Alarm recomendations?
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Tuned
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Alarm recomendations?
Every once in a while some punks will mess with my truck. Mostly throwing trash in the bed but sometimes more serious. Like yesterday they broke 2 of the marker lights and pulled the letter "R" off the hood.
I've already made the repairs but it SERIOUSLY PISSES ME OFF that they keep doing this
So I'm seriously considering an alarm system as a deterrent. Doesn't need to be fancy, I just want a shock sensor so it'll chirp and flash the lights if one of those little **** ants so much as farts near my truck. I looked on the Canadian Tire website for do-it-yourself alarms but they're a few hundred bucks and have all the extra features like remote locks, starting, etc. I'm not seriously worried about the truck being stolen and I could care less about remote starting it, I just want some protection from vandalism. Any thoughts?
I've already made the repairs but it SERIOUSLY PISSES ME OFF that they keep doing this
So I'm seriously considering an alarm system as a deterrent. Doesn't need to be fancy, I just want a shock sensor so it'll chirp and flash the lights if one of those little **** ants so much as farts near my truck. I looked on the Canadian Tire website for do-it-yourself alarms but they're a few hundred bucks and have all the extra features like remote locks, starting, etc. I'm not seriously worried about the truck being stolen and I could care less about remote starting it, I just want some protection from vandalism. Any thoughts?
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From: Mount pleasant, michigan
You might wanna try this, but I would wanna find one that has a adjustable shock sensor, that way you can set it to the most sensitive settings to scare us **** ants off.
Gorilla Automotive 3057 - Gorilla Compact Vehicle Alarms - Overview - SummitRacing.com
Gorilla Automotive 3057 - Gorilla Compact Vehicle Alarms - Overview - SummitRacing.com
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Tuned
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You might wanna try this, but I would wanna find one that has a adjustable shock sensor, that way you can set it to the most sensitive settings to scare us **** ants off.
Gorilla Automotive 3057 - Gorilla Compact Vehicle Alarms - Overview - SummitRacing.com
Gorilla Automotive 3057 - Gorilla Compact Vehicle Alarms - Overview - SummitRacing.com
Thanks, I never would've thought of Summit for this.
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Here is Food for thought when purchasing an alarm. I purchased the top of the line Viper with the remote that lets you know what they are messing with on you truck, from a broken window to opening the door and starting the truck. It cost me around $2800.00 I added the auto start for the cold days in the mountains.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
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I was told that my new truck that I just purchased and put about $8500.00 into with tires and rims, lift kit, lights, grill and so on; was protected so well that no one could get it.<o></o>
I woke up about two weeks later and walked outside to get the morning paper and noticed that something was a miss out front, so I called my son's and asked them.<o></o>
My one son says I can see the house across the street. I said that was not it. Went into the house and it hit me. My 2006 GMC Yukon XL with a 10" lift and 44's was no longer blocking the view of the house across the street. It was missing!<o></o>
I called the cops and they laughed and said it is long gone by now. I called Viper which had a $2500.00 rebate paid to the owner if the truck was stolen, and it was.<o></o>
I asked the tech on the phone how could someone do this, I thought this was the top of the line alarm? The tech tells me “well anyone who knows how to install an alarm can uninstall one" and that the people who install them tell others of the secret for a couple of hundred dollars or so.<o></o>
Think about that before you put to much money into an alarm.<o></o>
fficeffice" /><o></o>I was told that my new truck that I just purchased and put about $8500.00 into with tires and rims, lift kit, lights, grill and so on; was protected so well that no one could get it.<o
></o>I woke up about two weeks later and walked outside to get the morning paper and noticed that something was a miss out front, so I called my son's and asked them.<o
></o>My one son says I can see the house across the street. I said that was not it. Went into the house and it hit me. My 2006 GMC Yukon XL with a 10" lift and 44's was no longer blocking the view of the house across the street. It was missing!<o
></o>I called the cops and they laughed and said it is long gone by now. I called Viper which had a $2500.00 rebate paid to the owner if the truck was stolen, and it was.<o
></o>I asked the tech on the phone how could someone do this, I thought this was the top of the line alarm? The tech tells me “well anyone who knows how to install an alarm can uninstall one" and that the people who install them tell others of the secret for a couple of hundred dollars or so.<o
></o>Think about that before you put to much money into an alarm.<o
></o>
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Here is Food for thought when purchasing an alarm. I purchased the top of the line Viper with the remote that lets you know what they are messing with on you truck, from a broken window to opening the door and starting the truck. It cost me around $2800.00 I added the auto start for the cold days in the mountains.fficeffice" /><O></O>
I was told that my new truck that I just purchased and put about $8500.00 into with tires and rims, lift kit, lights, grill and so on; was protected so well that no one could get it.<O></O>
I woke up about two weeks later and walked outside to get the morning paper and noticed that something was a miss out front, so I called my son's and asked them.<O></O>
My one son says I can see the house across the street. I said that was not it. Went into the house and it hit me. My 2006 GMC Yukon XL with a 10" lift and 44's was no longer blocking the view of the house across the street. It was missing!<O></O>
I called the cops and they laughed and said it is long gone by now. I called Viper which had a $2500.00 rebate paid to the owner if the truck was stolen, and it was.<O></O>
I asked the tech on the phone how could someone do this, I thought this was the top of the line alarm? The tech tells me “well anyone who knows how to install an alarm can uninstall one" and that the people who install them tell others of the secret for a couple of hundred dollars or so.<O></O>
Think about that before you put to much money into an alarm.<O></O>
ffice" /><O></O>I was told that my new truck that I just purchased and put about $8500.00 into with tires and rims, lift kit, lights, grill and so on; was protected so well that no one could get it.<O
></O>I woke up about two weeks later and walked outside to get the morning paper and noticed that something was a miss out front, so I called my son's and asked them.<O
></O>My one son says I can see the house across the street. I said that was not it. Went into the house and it hit me. My 2006 GMC Yukon XL with a 10" lift and 44's was no longer blocking the view of the house across the street. It was missing!<O
></O>I called the cops and they laughed and said it is long gone by now. I called Viper which had a $2500.00 rebate paid to the owner if the truck was stolen, and it was.<O
></O>I asked the tech on the phone how could someone do this, I thought this was the top of the line alarm? The tech tells me “well anyone who knows how to install an alarm can uninstall one" and that the people who install them tell others of the secret for a couple of hundred dollars or so.<O
></O>Think about that before you put to much money into an alarm.<O
></O>That really sucks man, I know I'd be seeing red. I knew a mechanic once who's stereo kept getting stolen so he mounted a bunch of fish hooks under the dash. Sure enough the night was broken with a scream
He's lucky the arresting cop was cool about what he did.
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From: Ventura, CA
I wish my uncle would have told me before he died on how he hooked up the battery to his door handles and when someone lifted them to open the door zap the crap out of you.
Best thing to do is get a cheap loud alarm and set it to the lightest setting to make it go off. Just be aware your neighbors will not like it, I would let them know you are going to do it for a few days on the weekend or something so they are aware of it. This would also put them on high aleart and they may catch the little AHoles.
Good luck! Hope you catch them.
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