Car Alarms

[Halon]

Well, seeing that I've been reading about quite a few cars being stolen, and getting SPAMed by MNSC, I've decided part of my tax return is going into a car alarm for my Talon. Not something I really want to buy, as I'm trying to get rid of all the misc crap I don't need, cluttering up the car. But well, I figure an alarm is probably a good investment considering it may save me from potential thieves.

Does anyone else out there have alarms in their car that they think works well?

Does anyone have any good recommendations of places to go for this other then like Best Buy? Not sure how good of a job those guys do. I want something with a pager that I can attach to my keychain. Something that will work with my turbo timer.

[scheides]

I had a simple Alpine unit on my 1G, it worked awesome. Plus, it gave the car keyless entry! I think I only paid around $300 or so for it, not a bad deal and it worked very well. At the same time, I bought one for Anna's car and she still has it (4 years now) and has had no problems with it (or the car getting stolen for that matter).

[AJ]

We had a couple Viper alarms w/ keyless entry and remote start installed on the Prizim and Jeep. The one on the car is still going stong. The remote start works sweet, it's got very good distance on it, and the remote isn't big and bulky.

But when looking for one for the 6, I am also thinking I wouldn't mind some kind of pager just in case. I'm either going to get an Autopage RS-600 for the 6 (which is basic and no pager but does everything else I want and is what is carried by Street Scenes Tint who will probably be installing it since I can't find anyone else to to it on a MT).

I'm also looking at the RS-622LCD that does come with the 2 way communication pager that will detail which part of the car was broken into and other misc tasks.

All the units should work just fine with other alarms (factors & aftermarket) with the piggyback features, and should be able to configured to set after the TT kills the car.

[TheBlizzard]

Compustar. http://www.compustar.org/

[A//// Guy]

I bought a K9 Mundial unit with Keyless of ebay for around 60. Got some door actuators and installed it all myself in the 1G. Worked great as a basic car alarm and keyless entry owned.

[turbotalon1g]

Viper 791XV, look it up, its bad ass, i had it hooked up to most of my cars that i really value. remote start, turbo timer, LCD remote, distance is good.
Got it for like $180 shipped on ebay.

[sleepydsm]

I'm interested in one as well, lol, I'm scared to put my Shep Racing stickers on my cars window

[asshanson]

Clifford (well any DEI system really, same as Viper) RSX Matrix 3.5 for sure. I have the older version of this in my car and I love it, insane range. No problems reaching the parking lot from inside a department store. It's a little spendy, but if you get the parts on eBay and install it yourself it's not bad.

Oh, it has remote start and turbo timer built in. Several options too, such as a trunk release for the pull cable ones like DSMs, automatically roll up the windows when you lock the car, proximity sensor if you want, so many things you can do with it.

http://www.clifford.com/matrix/responder/default.asp

[xveganxcowboyx]

I bought a K9 Mundial unit with Keyless of ebay for around 60. Got some door actuators and installed it all myself in the 1G. Worked great as a basic car alarm and keyless entry owned.


How difficult was the install? I tried one years ago and got confused and gave up. Wouldn't mind trying again though. The instructions never seem to be very clear.

[x-pride]

I tried most alarms including Compustar and I like DEI the most. DEI has the best shock sensor on the market and like honda they have accesories up the whazoo. They don't have an auto start for manuals but some models do come with turbo timers or ability to hook to timers. On 1G DSMs Alarms are not hard to install. You just need to know how to use a meter. Alarms are like performance parts either you pay now or you pay later.