my sisters friends car got broken into and a lot of stuff got stolen out of his car and this made me decide its time for me to get an alarm system and i was wondering if anybody knew wat would be the best system to get under 300 i want it to have a remote start and have the lcd thing that tells you when ur alarm is going off
i saw a clifford alarm system on ebay for 130 something and ive been seeing that people say clifford is good i think it was called a matrix 3.5 or something like that i cant remember
Clifford is an excelent alarm. Life time waranty, excelent remote range, all kinds of programing options, and very few false alarms. However, you will not get one with everything you want under 300. I would save up a little extra and look into the matrix 3.5 like jerry said. I promise you will be happy with it in the end.
if you want a good alarm for under $300, look at Compustar, but installed it's going to be closer to about $800. I highly do NOT recommend you try installing an alarm system or remote starter on a car if you're not trained to do it.
does it really cost that much to have it installed because i dont have anything like that i thought i could buy one for 200 somethin and have it installed for like 100
installation done right is a LOT of work. it usually involves disassembling most of the interior of the car, and occasionally some of the exterior as well. Then putting it all back together so you never know it was done. I remember some cars like the old honda CRX I used to have to pull off the driver's front tire and then take out teh inner fender well to mount a siren due to how tightly the motor is packed into the car. Then ya pull apart the dash to mount the brain OVER the steering column, behind the glovebox, or somewhere like that where you can't ever reach it from under the dash to cut wires. then you need to wire teh brain to a number of things.. parking lights horn starter fuel pump relay head lights dome light/door pins hood pin shock sensor glass mic if used motion sensor if used power windows and locks if used the siren etc etc etc... and all of that requires looming, tape, and other methods of hiding all of your work so none of it looks like it doesn't belong where it is. anything you can tell by looking is something a thief can spot and cut to disable the alarm system quickly.
trust me.. alarm systems are an art to install. far more work than an average stereo system. well worth the cost of labor you pay a professional to do it.
I have to agree with glass. They are alot of work, and thats one of the reasons I sugest dealers to install them. Hell I work on the computer and wiring systems on the F16 day after day, and I stil hate doing alarms.
anyway another thing to note is that most good alarm makers will only warranty an alarm if its installed by a dealer. this means if you want any protection legally or civilly as well, you'll want it done right, by a dealer. Alpine, Directed, Clarion/Ungo, CompuStar, and others all share this policy, and are pretty strict about it to the point most won't even release the wiring color codes for their brains to customers. Only people who know the color codes are teh installers with the manuals from the mfgrs.
I see, that explains alot about you. ;-) I am working the mission operations center as a special duty. So I deal with lots and lots of captains and full birds day after day. Man I could tell you some stories. Military intel at its best.
