I bought the dual stage from autotoys.com and I mounted it with velcro on the piece of metal above and to the right of the fuse box. I turned it all the way up and I still have to bang the glass pretty hard to make it go off. I heard some people saying that slamming the trunk or a lightning storm will make it go off. i'm not saying that I want it to be that sensitive, but it would be nice to make it more sensitive.

My question is: Is it better to mount it on a wobbly surface or a hard surface? I'm thinking hard surface is better to receive the shock, but I could be wrong. Any help?

 

wobbly surface is the best... try the big clump of wires under the steering wheel.

if you bought a dual stage, make sure that you splice both trigger wires together and don't leave it hanging.. this will make sure the alarm goes off on the first hit (when it would usually just warn with aftermarket alarms).

this is exactly how mine is set up and it works perfectly.

 

thats why i said buy the clifford single stage piezo sensor, mine is attached by velcro on a solid surface and the damn thing is only set at half sensitivity and still very sensitive...

 

This is one of those friend-of-a-friend things so I don't know how true it is. Was told that the factory install manuals that dealers receive for Viper alarms states that the dual-stage shock sensors ideal mounting location is under the dash mounted directly to the steering column. Again, not sure how true this is but thought was worth mentioning.

 

Thats where my dealer installed shock sensor is.

 

hmm... I'll give that a try.

 

did you set it to the most sensitive?

 

yup

 

The installer at Tweeter who did my Clifford (and this guy knows his stuff) said the same thing--mine is mounted directly to the steering column.