Since i just got my huge system installed, i need something to protect my investment. Anybody have an alarm suggestion for me? Price is no object when it comes to my baby.

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Compustar or Clifford

 

Get the Compustar. You get real time status of your car. I'm planning to get a compustar system.

 

anyone know their website so i can take a look at compustar???

 

I'd be leary of Compustar.
Do a search on the web and you'll see that lots of people are beginning to have problems with them. Poorly made, cheap components.

DEI/Clifford has a new model out that has the remote with the status of your car thingee. It looks pretty cool.

 

SilverKnight, moderator of CL board, got a CompuStar and it died on him less than a year. Since he bought it from a non-authorized dealer, no warranty from day 1.

 

I'm going to be getting the Viper 560ESP, it is basically the same as the 550 but it has a pager remote and a status display on the alarm...I like Viper alarms...never really had a problem with them on my Accord and I figure they are the best for the money..My friends have compustar alarms and a lot of them are having problems with it. I don't know it is all on you.

 

How about Clifford, i was looking at the avantguard 4 with the g4 technology, i was wondering if anyone had any experience with these alarms??

 

So now what is the best alarm/security system out there?

 

I would agree DEI/Viper/Clifford. Since DEI bought out Clifford a few years ago, the circuitry is the SAME for both. Just make sure you get a component system (none of that built-in relays, shock sensor, and stuff).

I was looking on the Compustar website and it doesn't say it has a "random code generator" for its alarm. All it takes is some punk with a codegrabber to steal your car. DEI stuff has that feature on all their alarms.

How do I know? I used to install alarms for weekend cash while I was in University. I've installed them all (Crimestopper, Viper, Clifford, Ungo, but no, not Compustar). DEI was by FAR the one with the best circuit design and cleanest to install.

I'd get a SOLID alarm over flashy one anyday.

As for alarm pagers, I used to have one but I found it's quite useless. Sometimes if it goes off, I'm at least a good 5 minutes away from my car. By the time I get there, IF IT'S NOT A FALSE ALARM, the thieves would already be gone. So... I'd just sit there sweating when the pager went off...

 

"One of the coolest things about Clifford's G4 technology is the ability to plug your Windows PC into the system/accessory chain and run the CliffNet Wizard. CliffNet Wizard allows you to customize and control your Clifford G4 system and accessories with point-and-click ease. It even adds features, such as selection from among 15 different Personalized Siren Sounds, that aren't available through the system's standard PlainView 2 code-protected programming."

Clifford.com

Thats some tite s|-|it you know.. hook up to your pc and customize alarm sounds and etc.. lol than they will have ringtones like on phones.. than have ringtones of songs and stuff.. Imagine hearing a Alarm to the music of Britney Spears.. Everyone would join the guy breaking into the car and help him out~! LOL

 

Get the Aladdin Alarm. Starts for $175 and then spend a lil more to add on the features you want.

 

2004Tl: I'm knida likin the G4 system. Do you know how much it goes for?

AFitchTLS: does Aladdin Alarm have a website?

 

Check out the new Viper 790 XV. Just announced less than a month ago. The responder remote is also included with the Python 880 XP and Clifford Matrix RSIII. Not sure what the differences are though...

Read the release:
http://www.directed.com/press/responderpr.asp

The new 2 way remote from DEI has an LCD and a little slimmer than the CompuStar SS. It comes with their new Viper 790 XV. Not sure what the realistic range is going to me, but they claim it's 1/4 mile under 'optimal conditions' (read: flat open field with no powerlines for 20 miles...).

Here's the responder link. Their site doesn't list the 790 XV yet.
http://www.directed.com/security/responder/default.asp

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LOL What is up with car alarms these days, they have turned into Snakes.. Viper's and Pythons to protect your car..

 

http://clifford.com/products/cp_g4.htm

I have no clue on pricing but I would expect over $500..

 

I would say so my Clifford was over $800 3years ago & I don't even have remote start. I could have it added but I did not really need it. But I do have the CliffNet Wizard or PC hook-up & my alarm sounds are customized. Its not your normal standard car alarm sounds. You can change them around so it makes it sound unlike other cars. But my main reason for getting the Clifford was the Blackjax anticarjacking self recovery subsystem thats Built-in.

 

Well yes it will be over $800 if you get it with Black Jax and other added options but im pretty sure you can get the alarm itself for around 5-600 dollars and installation would run around 200.

 

The BlackJax is built -in on some models & is not an extra feature to them.

 

Soo many alarms to choose from:p