Car Alarm Install problem

["Toolman Tim" <no.spam.for.tcm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've not done installs of car alarms in many years - figured it couldn't be
any worse than audio, right? Well, after the nightmare of installing my new
CD player I should have known better <g>!

Anyway, I have a Kia Spectra and bought a Hornet 727T alarm. That's the
upgrade type kit to tie in to my existing remote door lock system.

My question, if someone here can help with car alarm install tips, is on
connecting to the parking light circuit. The install manual with the kit
says to tap into that in the steering column and gives instructions on
locating the correct wire based on zero volts when the parking lights are
switch off, and 12v when they're switched on. I can't find a wire that does
that. I'm thinking that would be because the system runs on a relay. The
relay is in the fuse/relay block. I know which one it is (pulled them out
one at a time until the circuit quit.) So, should I be trying to tap in
between the switch on the steering column and the relay, or should I be
trying to connect after the relay?

OR...should I take this blasted thing to a local car alarm dealer and have
them finish the job? It looks like I'll be facing similar issues with the
door switches, and other things the system wants to connect to.