Anybody recommend an alarm/security system for the camaro? - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

Hlogan220 · 05-02-2012, 01:50 AM

I realized long ago that it doesnt come with an alarm system...
any recommendations

I am talking about something that will scare the hell out of people trying to mess with my car or trying to break in.
I tried to see if any type of alarm goes off when I tried to jack open my door and nothing happened.

aftermarket? or factory built?

Nessal · 05-02-2012, 01:53 AM

I think we have one built in.

Stealthpanda · 05-02-2012, 01:58 AM

Black suburbans....

mastertypodemon · 05-02-2012, 02:17 AM

This came with my Camaro.

Hlogan220 · 05-02-2012, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by mastertypodemon

This came with my Camaro.

Very funny...
but i'm talking about alarm or blackbox video/audio recording system

GEEKFREEKSCOTTY · 05-02-2012, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Hlogan220

Very funny...
but i'm talking about alarm or blackbox video/audio recording system

It's called onstar.

Hlogan220 · 05-02-2012, 03:13 AM

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Originally Posted by JEEPFREEKSCOTTY

It's called onstar.

A ****** scratched my car once and onstar service lady claimed that onstar does not record video/audio

Powhusku · 05-02-2012, 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Hlogan220

A ****** scratched my car once and onstar service lady claimed that onstar does not record video/audio

So, you want a camera and a blackbox built into your car? Most car security systems are there to prevent your car from getting stolen, not to prevent vandalism.

Hlogan220 · 05-02-2012, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Powhusku

So, you want a camera and a blackbox built into your car? Most car security systems are there to prevent your car from getting stolen, not to prevent vandalism.

What I am looking for is an alarm system
Does a 5th gen camaro come with one?

If the alarm system comes with a video recorder with reasonable price then it would be best

cody.freeman1 · 05-02-2012, 03:32 AM

Sorry OP, seems like a lot of people feel like being

's today

I have seen people install Viper alarms on their Camaro's and they seem pretty sensitive to touch.

BMTGIE · 05-02-2012, 03:34 AM

VIPER.....

It also has a lot of add-ons you can add on to the alarm.

For example..

1. Proximity sensors....you can have your windows rolled down and if someone were to reach into your car without touching anything the alarm would go off.

Another proximity sensor when someone gets within 5 ft of your car it gives a warning.

2. Wheel tilt....Alarm goes off when it feels the car not leveled when someone tries to steal your wheels

They have a lot more!

And for all you knuckle heads the factory alarm only goes off if the car is opened without the keys or remote. So someone could take a spark plug smash it, take a piece of the broken spark plug throw through your window. Then it shatters, push the window through climb through the window and take everything they want inside the car and then push the trunk button. Climb back out the window so the alarm doesn't go off. Then go through your trunk and you wake up to a burglarize camaro!

GEEKFREEKSCOTTY · 05-02-2012, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Powhusku

So, you want a camera and a blackbox built into your car? Most car security systems are there to prevent your car from getting stolen, not to prevent vandalism.

Pretty much.

Besides, someone scratching your ride won't set off a shock sensor anyway.

Even if you did capture the audio/video, the police aren't going to do anything but file a report.

If you managed to get an identity on the vandal, it's on you to waste your time and money taking them to court and hope you'll collect a dime from them.

Best advice:
Onstar > lojack
Have the number for a good paintless dent repair guy and detail shop on standby
Get a low comprehensive deductible on your insurance

Hlogan220 · 05-02-2012, 03:39 AM

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Originally Posted by BMTGIE

VIPER.....

It also has a lot of add-ons you can add on to the alarm.

For example..

1. Proximity sensors....you can have your windows rolled down and if someone were to reach into your car without touching anything the alarm would go off.

Another proximity sensor when someone gets within 5 ft of your car it gives a warning.

2. Wheel tilt....Alarm goes off when it feels the car not leveled when someone tries to steal your wheels

They have a lot more!

And for all you knuckle heads the factory alarm only goes off if the car is opened without the keys or remote. So someone could take a spark plug smash it, take a piece of the broken spark plug throw through your window. Then it shatters, push the window through climb through the window and take everything they want inside the car and then push the trunk button. Climb back out the window so the alarm doesn't go off. Then go through your trunk and you wake up to a burglarize camaro!

There is the perfect answer i needed! Any price range for each system?

GEEKFREEKSCOTTY · 05-02-2012, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Hlogan220

There is the perfect answer i needed! Any price range for each system?

I have a viper alarm with proxy sensor on my jeep and it ran me about 400 with install.

That was a few years ago.

Hlogan220 · 05-02-2012, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by JEEPFREEKSCOTTY

I have a viper alarm with proxy sensor on my jeep and it ran me about 400 with install.

That was a few years ago.

That seems to be a reasonable price!
What are the features?

I live around an area where bike wheels get stolen wtf.....
Ive several car parts theft but not too many.
But i would like to prevent the slightest possibility

BMTGIE · 05-02-2012, 03:47 AM

Yea a nice one with 2 way paging should be around $350-$400, you should be able to find each add on for less than $80.

2SSRSinNC · 05-02-2012, 04:08 AM

I have Clifford.

BlkBty · 05-02-2012, 07:54 AM

Do you have "CAR TOYS" in your area?

MCSarge · 05-02-2012, 08:01 AM

"So someone could take a spark plug smash it, take a piece of the broken spark plug throw through your window. Then it shatters, push the window through climb through the window and take everything they want inside the car and then push the trunk button. Climb back out the window so the alarm doesn't go off. Then go through your trunk and you wake up to a burglarize camaro! "

Thanks now I won't sleep for a week.

Coltrane · 05-02-2012, 08:07 AM

Park near bushes. Hide in bushes with .357 magnum.

Mr_Draco · 05-02-2012, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Hlogan220

There is the perfect answer i needed! Any price range for each system?

Just note that Viper does NOT record audio/video. As a matter of fact not a single car alarm does. What you are wanting is a surveillance system. A surveillance system designed to be used in a car will run a few thousand just on hardware.

dekan513 · 05-02-2012, 10:19 AM

i know 2 guys that stole a gto , my dumb a$$ inlaws , and when they went to court onstar had recorded them talkin in the car after it was reported stolen . onstar directed the cops to them in like 45 mins after it was taken and they were in the process of takin the wheels off. both got 5 years.

CamaroMiami · 05-02-2012, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by BMTGIE

VIPER.....

the factory alarm only goes off if the car is opened without the keys or remote. So someone could take a spark plug smash it, take a piece of the broken spark plug throw through your window. Then it shatters, push the window through climb through the window and take everything they want inside the car and then push the trunk button. Climb back out the window so the alarm doesn't go off. Then go through your trunk and you wake up to a burglarize camaro!

I hope there are no thieves on this forum because this is the perfect procedure.

tdp1 · 05-02-2012, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by CamaroMiami

I hope there are no thieves on this forum because this is the perfect procedure.

Wouldn't a brick work better? I have the Viper and I'm pretty sure it goes of no matter what goes through the window.

Alerts me on my smart phone as well.

StOrM TrOOpEr · 05-02-2012, 12:50 PM

i saw this camera/blackbox

http://www.spytechs.com/Car-Cameras/dual-view-cam.htm

05-02-2012, 01:50 AM	#1
Hlogan220 Drives: Chevy camaro 2012 2lt Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: San francisco Posts: 53 View My Garage	Anybody recommend an alarm/security system for the camaro? I realized long ago that it doesnt come with an alarm system... any recommendations I am talking about something that will scare the hell out of people trying to mess with my car or trying to break in. I tried to see if any type of alarm goes off when I tried to jack open my door and nothing happened. aftermarket? or factory built? Last edited by Hlogan220; 05-02-2012 at 03:06 AM.

05-02-2012, 02:17 AM	#4
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05-02-2012, 03:32 AM	#10
cody.freeman1 Drives: 2010 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Andersen Air Force Base, Guam Posts: 321	Sorry OP, seems like a lot of people feel like being 's today I have seen people install Viper alarms on their Camaro's and they seem pretty sensitive to touch. __________________ 2" Stainless Works Headers / Cat Delete / 3" Stainless Works Retro Chambered Catback / SLP 25% UDP / JRE Tuned / CAI Intake / ADM Scoop / RX Oil Catch Can / RX PCV Breather / VMAX Ported Throttle Body / Hex Vents / Havoc Rear Diffuser / Technostalgia Tail Lights / AAC Reverse Lights / AAC Aqua Blue Dome-Trunk-Footwell Lights / Braille 15 lb Battery / 18" TSW Nurburgring Wheels / Nitto NT555 NT05R / Hawk Ceramic Brake Pads / Royal Purple Motor Oil-Transmission Fluid-Differential Fluid / Redline Water Wetter Coolant-Power Steering Fluid / Ate Blue DOT 4 Clutch Fluid-Brake Fluid

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05-02-2012, 10:19 AM	#22
dekan513 chevy pride Drives: 2ss/rs Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: pikeville ky Posts: 1,535 View My Garage	i know 2 guys that stole a gto , my dumb a$$ inlaws , and when they went to court onstar had recorded them talkin in the car after it was reported stolen . onstar directed the cops to them in like 45 mins after it was taken and they were in the process of takin the wheels off. both got 5 years. __________________

05-02-2012, 01:53 AM	#2
Nessal Drives: 2011 SS/RS Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: CA, Bay Area Posts: 2,216	I think we have one built in.

05-02-2012, 01:58 AM	#3
Stealthpanda Drives: 2009 Ford Fusion :( Join Date: May 2011 Location: South Jersey Posts: 634	Black suburbans....

05-02-2012, 03:34 AM	#11
BMTGIE Drives: all black camaro Join Date: May 2011 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 158	VIPER..... It also has a lot of add-ons you can add on to the alarm. For example.. 1. Proximity sensors....you can have your windows rolled down and if someone were to reach into your car without touching anything the alarm would go off. Another proximity sensor when someone gets within 5 ft of your car it gives a warning. 2. Wheel tilt....Alarm goes off when it feels the car not leveled when someone tries to steal your wheels They have a lot more! And for all you knuckle heads the factory alarm only goes off if the car is opened without the keys or remote. So someone could take a spark plug smash it, take a piece of the broken spark plug throw through your window. Then it shatters, push the window through climb through the window and take everything they want inside the car and then push the trunk button. Climb back out the window so the alarm doesn't go off. Then go through your trunk and you wake up to a burglarize camaro!

05-02-2012, 03:47 AM	#16
BMTGIE Drives: all black camaro Join Date: May 2011 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 158	Yea a nice one with 2 way paging should be around $350-$400, you should be able to find each add on for less than $80.

05-02-2012, 07:54 AM	#18
BlkBty Drives: 2010 Camaro SS/RS Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wheat Ridge, Colorado Posts: 246	Do you have "CAR TOYS" in your area?

05-02-2012, 08:01 AM	#19
MCSarge USMC 1980-1990 Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: MI Posts: 83	"So someone could take a spark plug smash it, take a piece of the broken spark plug throw through your window. Then it shatters, push the window through climb through the window and take everything they want inside the car and then push the trunk button. Climb back out the window so the alarm doesn't go off. Then go through your trunk and you wake up to a burglarize camaro! " Thanks now I won't sleep for a week.

05-02-2012, 08:07 AM	#20
Coltrane Account Suspended Drives: Camaro Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Earth Posts: 247	Park near bushes. Hide in bushes with .357 magnum.

05-02-2012, 12:50 PM	#25
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