RE: I second that - RE: Car alarms?

["Neal Tovsen" <sixteen.volt@verizon.net>]

Another issue if you have someone else do it:

In Tampa, there have been a few shops who supposedly installed peoples'
alarms, and then their cars were mysteriously stolen/broken into in the next
week...and they seemed to know exactly which wires to cut...

Neal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Hignight [mailto:Josh.Hignight@phoenix.edu]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 3:25 PM
> To: 'Jeff Toomasson'; Neal Tovsen; Josh Hignight; 'scirocco'
> Subject: RE: I second that - RE: Car alarms?
>
>
> If you do re-install, I recommend removing the dash and doing
> the wiring
> properly. Worked good for me in my cabby. Screw paying a shop
> to do it!
>
> Joshua Hignight
> Student Services/Technical Services
> New Mexico Campus
> (505) 821-4800
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Toomasson [mailto:jtoomasson@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 1:18 PM
> To: Neal Tovsen; 'Josh Hignight'; 'scirocco'
> Subject: I second that - RE: Car alarms?
>
> My 86 16v that I got a few months ago has a Derringer
> installed (neatly, it seems) but the previous owner
> did not have the RF units. My dilemma is whether to
> try restore the one installed to working order (and a
> $50 gamble on a remote). Or remove the wires and have
> a new one installed (which could lead into the mess
> Neal's speaking of...). If you're going to pay for it
> to be done, pay the extra money to have a reputable
> shop do it, when I was in high school, I came back to
> pick up my car and found these hacks (Bay Car Stereo
> in SF) dragging my old souped A1 rocco around the
> streets of SF. Few times in my life have I ever felt
> that assaulted!  ;) HTH, JT
>
> --- Neal Tovsen <sixteen.volt@verizon.net> wrote:
> > Are you planning on installing it yourself? Be
> > prepared for what you're
> > getting into.
> >
> > I installed an Ungo in my car. Everything turned out
> > great and it works
> > exactly as it should, but it took a LONG TIME (most
> > of three days). There
> > were about 20 wires on that thing, and most of them
> > go somewhere into the
> > rat's nest behind the fuse panel.
> >
> > If you do it, TAKE YOUR TIME. Plan it out, learn how
> > to read the funky
> > Bentley wiring diagrams, and then double and
> > tripple-test your wires before
> > you cut anything. Also don't cut any corners when
> > splicing: either solder it
> > or at least use good, clean crimping/splicing
> > blocks.
> >
> > There's nothing worse than a Scirocco with a messy
> > wiring harness, IMHO. It
> > seems that there are a few people on the list who
> > either inherited or
> > created a mess under the dash, and they are
> > CONSTANTLY plaigued by
> > electrical gremlins, no matter what they do. Those
> > who take extra care with
> > their electrical systems will have little trouble.
> > (knock on wood!!)
> >
> > Neal
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of
> > Josh Hignight
> > > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 1:40 PM
> > > To: 'scirocco'
> > > Subject: Car alarms?
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm getting to the point that my car is becoming
> > desirable to
> > > at least break
> > > in to. I'd like to deter at a least the less
> > educated of the
> > > hoodlums, so
> > > I'm going to get a car alarm...
> > >
> > > Any recommendations on brand/type? I'm open to
> > anything
> > > around $150 or less.
> > > Preferably something I can pick-up in town or pay
> > for via
> > > Paypal online (i.e
> > > not Crutchfield if I can help it. Got no CC for
> > regular
> > > online ordering).
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Joshua Hignight
> > > Student Services/Technical Services
> > > New Mexico Campus
> > > (505) 821-4800
> > >
> > >
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