car alarms (which brands are good quality?)

[blake_]

i'm shopping for a car alarm with a pager to it, but i want a good quailty one but viper alarms are way to expensive for me.. if anyone knows if this alarm is good please let me know because it seems good to me for the money but i have no experience in car alarms..

http://www.commandoalarms.com/itm30032.htm

anyways thanks

[Mendoza]

www.compustar.com

[killians31]

i have the viper 791xv and i love it.

[Trigga-T]

i have the viper 791xv also and i love it too

[kingsofcrunk]

As long as its made by DEI its going to be pretty good, which most alarms are anyways. If you like viper but cant affoard it, try Python. Still made by DEI, its the series below viper.

[Metallman56]

i have a Viper, and i dont really like it. i wish i would have bought a compustar.

[cals400ex]

how do code alarms compare?

[Vimjah]

I paid $800 for my compustar 2 years ago and it was the best thing I ever did to my car.... well worth the price tag for the piece of mind. :)

[iceman]

Shop for the installer first.

[Molson]

Wait..WHAT? 800 bucks for a car alarm?

I paid 250 CDN and it works just fine. Its just an insurance break. PLus what is the point of a pager. I dunno about you, but I'm nowhere near my car when I'm at work. And if they want my car in my driveway, I may raise off the pillow enough to listen to the alarm driving down the street.

[stangdude]

As long as its made by DEI its going to be pretty good, which most alarms are anyways. If you like viper but cant affoard it, try Python. Still made by DEI, its the series below viper.

I second that motion....

[Tank]

I got this installed a lil after my car got broken into. It hit me for $120.00 shipping and all. Cost me an extra $90.00 at Circuit City to get it installed with a lifetime warrantee. It workes damb good, have not had any problems at all with it at all.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-2-Way-LCD-Pager-Car-Alarm-and-Remote-Starter_W0QQitemZ140070408793QQihZ004QQcategoryZ94 832QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Vimjah]

Wait..WHAT? 800 bucks for a car alarm?

I paid 250 CDN and it works just fine. Its just an insurance break. PLus what is the point of a pager. I dunno about you, but I'm nowhere near my car when I'm at work. And if they want my car in my driveway, I may raise off the pillow enough to listen to the alarm driving down the street.

The pager gives me great notification. I've ran out at least 10 times since I got it and chased off punks seeing if the alarm works. It's not even an insurance break here, with all the wannabe gangstas in the area it's definarely worth making them think twice. Prior to the alarm I had over $1200 in insurance deductables in one year for vandalism. Last year I didn't make a single claim :)

[Ajaxus]

how do code alarms compare?

from someone who has a code alarm..crap

my bro has a viper on his gagt and it works quite well..altho his remote start is starting to bug out lately...

[pyro]

Shop for the installer first.
best post in the thread. :applause:

[Bryan]

Just my .02, I have an Avital 4400 which I really like. $312 installed and I have no complaints. Pagers great and its in the DEI family. It was reccommended to me now I reccommend it :)