broken into

well I didn't have the best of days, today I went to lunch and when I got up to my car, I realized the back window was broken out. They took my ipod out of the glove compartment (which makes me wish that we had locks on them) and they got my face plate. I would get some pics up but I can't find my micro sd card adapter. But anyways, Im thinking this is a good reason to get an alarm and what ones would you guys recomend? Im thinking about a remote start and not too pricy. ANd also can I just go to Pioneer and get a new face plate? Or what would I have to do?
thanks guys

you can order a new face plate if you have the right model number, as for the alarm/remote start, go with a viper alarm system, one of the best on the market. if you dont have the cash see if you cant get a stock one from gm.

sucks to hear that. I hate thieves!
 
any alarm by DEI you can pretty much expect to be of decent quality. Not sure about buying a seperate face plate. Whats the point of having a removable faceplate if you didnt remove it?

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sucks to hear that. I hate thieves!

any alarm by DEI you can pretty much expect to be of decent quality. Not sure about buying a seperate face plate. Whats the point of having a removable faceplate if you didnt remove it?

 removing the faceplate is one of those things that you do at first but after a while you just start slacking and then just quit completely, i cant think of anybody who takes their face plate off when they get out of their car

Check ebay. Sometimes people sell the faceplates for cheap. Ordering from pioneer you have to create an account to do anything. I have an account because I have had to order a new dial for the volume control. What model stereo do you have, I can find out how much it would cost for you to oreder one from pioneer.

i have a compustar remote starter/alarm its awesome and it has a 5000' range.

Sorry to hear about your loss man, thats a shame.  The best alarms I've had the pleasure of working with are CompuSTAR. Very high quality components, easy to use, and i believe they even won a few Innovations awards at CES a year or so back...
 
 
Oh and Blznlow, I have a two-way paging LCD alarm with tilt switches, glass break, shock, and proximity sensors. And I still remove my faceplate and put a club on my car "every" time i lock up my vehicle...

well the thing is I had the faceplate removed which is the real kicker it was in the case in the center console and the weird thing is, is that they left the case and remote. BTW its a 590-ib (or 590ub cant remember)

--oh and I've ALWAYS taken the faceplate off whenever I leave the truck

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i have a compustar remote starter/alarm its awesome and it has a 5000' range.

I also have a compustar remote starter/alarm.  wouldn't trade it for anything.  mine has 6000' range, its the Compustar Pro P2WSS-AS.  Compustar is manufactured by DEI.  if you want to go cheaper but with a nice unit...code alarm has some nice stuff.

My truck was broken into, in my driveway last New Years Eve. There was body and lock damage done as well as the stolen stereo.
The stupid theives left the old 35mm film containers that had roughly $200.00 in change in them.
Makes me wish it was easier to buy a gun in Canada. I'm getting an alarm system as soon as I finish my restoration. I'm also thinking about a home security video system linked to the computer.
 
 
I used to like people.....

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Compustar is manufactured by DEI. 

 
 
CompuSTAR is not a DEI product...It is actually manufactured by Firstech.

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Check ebay. Sometimes people sell the faceplates for cheap. Ordering from pioneer you have to create an account to do anything. I have an account because I have had to order a new dial for the volume control. What model stereo do you have, I can find out how much it would cost for you to oreder one from pioneer.

yea ebay ould be a good place to look, you might even be able to buy your faceplate back from the theif

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Makes me wish it was easier to buy a gun in Canada.

Can't you even get a shotgun or rifle up there for home protection?

CompuStar is a great product..ive heard nothing but good things.  I have an old Clarion Ungo alarm in my truck...works great

My truck got broken into twice. One time they took my pack of tic tacs and my kicker cvr's. But ever since i got my clifford (viper) which is made by DEI is seems to steer them away. Maybe the thieves have just left my area? Naw my next door neighbor's car was sitting on bricks 3 days ago.

Sorry to hear about your loss man, thats a shame. I'm thinking about getting one myself.

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Makes me wish it was easier to buy a gun in Canada.

Can't you even get a shotgun or rifle up there for home protection?

 
 
You need a firearms license... To get one you've gotta take a course and what not, then, if they haven't changed it yet, you still have to register your firearms.
 
 
 
 
Sucks you got broken into...
 
I'm looking into a nice autostart unit for my truck, as most of the Viper units with the same features are about 2x the price, and their "manual transmission mode" is just a clutch bypass switch, lol.

It shouldn't be too difficult to find a faceplate on Ebay.  Being in the middle of nowhere i'm glad I haven't had the need for an alarm yet.
 
 
The only time I remove my faceplate is when I take the Blazer to the shop.  I don't see how a removable faceplate is considered a security feature, personally.  My dad has had receivers jacked from him a couple of times even with the faceplate removed. 

ya so checked with pioneer and its $175 for a replacement faceplate which is nuts because I only payed something like $150 for the stereo.  And I havent had too much luck with ebay as to getting one either.
Is valiant a good brand for a remote starter/keyless/alarm? Because I don't really think they would be but just checking. And anywhere online that I can purchase one?

no on the valiant.  bad news bears.  Look along the lines of Viper, Compustar, Avital and the like.  

how bout auto page? and a far shot but skytek? looking for, (if possible to be around $200 tops) a good affordable one

both are good units.  are you installing this yourself???

yea most likely. I'll have a bunch of time over break to do it. souldn't be too bad right? Im pretty hands on so that should help

let me know. I will send you wiring diagrams to help out.  Also, make note on what the door lock pulses are on the unit that you are buying.,  Some are neg pulse only, some will do both pos and neg.  Your doorlocks are positive pulse, so you will either need to get one that has pos doorlock pulses, or you will need to buy two 30amp relays.

And I imagine you are referring to Scytek alarms.  They are very nice. But be aware, that most units just offer a shock guard.  Glass break sensors are nice, but can be defeated pretty easy as well.  Look into the DEi ultrasonic sensor (509U) . It detects a change in cabin air pressure, like a window being broken or even breathing (we have tested it with someone breathing in the back of a suburban and it went off)

Here's what I have.  I've been happy with is so far.  The one thing that I appreciate with the Viper is that it remembers the programming in the remote.  As I tend to disconnect my battery often and wouldn't want to have to reprogram it.  I bought it from that site and it was a smooth transaction.  I planned on installing the unit myself, but chickenned out.  Had it installed by a shop and it took them about 8 hours to do it.  I had the dash apart already and installed and wired up the relays for the door locks.  I would have attempted it myself, but since it's my DD I didn't want to risk it.  After the basic install I added some things to it.  I put a switch inline with the status LED so I can turn it off when I don't want it drawing attention.  I installed a rear hatch switch (don't know if you already have one or not), hooked up the rear hatch release to the alarm, and installed a battery back up unit.  I replaced the battery with one slightly larger (2.8Ah>0.7).  I've been wanting to install an additional sensor, such as a proximity or something.