Alarm Systems??
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Burning Brakes
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Alarm Systems??
Anyone have a recommendation on an alarm system which is effective, relatively economical and that you can install yourself? Thanks, it appears that my '04 C5 does not have a motion sensor.
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by Nick1
Anyone have a recommendation on an alarm system which is effective, relatively economical and that you can install yourself? Thanks, it appears that my '04 C5 does not have a motion sensor.
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Racer
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Check with your car stereo shops. There's a product by DEI part number 504K. You can find them online for about $40 and install it yourself. I didn't know that until I asked for the installation instructions and they just gave me a clipping of it that describes the operation portion. I guess for me it is worth $175 at the stereo shop because if I tried to install it, I'll probably short something out connecting to the wrong wires or something. It does have a lifetime warranty and it does compliment the factory PassKey security system quite nicely.
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Originally Posted by Nick1
Anyone have a recommendation on an alarm system which is effective, relatively economical and that you can install yourself? Thanks, it appears that my '04 C5 does not have a motion sensor.
The only alarm that might be of value is a paging alarm, where you are going to immediately go out and check on the car. I wouldn't recommend confronting the criminals, however. Some people have ended up dead.
A tracking device is worthwhile, and the insurance companies will give you discounts for those.
Michael
