Toyota VIP Security - Plug and play?

[shagrat]

Originally Posted by earljail

So they didn't have any problem selling it to you knowing that you weren't going to let them gouge you on labour?

The parts and service departments are separate. The parts department agreed to match the price on the phone and ordered it for me. When I picked it up the next day, I had the parts guy print off the installation guide for me. When I got it home and opened it up, I called the service department and was quoted seven hours labor...needless to say I said thank you and hung up promptly.

Originally Posted by earljain

Keyless Entry $353.50
Security Upgrade (Dealer installed keyless entry required) $107.75

Those are installed prices(sans taxes) I think I'm going to take my income tax money and either get them to do it for the above prices or see how much cheaper it would be for be to do it myself.

Installation included:
*Removing a few pieces including the passenger glove box and driver side plastics.
*Temporarily removing the daylight running light relay.
*Unplugging/plugging different plugs to run alarm harness inline.
*Removing pins (three I believe) from factory harness and swapping them with pins from alarm harness (jeweler's screwdriver all that was needed to release the pins).
*Running piezo buzzer into the engine compartment...a factory plug is removed from firewall and replaced with a new one included with alarm kit.
*Pop led/glass break sensor into console panel (by aux plug).
*Mounting alarm brain to passenger side behind glove box.
*Zip-tie cables up neatly
*Test.
*Reinstall removed plastics and glove box.

The Toyota instruction sheet was extremely helpful. The drawings made finding everything very easy. My Yaris is a commuter to/from work (consultant...lots of road time). My accessories are all removable or small enought to put in the glove box (gps, ipod, etc...). The alarm has basic functionality (as compared to DEI, Viper, etc...), but is more than I was looking for...and my doors/hatch unlock without a key :).