imo, it really doesn't matter what alarm you get, it has to just be reliable. the statistics say that if a burgler cannot disable the alarm within 30 seconds they will usually walk away. but here's what happens: they can tag team.
1 person: breaks glass and pops hood
2 person: cuts horn
done. then they have all the time they need to do whatever. most places do a quick and cheap install where anyone and everyone would see the brain and experienced car theives are educated enough with car alarms that they're able to bypass these.
in addition, most people don't look around anymore (until it gets annoying) when a car alarm goes off because people set them off on accident so often that if it turns off quick enough it must have been the owner's mistake.
so when installing, make sure the alarm horn is VERY hard to get to, especially the wires to it. if you can make it them look factory, the better you'd be. also, have a backup battery or power source for the horn so if they happen to cut the wire to it, it will still honk/sound. third, hide that brain waaaaaaaaay up in the vehicle or behind the center console. the only pain is that you'll have to take out your shifter, shifter surround, armrest, and armrest surround just to take off the center console.
hope that helps. alarms are great if you have additional safeguards. normal installations anymore are useless since theives are always learning new tricks.
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10-26-2005, 04:34 AM
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