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Originally Posted by canman
pciley,
Thinking about this more, I don't think I will need to get a relay. I am no electronic pro, but there is a solenoid that is inside the cover in the attached pic. I agree with you that running it to the passenger power door locks is the way to go, but I am still looking on how to run the wires.
Does anyone have any good ideas on how to run the wires from the bed (w/spray in bed liner) and back into the cab. I took a quick look under the truck (not on jacks) and it does look like there are some holes to go into, but I am not sure exactly where to go once I get in.
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Hello, Canman
It must be ok to wire straight into the remote unlocking system. This is the way A.R.E does it, so if there was a problem, I don't think they would do it this way. It's only momentary contact anyway. Here are the steps layed out in pictures called wiring 1 through wiring 19. Pic 1 & 2 show tie wrap sticky backs glued to the cover with silicon sealer. The reason for this is they won't stay stuck when they get hot, so the sealer takes care of this problem. Then tie wrap your wires to them after the silicon cures, makes a nice job. Pic 3,4,5,6,7 show a nice way to route your wires down into the inside of the fender well to join the original factor wiring harness on the frame of the truck. Follow this harness as far as you can and tie wrap your wires to it. Pic 8 shows under the truck where your wires will join the factory harness. At about the back of the cab under the truck, I used a hole in the side of the frame and ran the wire down inside the frame and exited at the back door on my crew cab as shown in pic 9. Then pic 10 & 11 shows it entering the cab through an existing hole into the rocker panel. Then put silicon sealer on the wiring on the rocker panel to keep water out. Pic 12 shows wiring entering the B pillar area or step plate at the back passenger door, had to drill one 3/8" hole here to get the wiring harness into the truck. Its about the same size as the holes used on the step plate fasteners. Pics 13,14,15,16 show wiring running through to the drivers side A pillar area. Pics 17,18,19 show the connecion of the locks green and yellow wires to the truck. The locks green wire connects to the (green with yellow strip) wire on the truck with the supplied A.R.E quick connectors. The locks Yellow wire connects to the (purple)wire on the truck with the supplied A.R.E quick connectors. This is the way mine is wired and haven't had any problems, but the color sheet says to wire green to purple and yellow to green/yellow strip its up to you. When I press the button once it unlocks the drivers door, press it again and the front and rear passenger and cover unlock. To lock press remote once and all doors and cover will lock at once. Hope this will help you out. I will also include the wiring color sheet for the A.R.E LSII cover they supplied with my cover.
Dann
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