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General Category => The Chill Out Room => Topic started by: Frikkin Evil on June 17, 2009, 03:37:00 pm

Title: Remote Central locking
Post by: Frikkin Evil on June 17, 2009, 03:37:00 pm

I bought a cheap Mk 1 Ford Focus a few months back to use as a daily driver/sensible family car. Some previous owner obviously lost the remote locking fob, so i've been making do with key access... but now I want to get it sorted. I think I looked into this a while back and I was looking at @ £60 for the fob, and the same again (or more) for it to be recoded by Ford.
Does anyone have any experience of this type of thing? Would I be able to buy one and reprogram it somehow?

Title: Re: Remote Central locking
Post by: Coyoteboy on June 17, 2009, 04:22:04 pm

IIRC if you dont have the "master key" (often red) then you can't do the reprogramming yourself and usually they cost even more than a normal key. You could check out one of the hundreds of online key programming people that do it for half the price?

Title: Re: Remote Central locking
Post by: flyingtele on June 17, 2009, 04:48:07 pm

perhaps you could get an alarm fitted? they normally include remote central locking, i dont know if you already have an alarm as standard

Title: Re: Remote Central locking
Post by: Frikkin Evil on June 17, 2009, 10:42:03 pm

Cheers guys. I will investigate further, and may opt to install a generic one if I have no joy with Ford.

Title: Re: Remote Central locking
Post by: Coyoteboy on June 18, 2009, 01:15:58 pm

Certainly could work out cheaper - a decent CAT1 alarm and immob can be had for ~100, they'll all do central locking, some will do window closure etc too.

Title: Re: Remote Central locking
Post by: fifegt4 on June 18, 2009, 02:26:52 pm

You could try Trix in dunfermline he supply's and fits alarms. He did one on my pals old civic for around £150 I think.

Title: Re: Remote Central locking
Post by: Frikkin Evil on June 18, 2009, 09:39:35 pm

I've seen a few motors about the town sporting the "Trix" logo, now I wknow what it is.

The thing is though, I really can't be fecked throwing money at this car, as it's basically a money-saving tool in it's own right. It's mildly irritating that I have to use the key to lock/unlock, but I can live with it. There may be ways and means using ebay etc. to get a lockset and remote/receiver. I know i'm being tight, but hey... I'm a skint dad nowadays!

Title: Re: Remote Central locking
Post by: fifegt4 on June 18, 2009, 11:51:53 pm

Aye they do a lot of window tinting thats most common i think. he did my battery relocation.

I know what you mean I'm sure the faff and your little one will demand enough cash spending on them let alone your everyday runner.

Title: Re: Remote Central locking
Post by: Frikkin Evil on June 19, 2009, 02:03:10 pm

I just need my lazy wife to get back to work, then we'll be better off again!  :o

I've got a few bits i'm wanting for the four, which deffo takes priority over the Focus.