General Chat
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Which is the best car alarm that you guys would suggest using in protecting our Z's? It seems like Z cars are a bait to theifs and it happens too often. I plan on getting a TT by next Feb. or March, and a good car alarm is one of my first things to install. Im lookin for something that'll disable the starter and render the car useless; something better than the stock alarm. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
If it aint a Z, It aint worth ur time.
86 N/A
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alarms? those are almost a joke.
disabling is better with a kill swith on the fuel and ignition.
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OTC alarms are nothing more then a short annoyance for thieves. They are bipassed in about 10 seconds. The best alarm for a car next to computerizing your key - a pit bull and a .357 magnum.
1981 280ZX Turbo
60,000 original miles
Still OEM (except for tires, fluids, and filters or course)
Swartz Creek, Michigan
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, and I'm wearing milk bone underpants.
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A cheap $10 kill switch is more effective than an alarm. Next time an alarm goes off in a parking lot, see if people walking around really look or care. People don't give a shittt and continue with their daily business. In my opinion, car alarm is a nuisance and should be ban.
It gets to a point where people with alarms play with the noise [turn on alarm], "hey look at me, I have a car alarm, I'm a loser, hey look at me [turn off alarm].....[turn on stereo loud] "hey look at me, I'm a loser, I have a loud system, I'm cool, look at me, I'm talking on my cell phone, I'm so hot."[turn off stereo]
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1975 280Z (Stock)
303 Emerald Green
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"YES I will finish what I sta"
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1977 280Z blue 2+2,
1973 240z
1977 280Z coupe in restoration progress
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Those things that isolate the battery from the rest of the car are pretty cool, I'd trust that over a car alarm any day, car alarms are only nuisances.
1976 280Z
Draw-Through Turbo, 10 PSI, 4 Bbl Holley, E88, L28 (Flat), 10:1 CR, 5 Spd
1974 Corvette Stingray:
350, 400 Automatic, T-Tops, 8.5:1 CR, 78,000 Miles
1994 Acura Integra:
1.8L, 5 Spd, 189,000 and Counting!
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Pull the rotor/coil wire
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Yes, people think you're odd carrying a steering wheel, but if you love
your car that won't bother you ;)
74 260z daily driver
81' L28ET, Holley 255ltr fuel pump, Toyota 4x4 calipers, 280zx rear brakes, R-200 3.7 diff, 88-91 Honda blower motor.
in the works, full rebuild, megasquirt, 60mm TB (have), intercooler, Tokico Suspension(on the way)
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the best car alarm is made by benelli.
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1986 300zx na slicktop
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For some reason, once they hooked up an alarm on my 'burb, I can't
turn the ignit. key without getting locked in...(PITA)
....not to mention the number of times the alarm went off in the garage
(which is unattached from the house) and would run the battery down...
'73 240z, sitting 16 years in garaged storage...Spring 2005 endeavor...
Twin Cities, Mn
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The Trunk Monkey, hands down.
http://www.trunkmonkey.com/content/view/44/1/
'73 Turbo, not much stock. Sold now... :-(
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Agree with clutchman83.
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Power with intelligence.
Speed with sensitivity.
It's the Z.
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hahahahahahha
if you want to feed your alarm system, i'd say go with the trunk monkey
youth is wasted on the young
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Trunk monkey would work great for a Z. If you see a killer monkey in the back would YOU want to steal it?
'60 Chevrolet Apache 10 235cid Stovebolt 6
'79 N/A MT (My Dad's but I drive it)
'81 Turbo (Mine)
FSM: $60
Shop Manual: $20
Reading the manual: Priceless