where to mount the valet button?
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Topic: where to mount the valet button?
Posted By: slashman
Subject: where to mount the valet button?
Date Posted: January 27, 2009 at 1:53 AM
Hi,
I'm nearing the end of a Viper 791XV alarm in my vehicle, now one thing I’m unsure about is where I should mount the valet button? Should it be very well hidden so that a thief can’t find it or can it be in sight? I believe that you can set the amount of key presses it needs?
Will a thief be able to bypass the alarm if he knows where the button is and the brand of the alarm?
Also suggestions for where I should mount the button would be good.
Thanks
Replies:
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: January 27, 2009 at 4:54 AM
On that vehicle I usually put them in the secret compartment directly left of the steering column. You know the one under the dash that you have to access from underneath. Yes if a thief can get to the switch and get the ignition switch turned on, then yes he can bypass the alarm. So yes it should be hidden. Do not bother looking for the secret compartment. It probably does not exist. If we knew what kind of vehicle you had, we may be able to get you a good location for mounting the button. Till then we are in the dark.
Posted By: slashman
Date Posted: January 27, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Hi,
Sorry I was just looking for general locations. The reason I didn't say what vehicle it was is because it is an Australian vehicle and not many people (if any) would know what it is.
Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: January 28, 2009 at 9:27 AM
Oh get real slashman I prance on about the variations we get here and many in North America are fully aware, what's different from UK ? We get that lovely Holden with the Corvette engine too you know.
Posted By: KPierson
Date Posted: January 28, 2009 at 10:59 AM
I personally wouldn't worry about a thief finding the valet button - they won't be looking for it. If the alarm is going off and they want to disable it they will go straight to the battery or the siren - they arn't going to waste time powering the ignition and trying to guess how many presses disables the thing! They may also go for the brain, so make sure it is hidden and not easily accessible. ------------- Kevin Pierson
Posted By: lanman31337
Date Posted: January 28, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Since it's Australian, well, that makes it a whole different category! Just kidding. As stated before, each vehicle I hide it differently, and in the more recent models of remote starts/alarms I've been doing, it's incorperated into the antenna, so no need to try to find a place to hide it.
Posted By: a471789
Date Posted: January 28, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Whenever possible, I like to mount my Valet in the fusebox. For example, in a lot of GM vehicles...like the Silverado, there's a PERFECT place where you can drill a hole and pop it into the panel next to the fusebox. It sure makes it easy if you have to change options or reprogram remotes later. ------------- Brent
MECP Advanced Installer
"I don't claim to know it all, just more than you."
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:49 AM
kpierson has a point. The valet button depending on car, i will keep it down at the kick panel somewhere. Example on my own accord, thefront hood latch has a perfect place to hide the switch. If i pull th elatch i dont touch or see the valet button. on my moms camry, the valet button is in the antenna so cant really hide it. But hiding a valet wont do much i have to say.
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: January 29, 2009 at 10:51 AM
hey howie, technically what am i driving if i was in the UK? honda accord first tim eback on for a few weeks. busy studying
Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: January 29, 2009 at 11:37 AM
Guess what Ted....a Honda Accord! The Accuras are sold as Hondas here, we've had Lexus for about 17 years and we are about to get Infinity although I couldn't think of a worse time to launch a luxury brand. The big Honda SUVs (or Titans) aren't sold here, Cayennes are worth dog poo second hand and Civics are gold dust. The UK made Euro Civic interior is completely different and you never got the S type. Good luck with exams etc.
Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: January 29, 2009 at 12:35 PM
dont worry about really hiding the valet button, just keep it out of sight. be more worried about hiding the wires because a half decent thief will easily trace it back to the brain
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Posted By: slashman
Date Posted: January 29, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Thanks for that, you've given me some very good ideas. I'm thinking of mounting it behind one of the relays in the fuse box inside the car. Remove relay, drill hole and mount valet button. When I need to use it i'll just remove the relay and it's there. The wires will also be taped up so it's all integrated in the factory loom. Easy to access and well hidden.
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: January 30, 2009 at 3:20 AM
I miss being young and having all of your disposable energy. That is a very clever place to mount the button.
Posted By: slashman
Date Posted: January 30, 2009 at 6:56 PM
I'm 25, young, but not that young :(
Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: February 01, 2009 at 2:29 AM
i am an idiot wrote:
I miss being young and having all of your disposable energy. That is a very clever place to mount the button.
' good think is im still young ! do all the fun things ahah. just no income... too busy with school for a job. side installs are the best i can do for now hopefully these good words will make you feel better. "i am an idiot" your not old ! maybe were all just really young. ever think about that? :)
Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: February 01, 2009 at 2:54 AM
As someone said earlier, it really doesn't matter where you mount it, they're going to go for the Siren. What vehicle have you got? Ref growing old I don't know what to do when I grow up. Maybe I can teach LAMS how and where to require or not and wire relays, talking of LAMS any one read the two grantoser posts and had a good laugh? PS not a new idea Craig, open my lower dash cubby cover and there's my Cliffnet Wiz lead.
Posted By: CutDog504
Date Posted: February 01, 2009 at 9:38 PM
I usually install them up under somewhere. In a place where you have to reach for it and feel it, but you can't see it. Like in the top of the fuse panel, pop off the cover and reach up to feel it, and its not visible. Or in the top of the glove box. Just open the glove box and reach up to feel for it. I do it above the ashtray like that too.
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