Find the connectors and well go into production... :hello:

I searched for quite a while with no luck. :rolleyes:

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BoomSlang.us replied to my e-mail on 23 APR 12. He said it wouldn't be profitable for him to create one for the 370Z community. :(

Maybe he can point us in the direction for sourcing plugs?

if it's less than 500 each i think people will buy? lol :rofl2:

I would pay 500 for the damn harness, as it would prevent me from going through potentially multiple locks...

Okay maybe not 500 but still...


this may be able to go directly to the gtr...so it might be more profitable then he thinks.

^^^^ lol..... im not down for a 500 dollar harness hahahahah...
subd!!!!! btw

LOL im not either but it is cheaper then a new lock.... :ughdance:

sub'd

A harness needs to be under $100.00 Closer to $50 would be better. Otherwise when my warranty runs out I'll just cut the brown wire and live without the lock feature. If someone is going to steal the car they are going to get around the lock anyway.

This is the connector we need to make this go, the closest I have come is sourcing from outside the USA at the thousands of pieces to place an order.

Find some of these, the rest is fairly easy...

http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/p...og/Connect.jpg

Can anyone here negotiate in Chinese? How do you say free sample please?

Those ones were made in Japan so Chinese won't do you any better than English trying to talk to them :)

I found what looked like a compatible part from another manufacturer but it had 16 pins instead of 8 (there are multiple versions with different pin counts from 4 to 40). I'm still researching but if anyone else wants to help dig I found the other one by searching for connectors under "025 series". Also look under "064 series" as that is the metric size.

Need to contact some Japanese Z lovers to get us some! - these ones in the picture are made by Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd.

Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.

Hmm, I just figured China made everything now days.

This one might work.

http://www.onlinecomponents.com/imag...r1376352_l.jpg

1376352-1 TE CONNECTIVITY / AMP BRAND is on order | Buy 1376352 1 | Onlinecomponents.com

Part Datasheet

Bdl99 could probably help us he made all the other plug and play stuff members on here are using. He also started off in the gtr forums and came here second. So this would be right up his alley. I'm going to send him a pm with a link to see if he thinks he could help us all out!

Thanks, I think I can help... Give me 48hrs to confirm, I already have the plugs I just need to check I can get the sockets.

As others have mentioned minimum order quantities are generally the issue. What sort of demand is there for this? I don't want to make a ton of money here but don't want to be stuck with thousands of connectors either.

Would $50-70 be a reasonable price? I need to confirm the prices and qty of connectors before committing to that. That may seen expensive but the issue is the quantity, if we want 10K I can probably get it down to more like $5

FOR 50-70$ I would def. buy

Fvck it cut it up.:excited:

im in for that price.... as long as it isnt 150 or more lol im in

:icon18: honestly, that's wat i would do. and as fritz mentioned, just put a spade connector in place just incase i want the feature turned back on for some unknown crazy f-ked up reason. :icon17:

In!

:iagree: I couldl be fine with that method.

But I would purchase the connector also. My problem lies with no other person has done this to help me feel better about this isssue. I also wish the OP would post pics.

I knew you could come through! Thanks yet again bdl99!!! I know this is going to be in high demand!

Ok, I have an order already in progress for other connectors so I'm going to add a few samples of the female connector. I'm still aiming for the target prices of $50.

I know it doesn't matter, but what color are the other wires? Does anyone have a photo of the plug showing the wires? I know it is anal but I will make the extension harness with the same colors as the original if I know what color they are.

The suggestion was 8-10in of wire between the plug and socket, with the brown wire there but will probably supply pre-cut. I will offer LMBmikeZ one of the first kits if he wants it because he was the one who contacted me, who else is in on $50 beta units?

:happydance:And I happily accepted that offer!!!:tup:

I'll buy one.

I'll take one

If we can confrim that it works i'll be in.

:iagree:

Yes, exactly this.^^^ A mass order for plugs is a little premature, some testing/experimenting needs to be done first.

I'll take one, since I can't find the connectors easily I'll be using it for lock removal bypass experiments. If I get it figured out you can make and sell that one too.

I will do the brown wire (pin 1) cut on Saturday to confirm Fritz's findings.

OK, that will be the first three test kits.

Maybe I'm missing something, but hasn't the testing already been done by a couple of folks and by physically cutting the wire?

I haven't placed a mass order for plugs, I have added a few connectors to an existing order. I'm going to make three and go from there.

IN!

I know of one person who has done this (the OP). Others have talked about doing it, but nobody has reported their findings. After doing some digging around the service manual and with the OP's finding I was going to do some testing myself, but I wanted to try to source out the plugs so I could do my testing without cutting up my wire harness.

awesome!!!!!!:happydance:

I'm down for the second batch if the first 3 beta units work out!

So is this the scenario if the dummy plug works?

Unlock steering wheel, unplug steering lock connector, put new dummy connector plug with brown pin disabled in between steering lock and current connector.

Steering lock now set permanently unlocked. If so desired, you can return to stock setting by removing dummy plug and reconnecting steering lock with original connector.

Nice and neat, no wires to cut

I'm also in if it works