77tony

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safulop

Yeah, I wondered if it was under that cover. I will see about it. This bit of wrenching, I think I don't need my shop for.

-Sean

Strat_928

Jager Engineering has rubberized plastic covers for the doors and ignition and rear key hole. They look very good, I have them and they are easy to apply. It is a small kit.

Since they are not paint they will not easily scratch or wear off soon.

Ralph Newman

I polished mine. If you like the "chrome" look it works great and easy to maintain. I will try to take a pix tonight.

Randy V

Cue JB...

Ed Scherer

Install a keyless entry system, too, so that once you have the exposed parts of the lock cylinders finished nicely, you'll rarely, if ever, need to use keys in them again.

FWIW, I had mine painted (after I removed them) at the same time I had my new GTS mirrors (upgraded from the original "flag mirrors" on my '90) painted many years ago. They still look like new, especially since I don't need to use keys in them anymore.

OlberJ

What does a keyless entry system cost roughly? I seem to remember them being about £100 last time i checked, although that was about 8 years ago.

safulop

I *had* a keyless entry system, but I had to disconnect it because it was shorting out internally, and causing the car to lock and unlock itself at random intervals. They are more trouble than they are worth, if you ask me.

-Sean

Ed Scherer

IIRC, mine (an Omega REC-8, probably long since discontinued) was pretty cheap, like $50. That was 12 years ago, though. It's been working just fine since then, FWIW.


I just took a look and see that you can get an Omega REC-12 for about $42 on U.S. eBay and about £28 on U.K. eBay.

Opelotus

I use an Avital 5303L keyless entry/security/remote start system which cost ~$115 online. Also activates/deactivates the factory alarm upon locking/unlocking. If your door lock motors are properly adjusted the keyless entry feature works fine. It's also really nice in the winter when the lock cylinders get sticky and the alarm switches work intermittently. Can't tell you how many times I used to set off the alarm in the winter (before the keyless system) even when unlocking with the long S key...

Randy V

This is the unit that Alan is installing on my car at Sharktoberfest (what I received is smaller without the antenna stubs shown):

http://www.commandocaralarms.com/ite...ProductID=1189

joejoe

Safulop, don't tighten it too hard and strip the threading. There are 2 screws there, one is big hex and other threads inside it to seat lock. Big one is to center lock small one pulls lock cylinder to flat end of big one. (It will make sense when you see it) On one of my cars someone previously tried to adjust and stripped threading, then used a standard bolt and really screwed up the lock. I had just bought a whole set of locks and removed bad lock and rekeyed one of the newer ones. Not difficult, but a bit finicky getting the 'tumblers' correct.

NoVector

I'll third it. Between my 84 and the GTS, I've probably used these for 10+ years. They look the same as the day I put them on.