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Hi All,

coming from the ever security hungry Subaru WRX and therefore needing a hell of a alarm system (brant) to keep all the baddies out, I'm curious as to what ya'll have on your T's as I was thinking of keeping away from the FORD system.

your thoughts?

Matt

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Yeah...I'm going to be doing the same...I was actually reading a magazine at work about a system called 'Boomerang'. Its got a little lcd screen you carry with you that messages you if anyone hits the car etc.

I thought it was pretty cool...and if I remember correctly the price was about $1500 or there abouts. I'll be looking into it more when I get my T in feb. :thumbsup:

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I have the Ford factory unit installed and wheel lock nuts...oh and good insurance LOL

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As in your WRX, I have a BRANT alarm installed (without the keypad). I had a BRANT alarm installed on my FTO for 4 yrs before I upgraded to the T. Highly recommended and have had no incidents at all (knock on wood!).

Cost was $600. Check out their website here.

Their was only one problem with the installation. Every 15 mins the alarm would go off! It was narrowed down to the Ford computer sending a signal to the boot circuit to turn off the light (just in case the boot had been left open). The fix is to put a diode to stop the flow of current and hence not trigger the alarm. Obviously they now know about it for all future installs.

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Rob

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I have been looking at a Boomerang Alpha 2002 Alarm. Has anyone heard of or had these b4? You can see them at

http://www.incaroption.com.au/

Always sounds good when you see the marketing. Who do you go to for an unbiased opinion?

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I think most alarms these days have roughly the same features. The thing to look out for is the immobiliser. The more points the better. The BRANT has a 3pt immobiliser and can be upgraded to 6 I believe. I had a quick look at that Alpha 2002 website but couldn't find where it said how many point immobiliser it has.

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I've just been having a look at carminder which is a GPS system which provides free updates and awesome accuracy in locating your vehicle within 30meters with a UBD reference number to boot

$990 + fitting with no monthly fee's or charges.

however it is not intergrated with any alarm features, so no exactly an alarm as such, more a anti-theft device.

none the less I Looked at the boomerang systems and they looked pretty good, though be careful with alarms that offer remote starters make sure they have a mechanism to detect if the vehicle is in neutral before starting, because a friend of mine had one in his car and accidently left it in 1st one night when the car started it ran through the garage ;)

thanks for all the replies

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