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Looking to get a remote started installed on an 03 Civic EX with a
manual transmission. Do they make those? I know you have to have the
clutch in to start so not sure how that would work. Also - how will it
work with existing security system and computer chips in the keys.

Can anyone recommend something?

Thanks!

The clutch interlock is not a problem at all, it is simply bypassed.
Many (if not most) systems will work with factory alarms as well. Your
biggest problem is going to be finding one that works with a manual
transmission. They do exist. I read about one (I believe Canadian made)
that comes with a set of 4 IR LEDs and 4 IR receivers for the shift
lever to sense that the transmission is in neutral.

Check DEI (http://www.directed.com/), prestige, audiovox etc. On-line
retailers that carry that sort of things include http://partsexpress.com
and http://jcwhitney.com. One model that is advertised as working with
manuals is Dirctstart CS423.

Make sure whoever installs this gets the neutral detection switch done
right!

ismlv wrote:
>
> Looking to get a remote started installed on an 03 Civic EX with a
> manual transmission. Do they make those? I know you have to have the
> clutch in to start so not sure how that would work. Also - how will it
> work with existing security system and computer chips in the keys.
>
> Can anyone recommend something?
>
> Thanks!

Randolph" <trash@junkmail.com> wrote in message
news:3FADCD25.6B496FDA@junkmail.com
> The clutch interlock is not a problem at all, it is
> simply bypassed. Many (if not most) systems will work
> with factory alarms as well. Your biggest problem is
> going to be finding one that works with a manual
> transmission. They do exist. I read about one (I believe
> Canadian made) that comes with a set of 4 IR LEDs and 4
> IR receivers for the shift lever to sense that the
> transmission is in neutral.

That would be the AstroStart. I actually installed the first one of those
units "legally" in the U.S. Up to that point they are "smuggled" accross.

ismlv <ismlv@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<3elqqvod53tvbr176dskhfk3n0pv8jsunn@4ax.com>. ..
> Looking to get a remote started installed on an 03 Civic EX with a
> manual transmission. Do they make those? I know you have to have the
> clutch in to start so not sure how that would work. Also - how will it
> work with existing security system and computer chips in the keys.
>
> Can anyone recommend something?
>
> Thanks!

You'll have to do some 'custom engineering'. Dealers don't like to
install them on manuals, because they're afraid that at some point
you'll forget to leave the car in neutral and hit the startup button
the next morning and then sue them.