no more turn signal sound anymore?

 

no.. the turn signal noise comes from the relay itself ..

 

Damn nice mod... Thanks for the info...

Terry

 

hmm what about the sound for when you leave your lights on?

 

yeah, what else does it remove?

btw- you can remove the seat belt ding via www.focushacks.com

You have to "jump through some hoops" like turning on the headlamps, hooking and unhooking seatbelts, etc..

 

....or you can just follow the instructions in your user manual...

 

This is a much easier process.... focushacks.com

 

yes .. it also does the sound of the lights .. it does every BING BING noise possible because u removed the speaker that BINGS ..

the other focus BEEP BEEP hacks will void your insurance if u get your car broken into .. because it will disable the factory alarm by tricking the car to think the car door is ALWAYS closed ..

 

i don't have a factory alarm. i thought they just came with keyless entry, not actual alarms anyway.

 

yes .. keyless entry includes a factory alarm ..
this is how the factory alarm works ...

when you lock your door with keyless entry it enables the alarm ..

if someone opens your door from the INSIDE within 60 seconds of the door locked .. then the horn will sound ..

 

mine doesn't do that. there is no factory alarm on regular foci...perhaps only on SVT?

 

I don't think mine does that either. I can't test it, since I took the other car today.

The only way to get the horn to sound is to double lock or hit the panic button. The only ways I know of...

 

Originally posted by DJ Sures:
I had a regular focus .. zx3 .. keyless entry contains an alarm feature .. the flashing light on the dash is it's engaged notice .. remember, the alarm will sound (horn) when the door has been opened or unlocked from the inside once the keyless entry has been enabled by the remote ..

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Keyless Entry contains no alarm unless you have the factory perimeter alarm.

 

oooh . then that is what i must have had .. i wasn't aware that it was an option .. i was under the impression all foci came with a factory alarm with the keyless entry

 

All Foci come with a blinking LED. Thats what it does. It blinks.

 

Okay, here's what I did.

I stuffed some cotton from the end of a Q-tip into the hole, this muffles the vibration of the speaker, the sound is still there but much more subtle.

It is barely audable, so you don't have to remove the speaker.

I put a black arrow pointing too the small hole to put the cotton into.

Good mod though, I hated the chirping of the seat belt and door ajar reminder.

[ 10-09-2002, 02:51 PM: Message edited by: xerofall ]

 

that's a great idea too!

 

does it disturb anyone else that the chips on the bottom there say "tyco" on them??? I used to have some slot cars made by tyco, when did they make the big move to the automotive industry?

 

haha i never noticed that! very funny

 

Thats wierd, the only chime I get is the door chime. When I work on it, I just tie a peice of string around the door locking area. For the seatbelts it only dings like 3 times then quits and never comes back on. Must be an early model or something.

 

tyco has been making chips longer than they were making cars. But the company is going down like enron and worldcom because of corruption.

 

after checked out the "muted" bing bing idea using q-tips, i bound out to my car in the rain giggling like a schoolgirl to try it. upon reaching the box in question, i noticed my ding ding is coming from a box located my the driver's feet in a suspended black box (i could feel the vibration)

does everyone somehow have a different setup than mine? 2001 C-dan. i wanna stuff cotton in it!!

 

oh crap i forgot to mention that this mod is on the SVT ..

however,, when i owned my ZX3 i did the same thing .. and yes, it comes from the driver side .. i don't have any pics , but it's located behind the fuse box .. if you feel around you can reach it ..

i remember removing it completely to work on it .. it's been almost 2 years since i did that to my ZX3 so i forget how it is mounted .. sorry about that! maybe someone with a zx3 can help?

okay .. i dug around in my old ZX3 photos and i found this ..

ignore the wires .. i took off the driver side panel.. it is 4 bolts .. and it slides off . then u can see the fuse box .. i recall taking the fuse box off (or at least loosening it to move) .. and located the door chimer .. it's behind that fuse box ..

 

Perhaps instead of removing the speaker, maybe tape some sort of pad or filter over it to muffle the noise.

 

I had a regular focus .. zx3 .. keyless entry contains an alarm feature .. the flashing light on the dash is it's engaged notice .. remember, the alarm will sound (horn) when the door has been opened or unlocked from the inside once the keyless entry has been enabled by the remote ..