Best aftermarket alarm for the most stolen vehicle on the road.

[Illnasty]

Best car Alarm you can have is A KILL SWITCH. Take it from a guy thats been installing seens my teenage years.
I had a Supra, 4runner, 1.8s and they all had a Gas Kill switch and a good hood lock.
Old school! The Supra and 4 Runner were tried to be taken and Nada.
Alarms are just for noise to protect your radio or inside items.
One of my buddies. They took his RX7
and left the Alarm in the driveway for him...lol

My buddy had a kill switch on his Jeep Gran Cherokee. They put it on a flat bed and stole it. Luckily it was fully insured so he got another one but they took that one too. He fixed the problem by getting a mini van :/

 

[AngelXL]

Shit! It had to be a repo job or insu job... something something not right.
If someone comes into my driveway with a flat bed and nobody hears nothing at my house.

 

[Vector]

Shit! It had to be a repo job or insu job... something something not right.
If someone comes into my driveway with a flat bed and nobody hears nothing at my house.

I was thinking the same thing because unless they used the towbar on the back to lift and go, there is no way a flatbed is going to drag a SUV up it's bed before you and neighbors are alerted.

As to the proximity module, the reason I think it is of benefit is because it alerts not only the potential thief of the added alarm, but it goes off if someone is trying to get under to cut the battery cable (our Escalades supposedly have some type of factory alarm that will work off another feed). Also if someone is using a tool to open the door, it goes off before they even get it open, thus drawing attention. Needless to say the same would be true of someone hooking it up to a towbar, and certainly a flatbed.

 

[exninja]

I take it that was a old one way system? and wasn't a 2 way alarm and didn't have cellular signaling? if you even bump my door I am going to get a alarm text on my phone (anywhere worldwide) and alarm on the fob up to a mile away.

If old=2006 then yes. But it was parked at my house and I was inside, so a lot of good that did. Unless you have an impossible-to-defect GPS tracker, knowing that your car is being stolen on the other side of the planet isn't going to do you much good. I'd rather have a kill switch.

 

[exninja]

I was thinking the same thing because unless they used the towbar on the back to lift and go, there is no way a flatbed is going to drag a SUV up it's bed before you and neighbors are alerted.

As to the proximity module, the reason I think it is of benefit is because it alerts not only the potential thief of the added alarm, but it goes off if someone is trying to get under to cut the battery cable (our Escalades supposedly have some type of factory alarm that will work off another feed). Also if someone is using a tool to open the door, it goes off before they even get it open, thus drawing attention. Needless to say the same would be true of someone hooking it up to a towbar, and certainly a flatbed.

As the video showed, it depends. If the sensor is too far away (easily done with a massive SUV) or not sensitive enough it's not going to trigger if you're in the back. Too sensitive, and you'll get constant false positives that lead you to just shut it off. You'd need like 4 of them, and they're still going to be really annoying in parking lots. At home, I can see their value. I defeat that by parking in the garage .

 

[Vector]

As the video showed, it depends. If the sensor is too far away (easily done with a massive SUV) or not sensitive enough it's not going to trigger if you're in the back. Too sensitive, and you'll get constant false positives that lead you to just shut it off. You'd need like 4 of them, and they're still going to be really annoying in parking lots. At home, I can see their value. I defeat that by parking in the garage .

That is a good point about the range of the proximity sensor on a large SUV. I wonder if more than one can be tied into the system. If not, I'd go for one closer to the front to try and prevent attempts to open the hood or go underneath to cut the battery cable. The tilt/motion sensor should detect it being jacked up from the rear.

 

[Vector]

As a follow up I spoke with an alarm installer and they felt two proximity sensors could be wired in for more complete perimeter coverage for a large SUV. However they also said they thought one should do the trick. However the were wondering where I should install mine from my cosmetic preference standpoint. Looking at that video, it is inside the cabin, and I had just assumed it's placement could by done outside, on the undercarriage.
They said they can install it most anywhere, but now I am not sure what would be best.

Anyone have any thoughts?