Installing Clifford Intelliguard 8000 Alarm

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Topic: Installing Clifford Intelliguard 8000 Alarm

Posted By: civic545
Subject: Installing Clifford Intelliguard 8000 Alarm
Date Posted: June 04, 2002 at 5:35 PM

I just ordered a clifford intelliguard 8000. I would like to install it myself because i want to do a extra careful and quality job. What are the things i could do to hide and protect the wires of the alarm and siren to prevent theives from cutting. Also what ways can i hide and protect the main cpu. Please give me any other professional tips and tricks. This is going on a 97 honda civic ex; any additional help and information(e.g. diagrams) that i should know before installing the alarm would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Posted By: CTMobileMedia
Date Posted: June 04, 2002 at 8:32 PM

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

CT Mobile Media

Posted By: hot_shot_guy123
Date Posted: June 04, 2002 at 8:52 PM

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.

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