  I have installed a couple of basic remote starters in Honda Civics with no problem, in the Grand Am I am having some trouble locating the ignition harness.  What is the easiest way to access this?

Thanks for anyone's help!

I recently did an 03 Grand AM.  The 03-06's should be the same.  The easist way to get the IGN wires is by removing the radio.  While space is limited, there is a litttle slack in the harness.  Just cut open the harness and expose the wires.  On the one I did, the starter wire was Yellow but Its always best to verify all wires with a DMM. 

For a bypass, I would recommend the iDatalink modules, like the ADS DLSL GM1.  Its does the bypass, doors, alarm, trunk & tach for you.

i just did one last friday as well. If youunbolt the ignition cylinder, it gives you abit more room to work with.

I was using a fortin piece but i couldnt get it to program for some reason. I used 1 relay and resistor and i was on the dot for resistance reading, so it worked great.

Your car does not come with a tilt switch on the hood.  I add it as part of the R/S install.

Instead of the spring loaded hood pin that comes with the R/S,  I use the Omega AU-46 tilt switch.  I don't like drilling holes, so I mount it to the hood with one of the  hood hinge mounting bolts.  The tilt switch itself comes with 2 leds.  One goes to the R/S hood pin (-) input.  The othe led goes to chasis ground under the hood.  More reliable that a hood pin which ends up rusted/corroded within a year.  The only drawback is if you park the car on a very steep hill it might think the hood is up and not allow a remote start.

with your head under the dash, there are 2 huge grommets for factory wires. one black(lower) and grey (higher) towards the left

i used the black one since it was easier to get access to in the engine bay.

i used a bracket to mount my spring hood pin towards the right side of the engine bay.

also, for door locks you dont need relays. they work fine with the outputs on the unit. Depending on model, some require 1500ohm to unlock, i used 500 ohm and it worked fine.

defrost is also very easy to get to behind the hvac controls. no relay required. you need a latched (-) signal.

I am actually working on the door locks now.  So I do not need relays?  From what I can see its a 1 wire (-) system and I have a lock and unlock wire to tie into it.  How do I go about this?

Thanks for everybody's help, I don't think I could've gotten through this without it!

it uses a resistor to unlock. this 1 wire system is called a multiplex.

As mentioned before, my tech sheet said 500, and another said 1500. I used 500 and it worked fine.

white wire in the DKP, it comes through a black rectangular plug with a blue cap. you cant miss it. connect lock straight to this wire, connect the unlock with resistor inline.

If you use the tan wire, its for the driver priority unlock (reverse polarity = relay required)