hey guys,
ive had my alarm for a while.. but i feel the need to beef it up a lil more... i asked the guy who installed my alarm that i wanted a back up battery and a piezo siren... He told me he can get me the back up battery and piezo siren thru DEI and he said its both built in... meaning no two separate parts- just one thing consisting of both... how good is that? do you suggest goign with the built in siren with battery or keep it separate?

thanx

 

I say categorically keep them seperate. The backup battery siren combo that I know of is NOT a siren, first of all, I think he is confused with the backup battery siren with the key lock on it... but if they have a new PIEZO siren/b/u battery combo, the battery won't be as good as the seperate 520T - and the siren will be too big to put in the right spot. The 520T is strong enough to run the whole alarm for a good while and I have sold many, many of them and seen them work for years and years.

 

Eld, could you please post a link to a good Piezo siren?

I'm thinking about putting one in, but I want to find some more info. If I remember correctly the only way to turn the Piezo siren off is to use a key that it comes with.
What triggers the Piezo siren to go off? Is there a timer that will activate it if a door is opened but the ignition is not turned no after a set amount of time?

Thanks!

 

I just wire them with the main siren, but inside, making it painful to try to stay inside. No key, just te remote. Search for 513T on ebay, you'll find the DEI one.

 

Hi elduderino,

Do you have a after market alarm install on your car? If so or if you don't what aftermarket alarm system would you recommend? I'm thinking about getting a Clifford Matrix 2.5 system installed. I ordered a tire and wheel package and I want some added protection. Esp the tilt feature for the protection of my wheels and tires. And yes I know if anybody really wants to steal my car they could just flatbed it.

 

I have an aftermarket alarm on the Honda and none on the TSX at present (which looks stock). I haven't had a place to install an alarm until now... it's on order.

Due to the way the in-key immobilizer works, IMO auto theft will require a flatbed with any TSX.

My suggestion is to determine your budget and figure out what alarm system "sled" you can afford to go with to get the install and the add-ons you want, because they are more important than the alarm itself.

For instance, that 2.5 is a good alarm. But a Clifford Arrow with the addition of a glass-break mike, a tilt sensor, a backup battery, and a piezo siren - and installed right, with hidden wires, siren, and brain - is more secure than the 2.5 as it comes out of the box. And IMO you don't want to price yourself out of any of those add-ons just because you're attached to the 2.5 as a system...

This is because alarm companies are not trying to create security, they are just trying to sell kits.

 

What version of the Clifford Arrow would you recommend?

 

I was just picking the entry-level Clifford, actually. Nothing for or against the Arrow. I am actually placing my opening alarm stocking order on the first (get better deals from Directed that way).

I'm just saying that the bottom of the line unit, fully-equipped, is better than an upmarket model, but bone-stock. That's all.

 

What will you purchase? entry level?

 

Thanks Eld. I found it on Ebay. Very good price!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MakeTrack=true

So I should just tie this into the siren wiring under the hood and place the siren somewhere inside my car?

 

I would make the connection at the brain, not at the siren - risk of corrosion out there. But yes.

I like putting them INSIDE the air vents: )

 

hey homeboy listen up you need to stop giving your self a false since of security
acura tsx 04 to 07 no matter what kind of alarm and with no TOW TRUCK can still
be stolen and its pretty ridiculous how easy it is, but the game is to be sold, not told

 

Great tips, everyone. I've used some of these methods myself and have great success with emailing several dealers in a 100 mile radius and asking for best prices on specific model with specific options and then letting the two lowest priced dealers compete for my business. This has worked very well but we usually only buy new cars at the very end of the model year. We are very interested in the '19 RDX and actually need to buy a car this month because we're giving one of our cars to our college daughter so my husband and I will sharing a car which will be quite painful. I hate being in the "perfect storm" position of desperately needing a car and also wanting a brand new model hot off the factory floor - I'm not sure how to handle negotiations with this type of purchase. We obviously need to test drive the car and understand pricing before emailing dealers for prices. However, if we go to test drive a demo car, we'll be roped in with a salesperson and I would rather deal directly with either the internet sales manager or the GM (thanks for that tip, Colorado Guy AF!). So what would be the best way to handle this type of negotiation without being locked into a specific sales person just because we go test drive the demo? Also, will it be difficult to buy a car when they first hit the dealer lots because of people already putting deposits on these cars? We live in Ohio about 45 minutes from the factory, so I'm hoping the dealers here get these '19 RDXs soon and that there are many on order. I absolutely do not want to sit down with anyone - really want to do this by email. Any advice on how to handle this type of negotiation?