E30 Zone

Which car alarms are to be avoided.?
I need something for my cab, but I don,t want nobody giving away too much info on their own motors.
Thanks.

yellowmellow wrote:Which car alarms are to be avoided.?
I need something for my cab, but I don,t want nobody giving away too much info on their own motors.
Thanks.

Stand well back and wait for every man and his dog to start bashing Clifford alarms

I've always had them and they're fine if fitted PROPERLY

ian332isport wrote:

yellowmellow wrote:Which car alarms are to be avoided.?
I need something for my cab, but I don,t want nobody giving away too much info on their own motors.
Thanks.

Stand well back and wait for every man and his dog to start bashing Clifford alarms

I've always had them and they're fine if fitted PROPERLY

x2

Yep. Clifford all the way

I have heard clifford have got it together now -the problem used to be the remote fob.
A few people are raving about them now.

I,m wondering about the system that text,s your mobile phone too !!!

clifford all day long .. iv had it on 4 of my cars .. never had any problem with any of em ....

leave the alarmed indicator flasher mode out. these are the best way to fuse most alarms.

when my xr2 was recovered i found some silver foil behind a side flasher bulb.also a hot wired fuel pump from the reg lights.

magpie wrote:leave the alarmed indicator flasher mode out. these are the best way to fuse most alarms.

when my xr2 was recovered i found some silver foil behind

+2

not nicked MR2 but the fuse blow trick.

from experience it depends on the quality of the install in many cases - decent earth points, soldered joins not scotchlocks etc

cornershop wrote:from experience it depends on the quality of the install in many cases - decent earth points, soldered joins not scotchlocks etc

Totally Agree

i have a scorpion alarm and immobiliser on mine and it has given no problems in eight years. mind you i wouldn't bother these days just get an iron bar steering lock. car theft is after all nothing like it was in the late eighties early nineties.

Ive used Laserline alarms on some of my vehicles, never had 1 problem with them at all highly recommended.

Damn that XR2 install Magpie. !!!!!!!

I,m leaning toward,s Clifford though?

Has any one got the thingy that text,s you if someone touch,s the car ?

yellowmellow wrote:I,m leaning toward,s Clifford though

If you do go with a Clifford, make sure it's fitted by someone who knows what they're doing. Cliffords are good alarms, but won't tolerate poor fitting and setup. This is the main reason people slag them off.

Ian.

search cobra alarm's had them on my xr2 golf vr6 and getting one on the e30 very reliable cheapish and the fob looks lke a melted smartie lol

My last car had a clifford and at first it kept tripping the locks on its own. This was traced by the engineer who fitted it to a small trickle of electric in the central locking wiring. He was going to another BMW straight after mine with the same problem. Once this was fixed it was fine and I would highly recommend them.

They also do the sms thing you talk about as an add to the systems they sell

http://www.cliffordalarm.co.uk/productd ... tID=11&b=4

Cliffords are good, but if the monkey fitting it does not do a proper job, you'll have loads of false alarms and general grief.

In my experience, it's difficult to look beyond the Toad Ai606 as an excellent all rounder and the price is good too.

Looking at about £100 for the unit, £250 fully inclusive of fitting (including the system)

250 fitted I couldn't do a very basic house alarm for that.

TopSod wrote:My last car had a clifford and at first it kept tripping the locks on its own. This was traced by the engineer who fitted it to a small trickle of electric in the central locking wiring. He was going to another BMW straight after mine with the same problem. Once this was fixed it was fine and I would highly recommend them.

They also do the sms thing you talk about as an add to the systems they sell

http://www.cliffordalarm.co.uk/productd ... tID=11&b=4

Oh yeah
the TOAD ai606 -I forgot about that one. They do the text thing too !
So it,s toad or clifford then ?

Anyone rate Meta alarms? I've had one on my car for a few years and my mate has had one on his car for about 8 years with no problems

another +1 for a toad ai606 from me. I had one on my last e30 and it was a great alarm.

sorry to jump in but can fobs still be sorted for the oem bmw alarm?

even if you have none.

talk about oem homo

If you want an honest opinion on which alarm is best and causes the least aggro . Ask people who deal with lots of different cars daily , I.E traders,car valeters, mechanics etc.
Don't waste your time asking forum geeks who love flashing lights , jizzing over wiring diagrams and get a semi every time they hear a clifford chirping !

PS Don't get a clifford !!!

pacerpete wrote:If you want an honest opinion on which alarm is best and causes the least aggro . Ask people who deal with lots of different cars daily , I.E traders,car valeters, mechanics etc.
Don't waste your time asking forum geeks who love flashing lights , jizzing over wiring diagrams and get a semi every time they hear a clifford chirping !

PS Don't get a clifford !!!