Car Broken into, need security advice! - Page 2 - Saxperience

saxo_scottish · 29th January 2009, 12:47

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

infinitym4ge · 29th January 2009, 15:40

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Originally Posted by saxo_scottish

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

saxo_scottish · 29th January 2009, 16:07

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Originally Posted by infinitym4ge

buss fair to the local exchange mart

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

lewza · 29th January 2009, 17:22

Cobra alarms aint to bad!

MR_TOAD · 29th January 2009, 19:53

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Originally Posted by saxo_scottish

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

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

MR_TOAD · 29th January 2009, 19:55

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Originally Posted by Lyum

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

to see if i know anyone near you to help you

Ian

reevesy_vtr · 29th January 2009, 19:58

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Originally Posted by rkid147

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

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

Chewy

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

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Originally Posted by saxo_scottish

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

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.

tommyhine5 · 29th January 2009, 20:25

theres loads of cheap alarms etc on ebay

Dannyg409 · 30th January 2009, 00:57

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

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

Lyum · 30th January 2009, 09:10

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?

saxo_scottish · 30th January 2009, 09:23

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?

reevesy_vtr · 30th January 2009, 17:52

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Originally Posted by Lyum

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?

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.