I have an 85' Buick Regal that was inherited from my Mom before she passed away. It's nothing special but is my wife's daily driver, she loves the car and the way it drives adn it has sentimental value to her (she and my Mom were pretty good friends). It was stolen and partially stripped 2 months ago but we recovered it. :D I have spent the last 2 months replacing all the body parts that the thieves took or damaged and I am real close to re-registering it (the tags expired a week after it was stolen) and putting it back on the road for the wife's birthday which is 9/10. Here's a link to photos of its resurrection: https://www.modifiedcadillac.org/pictures/thumbnails.php?album=64 Note: There are 2 pages. Page 2 shows it as os 9/4.
A paint job will come AFTER the alarm is installed!
I want to have an alarm installed and would like some opinions on what to install and possibly where to have it installed in Las Vegas, NV. Here's the poop:
- It will need door locks installed along with inside switches for the locks.
- It does not need a remote start capability, in fact if the alarm I purchase has this feature, I plan on not enabling it.
- The alarm needs to:
- Preferably be a paging alarm with extended range.
- Disable the starter and possibly a hidden relay to disable the fuel pump.
- Control the newly installed door locks.
- Accept separate inputs from both a hood pin and trunk pin as well as the door switches.
- Have all the normal stuff like illuminated entry, honk honk with siren, headlight flash with alarm trigger, trunk release.
- Have a backup battery supply in case the car's battery becomes disconnected
- NOT be effected by the temperature that we have here in Vegas. I have installed a "cheapo" CrimeStopper into my 76' Eldorado and when the temps get > 100 degF (much higher in the enclosed car), the paging stops working.
- Have the ability in the remotes to control 2 car alarms. After the dust settles about getting the Regal running again, I plan on installing the same alarm into my 76" Eldorado and would like to have 1 remote each for my wife and my self to control both alarms in the cars.
I have seen 3 people listed here in the installer database and would like any suggestions on having it installed. I have about $400 or so earmarked for the installation of the alarm & door locks and would like to know if this is a reasonable cost for a good alarm unit plus installation.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Steve Las Vegas
The Python 900 can do everything you want. One remote can control up to 4 different cars.
Finding someone that is going to do a quality install for $400 with the options you listed is going to be nearly impossible. I would probably charge around $600-$650 for what you asked for.
JWorm] wrote:
he Python 900 can do everything you want. One remote can control up to 4 different cars.
Finding someone that is going to do a quality install for $400 with the options you listed is going to be nearly impossible. I would probably charge around $600-$650 for what you asked for.
Thanks for the reply. Would I be closer if I installed the door locks & switches myself? I have a door lock "kit" that came with the actuators & control module. I suppose it could be wired into the alarm's outputs. Installing the locks & switches is no big deal and I know that I could do it.
So would a figure of $400 - $500 for the alarm install be a close figure?
Thanks, Steve
76eldoconvertfi wrote:
So would a figure of $400 - $500 for the alarm install be a close figure?
Yes, doing the locks yourself would put you in the $400 - $500 range.