Hey guys! I was thinking about getting this to upgrade the keyless entry and alarm. Whaddya think? Or can y'all suggest better? I just like the LCD remote!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...925285976&rd=1

 

looks pretty cool i guess...i just went to circuit city this week and priced out a Code Alarm,
remote start unit and it came out to be $403 insatalled. with a lifetime warranty
it'll be about $200 installation at a shop unless you got the hookup. i wouldn't mess with it
since i've never heard of Steel Mate alarms

 

looks nice.....i was looking for one......

 

LCD alarms are right up there with clear tails and racing stripes IMO, Got Rice?

 

they arent rice, they protect ur car with u knowing how ur baby is doing...not rice

 

LOL clear tails.. my buddy has em on his civic hes like "bro they look like headlights" im like fool u got stock yellow bulbs thats wrong lol

 

I don't even like the factory clear tail lights on the IS300. I'd have them painted or changed out if I owned one. Cool car otherwise.

 

i got my VIPER 791xv installed yesterday. itz focking nice. i bought it for 215$ new plus 25$ for DEI 555U. the shop i know hooked me up with 165$ for installation plus 65$ for window rolling up when u lock the car. it took him 5 hours to install it n this guy is a perfectionist so he takes his time. he said he couldnt believe he charged me so less for wut he did.

 

I think whole of my car alarm system took me like $1g..

 

????

wut do u have?

 

nothin.. just basic.. like everyone has..

remote start, window module, trunk, etc...

I have a compustar alarm ($250 from ebay), and I paid like $4~500 to install them at cartoys

and like $200 for the window module few days ago.. .

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! i should of bought the alarm from just a shop.. so that i could get the free installation..

 

oh my goodness, bestbuy has viper 791xv for 599$ installed i think. plus when i asked them about window module, they quoted me 100$. 400-500$?? oh my

 

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I would only trust DEI products, not some knock-off ebay bullshit product. Trust me, you'll hate yourself for getting one of those. Our shop stopped carrying Black Widow alarms beacuse they kept on frying themselves (NOT INSTALLER ERROR). We now only carry DEI (Viper, Avital, Clifford). It's worth the extra money. What's pictured above is my Clifford 3.5 which is remote start, keyless entry, and alarm. We now carry the Viper 791XV which is essentially the same alarm, just with a blue face and not a carbon fiber face.

 

i think know clifford 3.5 LCD looks exackly same as my viper 791xv screen.

 

I know.. I though like over $500 is expensive.. so.. i tried to buy all the stuff from ebay and ask them to install...

but.. they said like.. cuz i didn't buy the stuff from them, it's more expensive.. and.. sometime, they don't install it... so.. yeah... sheeeeet..

 

it sounds like u only went to one place. i asked bestbuy, how much it would cost to install the viper 791xv when i buy the unit and they quoted me 200$.

 

nippon - the reason why they charged you that much is because the compustar alarms are so frickin hard to install. There's a million wires to hook up. The reason why is because the compustar alarm is pretty much 20 relays built into one. However, they're not wired up to be universal wiring, such as a DEI alarm. When wiring up a relay, there's typically 4 wires (sometimes 5, depending on what you're trying to do) that need to be hooked up somewhere. So pretty much, thing of 4 wires x about 20 relays.

Now, for a DEI alarm, the relays are already wired up correctly for you, which is going to be 50 times faster than a compustar. There's about 20 wires in total that need to be hooked up, depending on the features that you want and what the car needs.

The whole reason why Compustar made a name for itself is because they were really the first ones to come out with a 2 way pager alarm. DEI pretty much took their design and made it 50 times better. Not only that, but Compustar alarms always had problems with them, either due to installer error or just poor design. Most of the time due to poor design.

 

 

why the unhappy face man? you lucked out - you've got a 791XV - that's a great alarm. There's so many things that you can do with that thing. Did you know there's a tilt sensor (stop theives from stealing your wheels), and even a GPS feature that you can lock, unlock, and remote start your car by just signing in online?

 

You ever read the range on those? If i am at home or work my car is locked up safe in garages, and if i am at a club or at a restauraunt, it's either out front or in valet, so why would i need one, if i am at a concert or a party or whatever, chances are the pager won't work, it's a gadget, if you want to spend the money get it. But like anyone will tell you, if someone want's it they are gonna get it, that's what insurance is for. I have supplemental insurance for mods, etc.

 

 

Look what I went and started!

 

yah...so no cheap ebay 2way. get DEI 2 way alarm.

 

clifford all the way i've had mine for a long time now no problems or anything and wrks great!

 

Does anybody konw where to find the model # for the alrarm system. I bought my CL not so long ago and I found on the battery cover that says "Equipped with Viper remote start system". But I was never told that it had it nor given a remote for it. I looks like there are extra wirings still intact. I found couple of places that sells the remote with programing instruction but I need the model # of my system... Any ideas?

 

so, for a 2001 cl-s, what remote start is recommended?

and is getting one at best buy a mistake? i live in Maryland (for now) and would like to get one soon (wtih installation)..

tnx