Installation Time of an alarm
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Forum Name: Car Security and Convenience
Forum Discription: Car Alarms, Keyless Entries, Remote Starters, Immobilizer Bypasses, Sensors, Door Locks, Window Modules, Heated Mirrors, Heated Seats, etc.
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Topic: Installation Time of an alarm
Posted By: meh66
Subject: Installation Time of an alarm
Date Posted: November 24, 2003 at 11:34 AM
Hello, I was wondering what the average installation time is for a car alarm? ------------- MEH66
"Car Performance and Mobile Electronic Enthusiats"
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Posted By: vaderfop
Date Posted: November 24, 2003 at 2:04 PM
Depends on the car, if you are adding remote start, etc.
For instance, I have done a couple cars in under well under 2 hours for a basic car alarm. However, there have been time when I was doing everything (alarm/keyless/RS) and it has taken me about 12 hours. So it just really depends on what you are working with.
Also your times will start going down once you get very proficant at preping and installing. My first alarm took me awhile since I had never done one, now they dont ever take me any where near as long.
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Posted By: meh66
Date Posted: November 24, 2003 at 2:31 PM
I just installed my first alarm with remote start and keyless entry . I took about ten hours to complete. Thanks for your input. ------------- MEH66
"Car Performance and Mobile Electronic Enthusiats"
Posted By: djfearny2
Date Posted: November 24, 2003 at 2:54 PM
wow 12 and ten hours to complete a alarm. rs. or keyless or a system with all three is a long time but i guess the experience comes in to play i can do a dodge hemi diesel alarm remote start in under three hours,
dodge hemi bio
four seperate door triggers that need to be diode isolated. resistor parking light wire that also needs a relay to prevent feedback from the p light wire. and pne wire resistor door locks recently made easier from dei's new reistance module. this is not cutting short cuts either which means a tach and hood pin is installed as well.
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Jon
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Posted By: draasch
Date Posted: November 24, 2003 at 3:26 PM
yes you will get batter as time goes by...however you must stay up-to-date on the car info. if you use a good web site, then you will have all the info you need to do asafe,nice and neat install. Remember: IF YOU DONT HAVE TIME TO DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE TIME TO DO IT AGAIN! make time and do it right the first time. if you do it twice, you have now lost money. good luck! ------------- Good Luck
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Posted By: meh66
Date Posted: November 24, 2003 at 3:52 PM
I should get faster, but I wanted to make sure my install was clean. I aslo had to work with an alarm that was previously installed in another car. Wire were all tangled up.
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MEH66
"Car Performance and Mobile Electronic Enthusiats"
Posted By: auex
Date Posted: November 24, 2003 at 9:55 PM
It takes me less then an hour to do a basic alarm install with keyless, this is clean and looks factory. When training it will take me and the person that I train upto 3 hours. The longest alarm install that I have ever done was in an integra type R and took me around 9 hours, this was installing a viper 800esp, 4 siren's, hood pin, trunk pin, horn, 1 backup battery siren, 1 backup battery, front windows up and down, sunroof open and close, radar, glass brake sensor, 4 led's(2 in the doors and 2 in the rear deck), radio turn on, trunk pop solienoid, and a couple other misc extras. The alarm was under the driver's seat and everything looked as factory as possible.
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Posted By: tjdurham
Date Posted: November 24, 2003 at 11:52 PM
most cars for a basic alarm should take no more than 2 hours add remote start to the system should only add 15-20 mins. unluss you have a factory alarm or transponder, now that there are so many data bypasses it makes sense to use them because of the time they save WE ALL KNOW WHAT TIME IS $$$$$
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tj
Posted By: sroth140
Date Posted: November 25, 2003 at 1:40 AM
2 hours is about right. remote start on to an alarm is only a few wires at the ignition harness and a tach wire. you are already running the wire to the engine so you can get the tach then, and you are already at the ignition harness for most of the same wires as a remote start. finding door triggers and lock wires can be tricky but that comes with experience. i did a keyless/alarm/RS in a 1992 honda civic in 2hrs. prewire, test all your wires, mount the brain (and relay pack if you have a unit still using one), run the wires nice and cut them toa decent length, solder + tape, then zip tie/tape it up for clenliness. some cars are harder because of room or wire size or whatever, bu the basics still apply.
Posted By: birdondubthreez
Date Posted: November 25, 2003 at 10:24 PM
Sounds like a dick measuring contest to me.
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Posted By: mobiletoys2002
Date Posted: November 25, 2003 at 10:28 PM
2" 3" 4" wow cool 
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