The weird springy thingy is your factory hood pin. This will trigger the factory alarm when the hood is opened on some vehicles. Some alarm shops also use this to trigger the aftermarket alarm or remote start shut down wire. Might want to get that hooked back up just in case.

 

Thanks for the write up! This will be my other project while I mod my headlamps. I cant wait to get home. Soon enough.......

 

doesnt do either of those for my car. i can autostart my car with the hood open and it doesnt affect the alarm at all

 

Great thread, big project but so worth it.

 

Thanks for sharing! Im gonna attempt this on my engine bay as well!

 

when i lock my car with the window down and reach in and pop the hood the alarm goes off

 

Oh ok. Well I guess they didn't hook my aftermarket alarm up to that.

 

tnx for great diy.

 

finished with the drivers side. not going to bother doing a write up on it. its the same as the pass side..

picture in a second. will be in the first post

 

you should put a red circle on the driver's side pic to show exactly what you got rid of...

 

im going to take a better picture of it tomorrow when its light out. the flash from my phone made the picture look like ****

 

You should get the hoodpin hooked up for the remote start section at least since that could be a safety issue. Someone leaning over the engine bay with the remote in their pocket or someone pushing the buttons while someone else is working on the car. Thats why every remotestart comes with a hoodpin.

Also the fact that there is no trigger for the alarm from the hood means that someone could pop the hood from the outside, cut your siren wire and then break into the car with only the flashing lights to be concerned with.

 

definatly did not that of that last part. i dont think the hood pin that comes on the car is hooked up to my aftermarket alarm because i have started the car many times with the hood open with and without it hooked up. ill check into it though.

 

updated picture in first post of entire engine bay showing what all is done so far as far as tucked wires. all thats left is the main harness. which wont be for a while.

 

the washer fluid wires... is it that unplug wire harness in the 7th photo..? this wire needs to be extended... is it dificult to extend this wire.. very interested before i attempt this over the weekend.. also .. how long did it take you to complete?