alarms/trackers

[Nitew4tcher]

ok

thinking my level of protection sucks. clifford immobiliser thats it.

who runs what alarm systems here?

i want the muttss nuttss cba with remote start systems.

so what do you recomend? clifford...viper...toad??


also does anyone have a tracker fitted...and are they worth the cash??

[Kryton]

I had a clifford concept 650 on my evo 2 & it caught fire. Had it sorted & then another one fitted, then the remote start stopped working. Makes supra one also stopped working. Just my experiences but it could have been down to who fitted them. I hear toad are good but I have never had. Tracker is not worth fitting as the initial cost & annual fee will cost far more than the insurance saving. you are better of just getting a decent alarm IMO

[elnevio]

Toad Ai606 on both our Mitsis. All fine!

[ILLEGAL]

90% of a alarm system is installation, the other 10% is producty. i can install the cheapest alarm and make your car safer than the most expensive item installed by someone who dont care. when getting a good alarm installed pay extra to AT LEAST had the main mouule mounted under the drivers seat with all the wires extended along the factory loom route. once the thief is in there and looking at the under dash it will/should look as stock as ever. get any alarm with 3 immobile circuits. make sure the fuel is cut along the loom that gos too the boot ... or better at the pump its self. the second should be at the ignition and the third should be at the ecu ignition feed. if someone manages to drive away with this setup.. it will be in a tow truck with your car strapped on the back and no other way!

tracking systems are pretty trick but not worth the money when the alarm is installed 100% correct..

alarm fires start by no good installers.. not the product (even chineese).. although installers often blame the product, it normally to cover their arse!

[Nitew4tcher]

90% of a alarm system is installation, the other 10% is producty. i can install the cheapest alarm and make your car safer than the most expensive item installed by someone who dont care. when getting a good alarm installed pay extra to AT LEAST had the main mouule mounted under the drivers seat with all the wires extended along the factory loom route. once the thief is in there and looking at the under dash it will/should look as stock as ever. get any alarm with 3 immobile circuits. make sure the fuel is cut along the loom that gos too the boot ... or better at the pump its self. the second should be at the ignition and the third should be at the ecu ignition feed. if someone manages to drive away with this setup.. it will be in a tow truck with your car strapped on the back and no other way!

tracking systems are pretty trick but not worth the money when the alarm is installed 100% correct..

alarm fires start by no good installers.. not the product (even chineese).. although installers often blame the product, it normally to cover their arse!

AWSOME............cheers mate

[Davezj]

you can build your own tracker with old mobile phone and subcribe to a web site for a few quid.
depending on the mobile phone coverage you can track a car to about 200m in good coverage area, and about 500m in lower signal area.

it is the same system the police use to track down you kids when the go missing if they have a mobile phone. them can switch the GPS location signal that is in all mobile phones.

this is a very basic look at the systems but it was all laid out and built in a praticle performance car magazine article.

[horndog]

. Tracker is not worth fitting as the initial cost & annual fee will cost far more than the insurance saving. you are better of just getting a decent alarm IMO

I agree with that, My car has an (inactive) tracker and my insurance company told me that there would be £0.00 savings if I paid the anual subscription.

When my wife bought her Hyundai Cope it had a Clifford Concept 500 fitted - with all the bells and whistles (remote start, auto close windows etc... The onlything we had done was to have it "detuned" as it would setoff when a cat walked past it.