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wheres my alarm in the engine bay???? need to find make ???


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As an aside, quite often insurers will want to see proof of installation of an alarm (or proof of it working properly, obtainable from an alarm specialist), and it might not be sufficient to say "It's got such-and-such alarm fitted". If that's the case then you'll probably need to take it to an alarm specialist to get the certificate.

 

This might apply to Cat1 alarms only. If it's not cat 1 then I doubt whether the insurer will worry about proof of fitting.

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Isnt there a make on the key fob? My alarm was a scorpion factory fitted (iirc) module under the driver's seat and siren, ohh god i cant remember... by the charcoal canister i think, or ABS Unit (if iftted). top right hand engine bay as you look at the engine from the front of the vehicle

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I agree, £10=bargain, especially as it's a one-off. It's just part of the cost of owning these cars. When I first bought mine, it didn't come with a certificate of installation. I took it to a local specialist... who demonstrated to me that the alarm didn't work very well (e.g. wouldn't go off if the passenger door was opened!). I ended up just getting a new alarm system installed.

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won't they look at it and say 'thats cat 2' then you wasted £10 and have to pay more insurance.

If I were you i would get a cheap cat 1 alarm. Alarms are not worth anything anyway, when they go off nobody cares or takes any notice.

 

nope you can have cat 1 or cat 2 so i am lucky i spoke to sky insurance :D i need them to print out a document saying its runing n all that jazz just gonna have to do it makes me feel better than its only 10 pound rather than 50!!

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Is your meta alarm not cat2 then?

 

If you get a new alarm, go for a cat1: most insurers wouldn't touch you without one fitted.

 

yea they seem to think its not a cat 1 or cat 2 which i thought it was in one of the links showing to me but when i think about it my alarm is pretty much nothing it only locks the doors and sets the alarm it doesnt have bonnet sensor,boot sensor etc. when the alarms set you can open the bonnet and it does not go off. very annoying but just one of these things i suppose rather that than not been able to drive supra

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