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Old 12-19-2005, 05:21 PM
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Default Remote start? Budget but not bottom of the bucket.

Alright, this girl I am talking to is wanting a remote start for her ride. I want to know what is a quality, yet not rediculas priced one to get. I have seen em all different prices and places. What do you fellas have or recommend. Doesn't have to be fancy, just not a POS. Thanks in advance.

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I think I paid $100 including install for the one I used to have on my LT1. It worked real good.
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I had a $40 eBay one on my last camaro and it worked flawlessly for the year I had it
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Anyone have a brand name?
Old 12-19-2005, 10:04 PM
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Cheapest one that BestBuy carrys
Old 12-28-2005, 02:05 PM
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Bulldog Security has a few different kinds. You can find some on their website, more on ebay.
Haven't heard anything bad about them.
I have used a couple of their older (RS 102) models a few years ago on mine and some friends' vehicles and worked just fine. I think I paid around $50.
I just bought a couple of the RS 1100E remote starters for my winter beater(s). You can find them for under $100. You can even get one of the "t-Harnesses" so that you don't have to splice all of the wires. Just plug the harness in-between the starter module and the factory harness.
I haven't installed mine yet, but it looks painless.
Make sure you read the wiring info on the bulldog website to see if you need any special security bypass modules or extra relays.
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Heah Brian, I think my fatherin law has one in the garage still in the box. I will get it from him and give it to ya.....He was going to give it to me.....
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Audiovox / Excalibur are both pretty good
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I had an avital 3200 on a previous vehicle, great distance with the extra antenna I would reccomend one with this as i could start the car in the parking lot from my 14th floor office.

i am looking at the Viper at bestbuy right now. like $199 installed w/1yr warr.
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Avitol is also a good one hard to find as it's a dealer // not retail .... clifford design very nice stuff but not easy for non installers
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http://cgi.ebay.com/AVITAL-NEW-Avist...QQcmdZViewItem
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considering that 95% of alarms are made by the same manufacturer, im going to say that you are not going to see a diff in quality, just features. DEI makes just about EVERything for alarms
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Ive had 6 different viper models put on different cars and they've all worked flawlessly for as long as ive owned them
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Holy **** yall dug this thread up from the grave I'm not even talking to that girl anymore Been through......**** I dunno how many since then But I have a keeper now. Thanks for the replies though. I'll keep this thread in mind for future reference




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