i want to install a Python alarm(the top model with the Lcd remote) and was wondering if it is possible to add remote start? i have an apexi turbo timer right now, so is it possible to still use my turbo timer and add remote start without problems? please post helpful information. thanks!

 

If you are looking at remote start, you will have to permanently leave a key somewhere in the car near the dashboard. Our keys are equipped with an electronic module that is sorta like a kill switch. If the car doesn't register this, then it won't start even with a key. That is the reason for 150 for a new key! So most people that do these kind of things hide a key somewhere in the dashboard. The bad side to this is the transponder is in the car, so it can be hotwired a lot easier.

 

totally possible

 

u can disable the immobilizer....get a clifford/dei alarm...you dont need a turbo timer anymore, it will run the car after you get out and remote start it. i had the matrix rs2 for my rex and it was awesome...the range is incredible and you can get so many accessories for it. plus the car will be locked and u can turn off the car by pressing a button

 

I have remote start on my alarm - sure, you need to donate a key for the chip. They basically hack the key apart to get the chip - that's what starts the car. The key is actually closer to $40. Plus $30 labor to program the darn thing.

Of course, nobody can ever actually drive off with the car because the car won't move unless the key is actually in the ignition. You can't drive with remote start, you can only start the car (and pressing brake pedal will cause the engine to die).

For safety reasons though, you may want to install a ground switch so that whenever you park in gear, you hit the switch so you don't accidentally remote start the car in gear.

I usually park in neutral anyway though, unless on a hill, in which case I can't use the turbo timer/remote start feature so I just hit the switch. That way when I come back I can't remote start the car.

 

I got a compustar 2-way alarm/remote start. It is impossible for me to remote start the car in gear. Theirs certain measures you must take to enable the remote option. e-brake up/foot brake off then remove the key... they car remains running untill all doors are closed in which it then shuts off and locks the car. If you ever unlock the car the remote option is removed and you must go through the trouble of restarting the car and pulling the ebrake back up until u hear it arm again. It sounds like alot but its def not. Takes all of about 20 seconds to arm it. The safety is def worth it if you ask me

 

The Python remote-start only works with automatics, I called DEI to check out the line. Instead, I went with the Compustar 2way. It also has a turbo timer built in (the instructions explain how to turn it on) or it will shut down the engine when the door closes. If in timer mode, when you close the door, the alarm will arm (if set in auto-set) and the pager will play a tune that tells you the timer is on.
BMan.

 

I have a DEI - you can set it up with manuals. You just have to know who and where to go

 

which alarm would everyone recommend?? i am deciding between the DEI/Python/Clifford system with the lcd remote or the Compustar system? if you recommend the Compustar, where can i purchase one? please provide helpful information, and thanks to everyone who has posted so far.

 

i've never had a compustar alarm system myself, but a couple friends of mine use to have and it never worked right. i use a audiovox alarm with the lcd screen. i work at circuit city and that's where i got mine. i have a viper 790xv on my eclipse and i don't like it as much compared to the audiovox. the shock sensor from the audiovox is more precise. the range is better. plus the remote is smaller and it tells the time and and the temperature inside the car. it even comes with two remotes. one lcd and one regular remote

 

I have the Hornet 544t - it's the Hornet equivalent of the Viper 790XV (but it's made by DEI too). It's actually pretty similar to the audiovox that 2ggst has. Personally, I like it more cause the remote is smaller, displays the time, displays the temp inside the car, and it comes with 2 remotes as well (one LCD, one with no LCD).

Also, the shock sensor can be tweaked with to your liking, so you can make it however sensitive you want. Just don't get a prox and **** off everyone around you. Prox alarms are just screaming "key me!!" Especially ones that go off when you drive right by them.

The way the transmitter is installed can make a huge difference on the effective distance of the alarm. Make sure to install it vertically, or else you'll be compromising the range of your alarm.

 

yea just remember when you're running the antenna wire, make sure you kind of weave it and overlap it and make it stay up top the roof liner. make sure you don't bunch it up under the dash. the range will be affected by that. when mounting your shocks sensor, ziptie it to a thick set of wires. wires are more likely to move and shake instead of the body of the car when it gets hit