Visual Theft Deterence

Ok, in my other post i was going to get the Varad ELS 602 (LIME) Alien LED Scanner...

My question is:    What is the newest thing to hit the market for Visual Theft deternce?

NEW & NOTICABLE

Hey TheRapture,

I have pictures of my mother-in-law that you can cut out in a heart shape and hang from your rear view mirror!  You should see people run when they look in my car!  

i'm not looking for the brain..... i have a 2-way as it is... i just want something more VISUAL...

The simple blinking red LED is to simple and plain...

Thats why i was thinking LED Scanner or something....

Any ideas?

BIGDOG.... 1.  that would probebly be to good of derturent because then I WOULDNT even want to get by my own car...  and 2.  tell me, what the hell does your Sig mean? GUARANTEED TO BE FAMILY?

Hey TheRapture,

Don't tell me that it's never happened to you that you do an install and the product is defective leaving the person stranded.  When these things happen it usually hapens to a close friend, a family member or a referal . . . you know, somebody you see weekly and they remind you of it in front of others prompting you to say, "It's never happened before!  It's the first time!  It's a great product, promise!  My installs are always foolproof ! "    Then you go beet red and want to hide under the table!  

This is why I say . . .

AHHHHHHH ok i gottacha know... sort of like when the brother wnts a simple keyless entry and after a week he decides he dosent like the small range of it and blames you.... that son of ah... and i say here, lets go buy a highpower antenna to add to your roof just for your keyless entry!

GARRRRRRONNNNNNNNNTEEEEEEEEEED

Here's my thought...

The standard warning device from an alarm company is the flashing LED. If someone were to put on a lime green scanner or 300 element zig zagging super bright LED array, I'd tend to believe the single flashing LED as an indicator of a security system. Anything else looks "toyish" to me.

Again, my opinion.

so the scanners and regular LED's are it?

Hey TheRapture,

I agree with Congo that sometimes too much is tacky and it removes the seriousness of a security system.  However there are cases where you need to put something extra.  Usually a single LED is a visual indicator of the alarms status but rarely can you put in dead center on the dash so you have to be beside the car to see it.  This is where LED scanners come in. It allows you to surface mount it on the dash near the windshield where it is visible at a greater distance so if you live on the tenth floor you don't have to go down in your boxers at two in the morning 'cause you're not sure whether or not the system is armed.

Quote: Originally posted by Big Dog on August 21, 2002

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so if you live on the tenth floor you don't have to go down in your boxers at two in the morning 'cause you're not sure whether or not the system is armed.

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Tell me what you think of this:

All 4 LED's are Bluish Green (MCD 10,400)

1. up top behind the rear view mirrow facing outward (toward the outside of course)

2. 1 by each corner of the window near the door handles (on a 2 door car)

3. 1 mounted in the "idiot light" in the top rear brake light

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