If u want a good alarm..

[bigjohnsona2]

Rough guide of what to look for for a trusty system


1. Select an alarm thats resonably priced.

2. Made in china syndrome. some alarms look pretty on ebay but after a
week the relays give up inside the control box n it does what it wants. if it looks too good for the price then its been made cheap, alough u may never get any problems it may let u down at times of need

3. check the siren, some alarms come with those silly sirens that sould like them toy machine guns (yer u know the ones u laughed at on other peoples cars) and your m8s really take the ****!!

4. best to have an motion detector in the car, as well as a shock sensor because for the shock sensor to be really effective on its own it has to be turned up high. then when u arrive at a cruse with thumping bass or a noisy car drives past it activates the alarm which gets anoying trust me,

5. Remote start. excelent feture especially on them cold mornings. but not as easy to fit as you think. and can cause damage when the relays get old as i found out when my car decided to try to start its self whilst it was already running at mcdonalds drive through major panic lol trying to stop the starter motor forgetting the battery leads ar bolted on duhh

6. hide the wires!!!!!!! i could get under most cars cut the wire to the siren and Silence... no alarm. also make sure the siren is not right by the bulk head so when close the bonnet is so quiet you could hear a nat fart. the idea is to draw attention!!

7. Central locking connection this part gets confusing when fitting your self and also confuses the car if the car already has remote central locking, get some help,

8. Sparkright alarms = NO most come with 1 button arm and disarm. a code copier avalible from ebay coppy the code of you key fob form a distance and im in in seconds, when buying an alarm make sure it has seperate arm and disarm buttons!

The rest is a bonus really just make sure ya cant see any wires and the flashing led is visible

 

[myszak]

8. ... NO most come with 1 button arm and disarm... a code copier ...when buying an alarm make sure it has seperate arm and disarm buttons!

I'm not sure: how is copy-safe so-called floating code related to the number of buttons?

 

[bigjohnsona2]

Different Arm and disarm buttons give a different frequency thus lock and unlock so if a code copier copys the lock frequency hes not going to get far!! accept lock the car and when you give the unlock code you are with the car anyway so
This is the easy way to define this.
i was not talking about floating codes alough its good technology

 

[GlenRose]

i work for rhino car alarms in australia i can tell you know every alarm is made in taiwan and china. its the ones that are designed in china and such that are the problems. look for your countries standards approved types they are the ones that are usually designed in-country.

all black wiring loom is a must.

different buttons has no bearing on anything lol. all of ours have one button for lock and unlock etc and are rolling code. dont even bother with fixed code. you might as well not have anything.

backup batteries are good to have in the siren as well. stops people hacking the power wires off and disabling it.

and fyi remote start alarms youll find are all designed in china because they are flat out useless for the most part considering the extra programming and parts needed on the board and such. ive seen a few dead starter motors this way.

i would never get an alarm off ebay. what if it immobilises itself on the side of the road? is the seller going to come out and fix it? what happens when it blows up? whos going to repair it etc. id stick with at least some local brand that can provide some support base.

and another thing i hear all the time is remotes losing the code and needed to get programmed in, many of ours need one working remote to program in another just as a safety thing else we need to reset it at our factory but id go with one where you can recode a remote in from scratch. not the most secure but a hell of alot more convinient when it happens

www.rhinosecurity.com bit of shameless self promoting XD

 

[Phil 55]

I totally agree with Glen, although most quality alarms we use here in the UK are made in Italy or the USA and are very reliable. All now have the rolling code so they cant be grabbed or scanned. It is important to buy from a reputable shop/dealer for most people thier car is the second most expensive thing they buy (unless they never buy a house) so why scrimp on its security ?

I'll also shamelessly put in a link to a car alarm installer that I have known and used for many years.