Hi all,
I am wanting to install my own alarm, and was wondering if anyone knows where to get one from?
Cheers
I am wanting to install my own alarm, and was wondering if anyone knows where to get one from?
Cheers
General Cinquecento Alarm
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What features are you wanting?
Maplin do a cheap and cheerful one that does the trick and pretty easy to install.
Maplin do a cheap and cheerful one that does the trick and pretty easy to install.
Alternatively there are much more complex ones on eBay up to the "real" stuff.
Installing alarms is a very specialised job. It's an absolute pig to do. Talk to your mechanic mate: there's usually someone local who'll do a good job cheap, with good rep amongst the trade.
Installing alarms is a very specialised job. It's an absolute pig to do. Talk to your mechanic mate: there's usually someone local who'll do a good job cheap, with good rep amongst the trade.
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I would like to try and fit it myself as I'm training to be an electrician so will give me some knowlege. Just realy wanting to find the best places to get an alarm from.
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Trust me, it's nothing like being an electrician. I've rewired houses in the past and re-wired bikes and done short production run harnesses.
Fitting alarms on cars is something quite other.............
Fitting alarms on cars is something quite other.............
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Ok mate, I will take your word for it
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...and it really is cheap and chearful!
Wired one into my old cinq, and it was a pain in the arse!
The Shark alarms from Maplin have good features for the money (shame they don't work very well!) - unfortunately I ended up turning motion sensativity, and volt sensing off, and just relying on door trigger sensors.
The motion sensor used to go off everytime a car with a loud exhaust drove past, and the volt sensor used to trigger if someone walked past on a mobile phone!
In total I spent about £100 (orginal alarm box, extra sensors, extra triggers), for a system which was a bitch to wire up correctly and discretely, and which only had limited use.
IMO it was a waste of money (ah the beauty of heinsight), when you concider that for £300 you could get a proper alarm professionally installed...
If you're gonna put an alarm in, get a basic door trigger one off ebay or one of the cheap cheap cheap systems from Maplin - don't waste too much money unless you're planning on blinging your car up to the 9's!
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OK cheers mate.
You can alter the sensitivity of the shock sensor, so that wasnt a problem for me. Must admit i didnt wire up the current sensor as i knew that could cause problems. but i wired the door triggers to all the doors. took around an hour to install.
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You can get a thatcham cat 2 to 1 upgrade alarm fully fitted and certified for less than £200. So it's hardly worth the trouble of fitting it yourself, plus you are guarenteed it will work plus get a certificate for your insurance discount
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