adding pinswitch to gm factory alarm

I have a 2003 Chevy silverado. I am trying to add a pinswitch to trigger the factory alarm. It has a fiberglass bedcover and the customer wants the interior of the bed protected, yet doesnt want to upgrade from the factory alarm just yet. I was thinking maybe I could just tie in with a door trigger. Any suggestions??

I did this on my car once. I new when the truck was open cause it would turn on the door is ajar warning and turn on the domelight.

If you do this you might want to install a flip switch the customer can hit in the event he needs to leave the cover open (big loads).

Good Luck.

Sure you can do it. I would recommend that you tie into the hood pin if it has one though, and be sure you use a diode or two.

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The individual doorpin wires on that truck are only available inside the doors, unfortunately.

You're going to have to go into one of the doors, and find the door trigger wire going from the doorlatch to the electronic door module inside the door.

I agree strongly with the other person's suggestion about putting a toggle switch to interrupt the trigger. But put it inside the cab of the truck, so it won't rust, and so thieves can't access it.

What color wire should I tie into, and where? toggle switch sounds like a good idea. Is there any other way besides going inside the door? Does anyone know what color the wire is after it comes into the kick panel?

 The best way is to try the way auex is saying first and you wont have to worry about the door chime going off or the dome light turning on when its open you can still use an on/off switch if you want to bypass the pinswitch if you want to so you can keep the system armed if you have the bed open.

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auex's method is a very good one, but GM cars don't come with factory hoodswitches, so it won't work.

As far as I can think of, you're going to have to go into the door to trip the factory alarm.

I know it doesnt have a factory hood switch!!!! Thats why I'm asking about wiring to a door trigger. Does anyone know what color wire is the drivers door trigger?????????? Or even the passenger door for that matter???? Anyone at all????

C'mon guys! Cant anyone help me here?

How many wires could there possibly be coming from the doorlatch and going to the door module? Probably two, maybe a couple more at most. Just test them until you find the right one.

Whats the deal with the door pins anyway. Alot of the wiring posts here say to hit the module in the door. However the little note (*3) says they are at the BCM?

Which is it?

the drivers door pin switch is Gray w/ black stripe, you can only get this in the door.

CHEVROLET, FULL SIZE PICKUP, 2003, Door Trigger

On base model trucks the door trigger wires are in the lt. blue plug at the BCM, pins B4 and A5. On 4dr trucks the LR door trigger is lt. blue/black, pin A3, and the RR is lt. GREEN/ black, pin A2. They are in the purple plug at the BCM. Use all wires and diode isolate.

I know the door triggers are at the bcm. These are where you tap in when installing an aftermarket alarm. But can I use the same wire to trigger the factory alarm by adding a pinswitch?? Or do I have to find another wire, such as the one described actually inside the door???

Yes those are the wires you are looking for all you need is to just tap into one of them. preferably the pass side one so you wont get the key chime noise if the gate is open and the key is in the ign. 

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