Alarm into E30

[Toomuch 0]

Hi

I am looking at putting an Uniden alarm into my 1986 e30. I was just wondering if anyone here has done it before .

So far from what I have gathered is you need an extra relay to get the central locking to work as the motors require a bigger trigger.

Any advice would be great! Or maybe if a different brand is better eg AVS

Cheers Ben

[antil33t 90]

You're better off to pay someone to install one, as it's not that much to have done anyway, and the insurance company will recognise it if you have it professionally installed.

[_ethrty-Andy_ 2136]

You're better off to pay someone to install one, as it's not that much to have done anyway, and the insurance company will recognise it if you have it professionally installed.

^^ This. i installed mine and then found out the insurance company wouldnt recognise that so i pulled it all out and took it to get "professionally" installed, read: put back together the way i did it haha

[hotwire 352]

True for above - I am an authorised installer. May not be a requirement for an E30 though. -Check with your insurer

Re alarms - I would say bin the Uniden option.

There are plenty of good alarms available - Mongoose, Dynatron, AVS etc

Any decent one will connect straight to the locking module in the car, Uniden (older units anyway) often required a separate interface.

[Toomuch 0]

Cheers for the help.

I think I may go with an AVS 5 star and just get it installed.

Goodbye bank balance haha

[antil33t 90]

They're pretty well priced imo, a mate had one fitted into his 500SE (which blew up a month later - I beleve I said "I told you so") for about $550