I went with the Universal Central Door Lock and Unlock Conversion Kit. I found the actual website of the Amazon seller, Kapsco Moto, as well. It looks like they only sell motorcycle stuff, but they do have these kits under their alarm products, and for only for $27.99 + shipping from Canada. I was a little worried that it was going to be cheap quality, but the kit is solid, and really simple. It comes with 4 actuators, remote module, 2 key fobs, and all the wiring and mounting hardware. They give you a simple wiring diagram, but no other instructions for installing the hardware. The closest thing I've ever done to something like this was install a small powered sub under my driver's seat.
http://www.kapscomoto.com/Shop-By-Produ ... -p897.html
The install was pretty simple, I did it yesterday in about 3 or 4 hours. I should have taken pictures, but was in a rush to get it done.
Here are the detailed steps I took to install the keyless entry system.
1) Disconnect the battery
2) I disconnected the door wiring harnesses for the power locks and windows (located behind a plastic carpeted panel next to your left foot if you were sitting in the driver's seat).
3) Then I completely removed the door from the car in order to have enough room to do the wiring work (remove the 4 bolts at the door hinges, disconnect the rubber hose from the car body and pull out the wiring, also remove the door panel at this time).
4) I sacrificed an old wire hanger to aid in threading the wiring through the rubber hose between the car body and the door (is there a technical name for this?). One at a time, I taped about 6" of each wire to one end of the hanger, then threaded the open end of the hanger through the rubber tube. A little lubricant made for less work. The picture below is of the wire hanger + actuator wiring.
5) I didn't need to install the other 3 actuators since my Legacy already had them in the other doors. So to prevent clutter, I just cut off all the extra wiring from the kit's harness that would have been used for those other doors. I taped off the ends of each of these wires to make sure they wouldn't short out on anything else (I'm not sure if this was necessary, but I did it to be safe). This extra wiring came in handy for step 7.
6) Now I reinstalled the door and reconnected the power window and power lock wiring harnesses.
7) After that was done, I mounted the actuator just like in Binford's picture in my first post. It fits right behind the arm rest of the door panel. I put the door panel back on to ensure that it fit correctly with the actuator installed. Also, the wiring in the kit was a little short, so I used the extra wiring from step 5 to do some splicing and complete the connections. I waited to secure the actuator rod to the locking rod until the actuator was working via remote. The picture below was taken with my camera phone (before taping the wiring together and routing it alongside the other door wiring).
8) Then all I had to do was place the remote module under the dash, and run wires to the battery and ground (requires drilling a hole in your firewall if there isn't one there already). I reconnected the battery, then connected the keyless entry system's wiring harness to the remote module.
9) I tested to make sure the actuator was working properly with the remote. At this point I messed around with the location of the locking rod connection until it would lock and unlock all the other doors in the car at once (secure the set screws with loc-tite). Then I put the door panel back on and tested again to make sure that it was still working properly. Lucky for me, I got it setup correctly on my first try.
There you go, its a lot of words, but wasn't very difficult to install. Let me know if you've got any questions, or if any of my explanation was unclear.
Cheers!
Brunt
