Not really an area for this on the boards I guess.. but...

anybody know much about car alarm systems? doing christmas shopping for the boyfriend and he owns a 07 ford fusion and he was asking me about good car alarms (which i know nothing about). he's extremely picky so i want to get something REALLY good. is viper pretty much the best brand or is there others i should check out? i'd like to get a brand that we carry at work that way i can use teh discount! lol and im guessing i need to make sure the alarm system will work for his car? lol

 

Viper 4 life, it is one of the best plus our discount is killer on it.

 

Viper is a sub-company of Directed Electronics which is a huge manufacturer of car audio, car video, and car security. Basically any good alarm is from them. I would get something with an LCD display like the Viper Responder SST. It has a visual LCD screen that tells you if car is locked/unlocked, armed/disarmed, running/not running, and if alarm goes off, it will tell you where it was triggered and page you. It has a 1 mile radius blah blah blah. check it out, and yes, itll work. Plus theres a few models you can check out.

http://www.directed.com/security/vip...ponder_sst.asp

 

looks pretty nice.. i was wondering about the radius on that.. 1 mile isn't bad at all. im liking that 5900, I'll check the price on it tomorrow for sure.

* 6 channel remote start/security/keyless entry system
* Confirms commands and system triggers on the transceiver LCD screen
* Clone-Safe® Code-Hopping®
* Parking Light Flash
* Failsafe® Starter Kill
* Anti-Grind
* Stinger® DoubleGuard® Shock Sensor
* Revenger® Six-Tone Siren
* Bright Blue LED Status Indicator
* Miniature XCRS (Extreme Capacity Relay Satellite)
* Defroster Output
* Built-in Turbo Timer
* Dome Light Supervision
* Comfort Closure
* 4 Auxiliary Outputs
* Horn Honk
* Includes One 2-way Responder SST Transceiver

care to explain what some of that means? like is the shock sensor gonna **** someone up? rofl

 

Ask which ones you want explained... and shock sensor is just a sensor that senses disruptions like a loud stereo system, loud car door slam, loud exhaust. Some sort of noise or abruption your car's sensor will pick up. It also senses bumps or nudges made to your car as well.

 

what's good about 6 channels?
what does defroster output do?
what's good about a built in turbo timer?
comfort closure?

thanks matt!

 

6 channels is so someone comes up with their remote and opens your car. it jumps frequencys.

defroster output just is an option (or full time) to turn defroster on when remote starting ones vehicle. useful in winter, obviously.

turbo timer is for turbo equiped (usually modified) cars. they generate quite a bit of heat and letting your car idle helps the turbo disapate heat so you dont burn oil or harden it. you can remove your keys and lock your car and itll keep running on the timer which is usually a minute or two.

Im not sure what comfort closure is but total closure is where your windows, sunroof will close when your vehicle is armed. im sure comfort closure is something similar.

 

sweet, sounds good.. you answered all my questions so far. im gonna check it out tomorrow thanks again

 

That's the same one I have. I bought it about 15 months ago and never had a problem.

The two way pager eats up AAA batteries though. It only takes one battery, but only lasts about 3 weeks. I got fed up with it and bough AAA duracell recharables.

I didn't click those links, so I don't know if there were prices listed. But I got mine brand new off Ebay for $210. When I bought it, there were tons available on Ebay brand new.

Also, I paid a very reputable shop to install everything it came with. It took them 15 hours, yea 15! He said the wiring was very complex with the mustang and so forth. Anyways, charged me $200 for install and I've been a happy camper ever since.

 

O, and when you install it, there's a little wheel of some kind that you can adjust to adjust the sensitivity of the alarm. Mine isn't real sensitive so whenever a loud car, airplane, anything like that goes by, mine doesn't go off.

 

I'll keep that in mind, but I won't touch his car lol.. I don't wanna die. I'll have a pro install it.

 

Yeah, an alarm is something you want to leave up to someone who knows what they are doing. you can make one splice wrong and youll never figure out why the vehicle doesnt run or some other wacky problem.

 

+1


....i have the viper 5900 i bought it when i worked for best buy and got it cheap! its ok and the 2way pager deffentally does not work a mile a way even if it did it would have to be clear line of sight. sometimes the damn alarm unit does some weird ****. the trunk monkey would prob. work better IMO

 

What kinda of discount do you guys/gals get? Hook a brotha up!

 

i believe its called a viper 791xv or something. top model at best buy. has the lcd screen. its a remote start, alarm, and keyless entry. just call best buy mobile installation and ask them if your gunna need any extra parts cuz when you buy it, it says itll cover basic installation, but alot of cars need a bypass mod. i kno some of the newer fords have some kind of "special" door locking system so you might need a part for that.

 

Yea, that model number sounds right.

I now remember that when I had mine installed, they need my spare key so they could take the chip out that's in the key for the remote start. once it was all programmed, then they put the chip back in the spare key.

 

yea your gunna have to forfeit a spare

 

not permanently, only while they do the install. I got mine back and it works fine.

 

woot.. yeah you're right about the model.. 791XV. Bought it today, got a HUGE discount on it.. got it A LOT cheaper than what I was expecting lol. I asked the installer.. he said a bypass mod and a spare key are needed. Thanks again guys

 

I like Clifford which is the sub from DE company. I have been keeping my eye on the Avantiguard 5.5 which has a 1 mile radius current alams have 1/4m radius but rumors are around that the its not working as promised so it has been delayed many times.