Installing Clifford Intelliguard 8000 Alarm

    Make all your wiring look as OEM as possible. Use black wire loom to wrap your harness, and tape over junctions in the loom. Neat, clean wire runs make for low-profile work and easy servicing later.

   I like to put the alarm brain somewhere that requires alot of time to remove panels for access. this makes it very difficult for a car thief to find and disable. High in the dash and somewhat center. I mount the alarm brain to a factory wire loom with zipties to avoid vibration damage to the circuit board. This eliminates alot of headaches.

   I prefer to use the OEM horn over the siren. It's much harder to locate and disable the horn than an alarm siren. It's just as loud. If anything, I augment the horn with an air-horn to really get attention.

   I would highly recommend using solder connections whenever possible. Heat shrink tubing is preferable to electrical tape as well. Good luck with your install.

   Dave

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I agree with everything dave said except I would rather use a battery back-up siren hidden than the horn.  If a thieve locates the horn fuse and he pulls it out, the horn will stop.  I would reccommend a small seperate battery dedicated just to your alarm.  I have an Odyssey dry cell battery hidden between the panels in my car.  It's small but it can hold on to power longer than most regular car battery's.  Perfect for this application and makes the thieve cringe when he cuts your main batt. cable and that does nothing.