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$300 Gift Card for alarm/remote start.

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#1 ·
WOW, I just opened a gift a girl got me and its for $300 to a local "automotive toy store". I mentioned awhile back i wanted remote start and this girl actually got me this. In the card it has brocures for viper and avital starters. What should I get with the $300, is that enough for both alarm and remote starter? Im like a little kid right now,
 
#3 ·
Thats why im asking. I told her i wanted remote start, and just opened the card because i couldnt wait till tomorrow and see its for $300. Both brochures have remote start with security features, or just an alarm, or just remote start. There are no prices in them. I dont know prices with install so thats why im asking whats good to get, and typical going prices. Right now I dont have an alarm in my car, its a basic WK laredo.
 
#4 ·
I think I might go with Avital, they say its made by DEI which I heard is good. They have OEM security upgrades and OEM add on remote start, both saying they work with the factory remote which is what I want. Just basic security and remote start with just my stock key fob thing. I dont want another remote or remotes to carry around with me.
 
#6 ·
I havent gone yet. Im sure the shop is going to rip me off on install. From what she tells me when she went in and bought it that $300 will cover a basic remote start w/install. I dont have an alarm in my WK so i want to stretch the money, i've been searching for install tips to do one myself. I want an all in one system, alarm with remote start. If I do install a system myself i will do a thread on it, im sure it is going to be complicated.
 
#8 ·
Eh, from what im learning online one needs a voltmeter, which I have, to find all the cars wires needed to splice into. It is going to take along time if i do it myself, trying to find all the correct wires. Im confident I can do it and do it right, thats why im just going to buy an all in one alarm/remote start from that shop and do it myself now. Just the cold weather and not having a garage sux. Plus im waiting to go there cuz im sure they marked everything up around christmas, knowing people buy gifts and gift certificates. I bet if I went in there and showed them the gift certificate they would tell me I could only have a cheap remote start installed for that, since they already have the money basically, where as not telling them I have it they would prob give me a better price wanting my business.
 
#12 ·
I have a link to a Mopar site that tells all the colored wires. Its just there is so many things i have to look into. Like the wiring for the door locks, wiring for the interior lights, then running wires thru the firewall to the battery. I know i have to do this and am well aware of it, its just not going to be quick. I think this is why when i wrote this thread no one really answered it, because no one has really taken the time to do it themselves. Guess i will be the first.
 
#14 ·
Long story. She is a really awesome girl, but I am just really F'd up. You know the saying nice guys finish last, and that girls like bad boys, well thats 100% true. Im sure you experienced it, a girl you really really like walks all over you, but the girls you dont care about cling to you. So basically I dont give an F and get whatever i want. Its sad but true.
 
#18 ·
timmy, i had the viper remote start on my jeep i got it installed in 07 right after i bought my jeep. i was actually working at best buy and i knew the guys at the car install they hooked it up for me, but regular price on the install andparts it atleast $500 from BB that is. but it literally took them the whole day. Also had to buy some extra parts, not only that i had to give up a key. Im doing it all over again but getting the new VIPER alarm that is just out the VIPER 5901. They took the old one out for me already but i need to make time to leave my car the whole day so they can work on putting in the new one. The reason why im switching it is because i wanna upgrade and there is an iphone ap thats sick, that allows u to turn on the car from ur iphone. but u also have to purchase the software which is expensive aswell.


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Viper+-+5901+Responder+LC3+SST+Security/Remote+Start+System+(Basic+Install+Included)/9008539.p?id=1218008110152&skuId=9008539
 
#19 ·
I went to that shop, and basically the cheapest price they want for a remote/alarm with install is over $500. I personally do not care or have a need for a remote start, since my WK heats up really quick even in the coldest mornings. I am just going with the Avital OEM alarm, which lets me use my factory key fob, has a sirene, sensors, and just the basic alarm. I have researched alot on sites like 12volt.com and downloaded alot of usefull wiring diagrams for the 05 WK. The shop wants $220 for the OEM alarm installed, so that sounds the best to me without having to worry installing an alarm myself and messing something up. Plus I get the garauntee with it being "professionally" installed. Adding a remote start they told me i need all these extra wires and crap, the price added up really quick, for something I really dont need.
 
#20 ·
Here the new pics with my rims with the machined face, polished lip, and black windows. The only thing im still waiting on is the machined center caps, it will make the rims look completely different because right now they look like they have too much black.








 
#23 · (Edited)
I dont have time to read through all the posts here by do it yourselfers but PLEASE guys DO NOT try and install a remote start in your WK. They are not a basic install. Your working with a 10 amp power circuit at the column, your starter wire and acc wire are the same wire. They both have a different negative resistance. You can cause about $6500 worth of damage in all of about 3 seconds if you hook something up wrong. I charge $280 for an avitel installed. Thats just a remote start and keyless. $400 will get you the alarm and remote start. INSTALLED. And with no key loss which you guys all know about. Sometimes it's just not worth trying to do this stuff yourself. I dont doubt that a few people here can figure this stuff out but id say most cant. Atleast not on an electrical system like this. Just a little friendly advice not trying to put anyone down. Just trying to save someone a whole lot of $ and time. Ah yea if you did try it yourself and mess something up, say bye bye to your electrical system warranty.
 
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