Toomuch 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2010 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted January 4, 2010 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_ethrty-Andy_ 2132 Report post Posted January 4, 2010 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hotwire 352 Report post Posted January 4, 2010 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toomuch 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2010 Cheers for the help. I think I may go with an AVS 5 star and just get it installed. Goodbye bank balance haha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antil33t 90 Report post Posted January 5, 2010 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites