Hello,
Let me first introduce my car. Its a 67 Mustang coupe that has under gone a complete 100% tear down and rotisserie restoration. The shell is currently at the paint shop where they are doing the final sanding for me and paint. It is being transformed into a 68 Shelby coupe and just some of the additional modifications can be seen in my sig below. A year of my time and about 3 times my original budget into it!
Now unfortunately it'll not have its own garage until next year and with it being used as a daily driver I absolutely need to invest in a good security system for it. I know that if a professional wants the car it'll very likely be gone regardless of alarms and all the security in the world. However I'd like to think I can make their job a bit more difficult.
To start with ALL the original wiring was removed and I'm installing a new custom setup from Ron Francis Wiring. The fuse panel, battery and solenoid are being moved to the trunk (in an enclosed aluminum lock box) along with a remote powered disconnect with a trickle power for stereo memory and alarm. All wiring is being run through sealed loom and has a new layout which differs from the original.
I have also modified a small hidden 0 Lux camera into the car with motion activation. This is positioned so that whenever someone is in the front seat their picture is taken. The camera is setup and wired into a wireless system that connects to our home and work wireless. Any photos it takes get sent to my mail account as well as to my cell phone.
Once the car is completed it'll have the advanced recovery Lo-Jack system installed. This is simply a no brainer in my opinion.
For fun I bought a new Auto Taser which resembles the much cheaper CLUB. This attaches to your steering wheel and when activated via remote arcs 50,000 volts through out its length. If you haven't seen one of these Google it and checkout the online vids. Again.. this was mainly for fun but it is another security feature.
New to car security/alarm systems and I'm amazed at all the add-on accessories which are available. I've been looking at the
Viper 5901 (5702V) setup. The main reason is the 1 Mile remote range. Not an issue at home however at work the car will be parked out front in a double space
and my office is 2nd floor other side of the building. I'm in hopes that with the 1 mile range the paging remote will work fine.
As for add-ons I was looking at the following from Directed. Am I going overboard? Really.. I don't know if this is overkill or not.
(520T) 12 Volt Backup Battery and Sensor
(8623) Ball Bearing Tilt Switch (trunk/hood)
(513T) Mini Piezo Siren
(515T) Siren with Backup Battery
(625T) 2 x 12V Flashing Red LED Security Warning Light
(506T) Glass Break Audio Sensor
(507T) Digital Tilt Sensor
(508T) Invisibeam Field Disturbance Sensor
(545T) Nite Lite System
The
513T piezo siren I'm guessing is a much higher pitch and acts as a disorienting feature. My plan was to mount this under the dash through the center speaker area. This would bounce off the windshield and through out the cabin. The
515T acts as a secondary alarm mounted elsewhere in the car.
506T,
507T and
508T all seem like a good idea.
Any comments, suggestions are additions would be appreciated here. In regards to the Viper 5901.. can the Remote Start feature be disabled to not function? Since its going into a 4-speed manual I really don't want the Remote Start feature.
Thanks!
1967 Mustang: Built 351w Roller, 4-Speed Toploader, Coil-over Front Suspension, Power R&P,
9+ Currie w/TrueTrac 3:25, Ron Francis Wiring, 4-Wheel Disk Brakes, Vintage Air Heat & A/C,
& so much more!