I'm tired of always worrying about my G when I park. My normal parking routine means I circle the parking lot 2 or 3 times, before I settle in and find a decent spot. But then when I'm in the store, I'm worrying about door dings, theft, haters, etc. So in the middle of what I'm doing, I have to go check on my G to make sure all is well. Does anybody else do this too? Well I figured to ease my suffering I want a car alarm. Does any body have a good alarm, or recommend one. I have the stock right now, and we know how that is. Maybe an alarm that pages you when it activates would be really nice. Or maybe I should just get help for my G OCD! (G35 Obsessive-Complusive-Disorder).

G's up...

 

Viper VX1 is a great alarm, but if you're really paranoid just keep adding on the other stuff too... proximity sensor, mercury sensor (this measures tilt in case your car is being jacked up or towed) and there's one other one too, i think its a motion sensor for inside the car.

 

Proximity and Motion sensor is the same thing. Usually, its 2 levels of sensors, one which chrips if someone is around your car at a close distance..and the other level would be inside your car, which would make the alarm go off right away if someone sticks their arm inside your car, if your windows are down that is. Yeah, get a paging alarm, thats the best when it comes to feeling at ease with your car. I'm planning to get one soon to as well. Just afraid that the alarm place don't know what they are doing cause our car is a fairly new car. Wellz, my 05 at least, saying if anything did changed in regards to the wiring from the 03-04.

 

i have the clifford paging alarm and let me tell you its a piece of mind and a half

 

Compustar all the way..........

 

I was looking at the Clifford Matrix RSX 3.5 right now. Thats got a decent alarm and remote start with it.

Anyone have any experience with it??

 

Clifford/Viper good regular alarms made by same company i believe, DEI Electronics.

CompuStar is plain out bada.ss. anywhere from $800 up to over a grand.

 

i can recommend this alarm as i had it on my last vette. i also had them wire-up a proximity alarm on it. this is the only aftermarket alarm i have ever had that did not give me false alarms (i've owned viper and clifford in the past... terrible for false alarms... ie. big trucks rolling down street setting it off). i think some of the plastic around the remote is pretty cheap (wear and tear for me made the antenna loose)... but it still worked really well overall. when the proximity went off on the alarm... the remote would chirp 3 times with visual warning. u could also mute it as well if u liked. i had them program it so that the proximity could be turned on and off. when parked at home i didn't need the car chirping at me when i walked around the car to get things. the remote is handy as it visually shows u what's going on... ie. door is open, proximity set off, shock sensor went off... etc. it also has a remote car starter if u have an automatic... plus many other gadgets. if your looking for an aftermarket alarm, i highly recommend this unit... just make sure u buy an additional remote.

-regards

 

ok, my firend has a viper alarm. but, his door handels were plastic and someone broke the plastic off and opend his door and stole his radio, so you can never be sure, but the handles arent plastic on the G.

 

I've got the Clifford RSX 3.5 and its been great so far.

pros:

1. Two way paging that shows if the shock sensor was triggered, door triggered, hood, trunk, etc...

2. Remote start system that also shows if the car was successfully started, good since the last remote start i've used didn't have that and would mess me up all the time...

3. Range is fairly good, although not as good as a compustar, the remote is smaller.

4. Remote although an extra thing on my key chain, is cool. Has illumination for night time and a vibrate function if you like it quiet. Definitely an attention grabber for people that aren't used to it.

5. Passive arming, shock sensor, and some basic alarm features our factory alarms lack.

Cons:

1. Battery on remote lasts only about a month of everyday use... but then again i also have the illumination set to on.

2. Range may not be good enough... although i'm impressed with the range, it suffers a lot from buildings...

It really depends on how much you want to spend on an alarm and what features you want. The Clifford RSX 3.5 cost me $400 and it comes with alarm, 2way pager, remote start, shock sensor, hood sensor, etc...

if you want range, the compustar ones are good but the pager thing is big and of course its more expensive. Only a few shops install them so you have to look around.

For the most part you'll probably be good with just a regular alarm system like a Viper or clifford model... the 2way paging one is cool though but i see you've got G OCD, so you'll probably the compustar or the highend viper/clifford model... just beware the proximity sensors... cuz they could attract more unwanted attention...

 

i've heard good things about the Clifford RSX 3.5. im considering getting this too but i dont really want another remote

 

they'll be long gone before you reach your car after your alarm sounds anyways. there's always going to be haters.