How good is our Stock Alarm ?
03-25-2002, 10:55 PM
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How good is our Stock Alarm ?
Hi. My buddy just had his 2002 SE stolen on Friday. What is the best alarm to use, is our stock good enough. My neighbor has a pager alarm, with a battery backup.....Any advice. My car is loaded , so it is a target with the Navigation....HELP !
03-26-2002, 12:46 AM
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I'm using a Clifford Bullitt IV. When I got it installed, the guy set it up so that the oem alarm serves as a backup alarm for the new alarm. So far it's been serving it's purpose. I hear lojack is good as well, it's some sort of vehicle tracking system and that sells for like $700 I think...
03-26-2002, 07:33 AM
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Here, Here!!
Originally posted by mYkEi2KmAx
I'm using a Clifford Bullitt IV. When I got it installed, the guy set it up so that the oem alarm serves as a backup alarm for the new alarm. So far it's been serving it's purpose. I hear lojack is good as well, it's some sort of vehicle tracking system and that sells for like $700 I think...
I'm using a Clifford Bullitt IV. When I got it installed, the guy set it up so that the oem alarm serves as a backup alarm for the new alarm. So far it's been serving it's purpose. I hear lojack is good as well, it's some sort of vehicle tracking system and that sells for like $700 I think...
03-26-2002, 08:50 AM
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This is kinda nice http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?threadid=107199
03-26-2002, 09:08 AM
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Originally posted by mattattax
the stock alarm sucks and is almost nonexistent
the stock alarm sucks and is almost nonexistent
03-26-2002, 09:53 AM
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After realizing that the stock alarm was just a series of pin switches on the access points.. and that someone could break all the windows, take everything..etc.. as long as they didn't open a door..
I had a friend add a glass break and shock sensor to the factory alarm. The two sensors are slaved onto the hood pin switch as the wiring enters the stock alarm CPU. I've tested it quite a bit and the setup works very nicely. There is a little falloff in shock sensing capability towards the very rear of the car, but I could wire in another sensor in the trunk if I wanted to.
The only complaint I have is that the glass break sensor kept going off as acorns fell on the window during high winds.
I thought about installing Lojack.. but after finding out that the lojack is pretty much installed in a select few places on a car (ie very easy to find if you know where to look) .. I decided against the added cost.
- Bryan
I had a friend add a glass break and shock sensor to the factory alarm. The two sensors are slaved onto the hood pin switch as the wiring enters the stock alarm CPU. I've tested it quite a bit and the setup works very nicely. There is a little falloff in shock sensing capability towards the very rear of the car, but I could wire in another sensor in the trunk if I wanted to.
The only complaint I have is that the glass break sensor kept going off as acorns fell on the window during high winds.
I thought about installing Lojack.. but after finding out that the lojack is pretty much installed in a select few places on a car (ie very easy to find if you know where to look) .. I decided against the added cost.
- Bryan
03-26-2002, 12:21 PM
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Re: How good is our Stock Alarm ?
sucks......it wont even go off when jummping on the hood.
Originally posted by kloogy
Hi. My buddy just had his 2002 SE stolen on Friday. What is the best alarm to use, is our stock good enough. My neighbor has a pager alarm, with a battery backup.....Any advice. My car is loaded , so it is a target with the Navigation....HELP !
Hi. My buddy just had his 2002 SE stolen on Friday. What is the best alarm to use, is our stock good enough. My neighbor has a pager alarm, with a battery backup.....Any advice. My car is loaded , so it is a target with the Navigation....HELP !
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