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charles.y

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I am looking for a remote central locking kit for my S2 cab and wonder if someone could recommend some good ones.
 
Charles I had an alarm put in a few weeks back that came with remote locking. All I can say is don’t buy a Honet system as its rubbish and only works 50% of the time.
 
50% you say. I might have to look into that as it's a good 15% better than the (infra red [:'(]) one Jeep fitted to my Cherokee.
 
The standard immobiliser on my S2 finally gave up the ghost last summer so I had a highly recommended local fitter install an Autowatch 172ri immobiliser which links a remote key fob into the central locking. The product itself works perfecty 100% of the time and the guy who installed it has been doing this for nearly 20 years and uses proper soldered connections after completely removing the old system. His cost for three hours work inc vat was £175 which seems very fair. I found places selling just the immobiliser for a self install at around £90
 
Similar to Paul, I had a highly recommended local fitter install a Toad Ai606 Cat 1 alarm that brought with it the benefits of remote central locking and remote boot opening (so the boot majestically opens on its own as you return to the car should you want it to now I have my new boot struts). No problems so far, although mine was more expensive at £300 because but that includes labour sorting out a few electrical and central locking gremlins my car had had previously.
 
I fitted a Hornet system and it is ok as I only wanted the remote locking feature anyway, it does the remote boot thing but has broken in that you can no longer program it. Which is fine but I wish I had switched off the autolock (very annoying) feature before it packed in programming wise.. I wouldn't buy one again.
 
Charles, As people have said, usually the central locking is triggered by a remote control alarm, which then unlocks the car. In fact, I think it is a requirement of a Thatcham Cat1 alarm that it is interfaced to any central locking system there is. Your S2 will have central locking, and any remote control alarm can be wired like this. FWIW, I also have a Toad Ai606 installed, which I did myself. Not difficult, and is utterly bulletproof. (Good installation is more important than a good alarm.) Oli.
 
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