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Alright, I bought a 2-way alarm off of ebay. The same alarm is for sale here: Alarmacar.net There is very little that this alarm does NOT do...
I get the alarm for much cheaper than it is sold on that page, so I'm excited. Then I get it. It's in a box with GV9 proudly stamped on the top. Apparently I got a no-name brand alarm, but I'm not too surprised by that.
So I open it and look at the instructions. They ARE in English, but only barely. Example: "Never throw heavily you are remote. or to dip into water or expose to heat extreme. We is not responsible for the hitch caused in operation of the unit by these problem." Word for word. But at least it does have a wiring diagram.
I call around, go to some alarm, audio shops here in town, only one guy in my whole city will do it, for $200. This may not be bad for the alarm I'm getting, but I don't have the money, and being the impatient lil sumbitch I am, I want the alarm on now.. heh.
My friend wanted to look at it, so I took it to his house, and he hooked the whole damn thing up in his living room, using some PC power cable as the power, and he got it all working, without being on the car, of course. So I'm inclined to believe he knows what he's doing. He also installed his remote start on his Del Sol, which I do know is an import and different from our cars.
Now, the question. Do I let my friend install it for the price of a large pizza, or take it to the professionals when I have $200?
Thanks for reading my huge post and for your input guys.
I get the alarm for much cheaper than it is sold on that page, so I'm excited. Then I get it. It's in a box with GV9 proudly stamped on the top. Apparently I got a no-name brand alarm, but I'm not too surprised by that.
So I open it and look at the instructions. They ARE in English, but only barely. Example: "Never throw heavily you are remote. or to dip into water or expose to heat extreme. We is not responsible for the hitch caused in operation of the unit by these problem." Word for word. But at least it does have a wiring diagram.
I call around, go to some alarm, audio shops here in town, only one guy in my whole city will do it, for $200. This may not be bad for the alarm I'm getting, but I don't have the money, and being the impatient lil sumbitch I am, I want the alarm on now.. heh.
My friend wanted to look at it, so I took it to his house, and he hooked the whole damn thing up in his living room, using some PC power cable as the power, and he got it all working, without being on the car, of course. So I'm inclined to believe he knows what he's doing. He also installed his remote start on his Del Sol, which I do know is an import and different from our cars.
Now, the question. Do I let my friend install it for the price of a large pizza, or take it to the professionals when I have $200?
Thanks for reading my huge post and for your input guys.
