Car Broken into, need security advice!
 

Couple of weeks back my lock was put through and my head unit was taken, ive fixed it all back up now, and was looking earlier and i will be using the guide to remove my door pins!

My car is a 2001 Saxo Forte 1.1i, and it comes with no kind of security what so ever. So im just wondering what kind of alarms/immobalisers you guys would suggest and where to get them from? Also at a tidy price, i dont want to be breaking the bank :P

Thanks.

you can get an alarm supplyed and fitted for around £150 for a good brand. Dont be tempted by the cheap crap that they sell on egay as its sh1t. You can get Clifford alarms fitted for around £200.
Whats your budget?

I was looking at anything up too £100 as money is tight at the minute and its going elsewhere, but obviously my car security is important lol.

Ive been into motorworld and they showed me some movement sensor ones for like £60. I just think that its going to be cheap and nasty..

Mate dont go to motor world as they are just kids trying to pretend that they know about car audio and security, try going into a car audio and security shop and see what they can offer you. I think if you could go to £130 then you may stand a chance of getting a very basic alarm. Try asking for gemini, cobra or meta as they do good cheap alarms.

Ok thanks for that, it did seem abit to good to be true and abit cheap and cheerful lol.

Nice to speak to someone who knows what theyre talking about.

Thanks

No probs mate i have been fitting car alarms for about 8 years now and have seen and fitted the cheap crap and it comes stright back and all you get is problems, if you can afford it then try to get a known brand, also ask about toad as they do cheaper alarms.

What is your postcode

Ian

go to your local car audio shop, ask howmuch... then say "i only have £100" 99% of the time they will do the deal, if they stick firm and wont budge just say "cool, ill go try a few other place's as i realy dont have more than £100" and stick to it. remember vat and fitting charges it must all be within your budget. (we are in a ressetion they buyer has the upper hand take advantage)

Be carefull you may end up with the budget alarm they could never sell

heres an idea, dont have the stereo on display! Hide it in the glovebox

Heres a better idea....leave your glovebox open so they cant see nothing is in there and take your HU with you.

lol........

bit ott is it not, iv seen a few people relocate the stereo to there and it make it look like you poverty spec when actually your not!

you may laugh but its showing to thieves to not try break in because nothing is in the glove box...

Yeah, audi used to do a cover that folded down over the stereo on the a6 iirc, they never got broken into cos it could have been the dvd version or the tape version. Wasnt worth the risk i guess!

I agree i used to live in Barking and every night i would take out the shelf, sub box with amp on the back, radio out and leave the glove box open. Never got broken into.. But others in the road did LOTS.

Try looking at Falcon alarms mate, heard nothing but good things about them!

http://www.falcon-security.com/products/car_alarms/


Chewy

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH:fcuk:

stay away from toad alarms, my car got broken into, (with no head unit in car) they took stealth shelf, parcel shelf, bass boxx 2 amps and 6speakers, left boot open and the alarm didnt go off, i couldnt get into my car tho as it was locked, toad alarms = crap

Wow scottish, thats harsh, glad I havent upgraded anything but the door speakers in mine yet, the wierd thing was tho, when mine was broken into they must have been car theft virgins, because they didnt even take the full HU. They only took the snatch plate lmao. I sat laughing at them for a while.

MR_TOAD what you need my postcode for dude?

Thanks for the tips btw guys, much appreciated :):)

haha, the thing i was most annoyed about getting taking was the £2.50 in the centre console, they took about £600 quids worth of in car entertainment stuff, then had the cheek to climb in and take the £2.50 aswell. gutted!! ild go for a clifford alarm if possible

buss fair to the local exchange mart :y:

that made me chuckle, spose it was, f**king scrowts.

Cobra alarms aint to bad!

Toad alarms are spot om you may have a faulty one have you tested it recently
maybe it was fitted badly im sure weve all been there on many different items but we always blame the tools

Ian

to see if i know anyone near you to help you

Ian

Falcon alarms are the same cheap jap crap that you get on ebay just rebadged. Trust me and Ian (mrtoad) we have fitted them. THEY ARE CRAP

I would not agree as toad are as good as anything else i have fitted its all down to how they are fitted. If the fitter just trys to get the boot with the sonics instead of running a boot wire (that takes 5 mins) then the alarm probably would not have gone off.

theres loads of cheap alarms etc on ebay

Hi all, im new to this site and noticed your comment about toad alarms, i 2 have had a bad experience with them, My car was broken into beginning of this week, they took my headunit, stealth shelf with 6x9's, sub and amp, door speakers, even down to the can of de icer:S they too left the boot and offside door open and the alarm didnt go off, i was just wondering is there any reasonable priced alarm out there that is trustworthy as i dont realy want to be cleaned out again:)

Thanks Dan

Ok thats two people now who have been stripped down with a toad alarm lol, think ill be steering clear of them.

Can i ask though, were they professionally fitted or fitted by yourself?

mine was professionally fitted, it was fitted before i bought the car, as far as i am aware there was no wire going to the boot so perhaps that was the problem, does anyone know of any decent places in and around manchester to get an alarm fitted?

That meen nothing mate.
Me and ian(mr-toad) fit alarms for our jobs and both know that it is not the alarms it is the FITTER. Trust us when we say there is nothing wrong with Toad, meta, sigma, cobra, gemini, clifford or viper. When you start talking about Falcon, microscan and anything that is cheap on ebay thats when you are getting cheap crap.

As for the alarms on ebay like i said they are crap. They will go off all the time and not when they should do.

Cat 1 fitted for £150??? what brand is that?

I get Sigma S series alarms at trade price +10% and they cost me £94... Fitted they are about £300?

you wont get a cat 1 fitted for £150 but you will get a piece of mind alarm for that price.

can anyone explain what defines a cat 1 alarm?

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