Two-Way Car alarm

NViejeP · Post by **NViejeP** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:56 pm

Sorry if I'm multiple posting, but I'm trying to find an alarm specific to what I need.

I drive a 2000 Toyota 4Runner, right now I'm running a Kicker KX550.3. I've got a pair of JL XR650Csi in the front, and am soon buying a subwoofer. However, I think I better get an alarm first.

What I need in the alarm:
-Two-Way Paging - I want to know if someone lays a finger on my car.
-Keyless entry
-Good alarm - Duh!
-Decent range

Thats pretty much it. Not a whole, here are other things that are cool but I not neccesarily needed:
-Remote Start
-Trunk pop

Please let me know what brand, model, and what are the general options on your alarm or an alarm you heard of. And how much you paid for it, and how much you paid for installation.

I know my local store quoted everything I listed except remote start for like $520 for some viper or clifford. Seems kind of expensive.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Mon May 01, 2006 3:03 am

I'm waiting for them to invent the alarm that goes off if someone looks too hard :P

JL Man · Post by **JL Man** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:01 am

i got a viper 560 installed for 300, had remote start. i paid 130 for the alarm itself and another 75 for a spare key, all together it was 505. its not a 2-way tho.

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Mon May 01, 2006 4:45 am

Does anybody have any links to online stores to buy good alarms and accessories?

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:07 am

Darthness wrote:I'm waiting for them to invent the alarm that goes off if someone looks too hard :P

i recently installed an alarm for a guy and ordered for him a dual zone proximity sensor that is a little different from dei's....i was able to set it up so that if you got up next to the car you got a warn away from a couple piezo horns under the hood but if you so much as looked in the window it went into full trigger mode...

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:12 am

I just can't get with proximity sensors. Maybe for a convertable or Jeep or something, but for most people, an extra shock sensor or two does the trick.

NViejeP · Post by **NViejeP** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:32 am

I dont want something crazy. But I just want to be safe, if someone lays a finger on my car I want to have the two way paging me.

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:41 am

The problem is, if you take it to that extent, someone laying their finger on your car setting off your alarm, every time the wind blows, you're going to hear about it. Every time a cat jumps on your car, you're going to hear about it. Every time a cloud goes over your car, you're likely to hear about it. And that get's annoying after a while. To you and your neighbors. That's why nobody pays much attention to alams going off now a days. Now, if you skip the proximity sensor and go with quality shock sensors set correctly, you won't get the false alarms. When it goes off, you'll know it's for real. Otherwise, you'll get so used to it going off all the time, one night it will go off and you'll ignore it figuring it's the wind and that will be the time the theif takes off with your stuff. So what good will that have done you? See what I'm saying? You'll get tired of running out to your car three or four times a night for no reason. I give that about a week. You'll be taking that sensor out. lol.

NViejeP · Post by **NViejeP** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:43 am

Hum.. yah maybe your right. Let's say it this way.

If someone bumps/hits my car with a car door, I want to have my pager beep me.

Anyone know any good two-way brands/models?

Robert Wollenberg · Post by **Robert Wollenberg** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:54 am

That would be a quality sock sensor doing that work. As for brands with two way, Viper has always been my favorite. A friend of mine always swore by Prestige and I know it got some props on here already. Clifford has always been a good brand and there's also the entire DEI line, Avital, Alpine used to make alarms not sure if they still do, Code alarms used to be pretty big, Excalibur were pretty generic but the worked and Ungo to name a few. There are other brands out I've noticed that I'm not familiar with. Hopefully these other guys can shed some light on the situation.