ok since in every thread i go to there is a car stollen atleast on each page...what is the best car alarm for a good reasonable price? nothing like 2000 for something thats just redic...

 

get something made by dei (directed electrionics). Viper, Python, Avaital, Valet, Clifford, Design Tech, and Hornet, are all DEI alarms. Best Buy sells Viper, Circuit City sells Python and the other ones you can find around at other local shops. If you go to the Best Buy in Brandon (I-75 and S.R. 60) only 3 of the installers put in alarms and they have 30+ years combined at installing alarms. But i'm not sure about any other best buys or curcuit city's.

 

You must know that no car alarm is going to stop someone from stealing your car. A car alarm will HOPEFULLY deter a would be car thief so they go onto another easier target. But if they want what you have they are going to take it.

As Eclipse said DEI is the way to go. But the worlds most advanced alarm is not worth squat unless installed correctly. Shop the installers not the product. Make sure the installer has alot of experience with car alarms. Ask them what the underside of your dash is going to look when the installation is complete. It should look the same as it did stock after the alarm is installed. How well the system works is up to the installer.

 

+1. I'm an installer at Circuit city and love seeing some other people's attempts at alarm installations.

 

another item to get would be a gps tracker, I think clifford has a setup for this. If your car does end up stolen theb you just log on to the internet and see where it is located, then it;s up to you to either call the cops or go kill the fucker first. Don't waste your money on lojack, it bites. whatever you do buy dei, and if you are not going to install it yourself make sure that whoever does it has a clue. I have had nothing but bad experiences with alarm shops all over tampa, from something as easy as telling them DO NOT touch the existing agu fuse holders (which I pointed to) and they cut the 10 gauge wire and but spliced it backtogether, 3 inches from the screw on connector. to an authorized dealer frying the alarm brain and then not taking care of it and leaving me to deal with the problem. So my advice is to do it yourself, if your halfway decent with electrical wiring it's not that hard.

 

yes i know if they want it they can have it but it might help could hold up and help me out

 

go to buzz off on dale mabry... they do nice alarm installs and have a decent selection of alarms as well

 

Do not do this unless you want to waste money. I took my brand new car, 2 days off the lot to them for an alarm install. The first 2 days I had no problems, but after they got ahold of it I had nothing but problems. First they wouldn't give up the owners manual, then they refuse to tell me where they put the components, so I can't even verify they did the install that I paid for. Then for the next week my trunk would pop open while I was driving, atleast once a day every day. I took it back to them and they blamed the factory, so I disabled the trunk pop. and for the next 3 months I had no problem, the day I reconnected it the trunk began opening, on it's own while driving down I75. I called to make and appointment to have it looked at, they said just bring it in, no appointment needed. so took it to buzz off and explained to them what's up, first they berated me for not making an appointment, then they looked at it and said a wire had been pinched during the install but they fixed it. for the next 2 weeks the trunk did the same thing. so I call them again, about 5 minutes before opening time (I didn't know they weren't open yet) in the morning, to make an appt. after the guy sets up the appt. he tells me to never call there again before they open, then he hung up. If they weren't open then it's his fault for answering the phone. they still couldn't fix it. so I just accepted it for the next several months, then just before I sold it I looked at it myself, I re-adjusted the rod that attached to the trunk release, for the next 3 weeks I had no problem with the trunk.

On top of this the other employees are rude, I got a little to close to their precious show car in the store and some fat bastard told me to get away from the car, then he goes to the install bay and leans against my hood while just the hood prop is holding it up. I had to practically beg them to give me a walk through of the alarm functions, they just wanted me to take the keys and leave without any explanation.

I have talked to others who made the mistake of going to buzz off and they agree, it is just about the worst place to go. they sell a good product, but they didn't make the product so they don't get any points for that. There install sucks, troubleshooting is non-existant, and everytime they open their mouth only bull shit comes out. The customer service is the worst I have ever received, you would think they were paying me not the other way around.

If you want to go there, that's up to you, but that's like playing russian roulette with a semi-auto handgun.

 

Forget that - install it yourself and put the brain as far back from the radio as possible I use 14ga red yellow brown and blue bundled wires ran parallel to the ignition harness. you can get the wire at home depot/lowes and when its bundled correctly it will look almost identical to stock and definitely confuse the hell out of anyone trying to bypass it.

 

I have had 3 alarms done at buzz off... whenever I have a problem i just show up and its taken care of. both of my mustangs have had the trunk pop, glass braker ect.. and they were more then willing to come out and give me a demo of how it all worked, where my valet is and how to use it.