Futureshop Alarm + Installation

[custy]

Hey

Has anyone here ever had a car alarm installed through Futureshop or Best Buy? They have a sale this week on a Compustar alarm for 179.99 and I am in the market to have one installed.

They are saying its free basic installation but what does that include?

Thanks in advance.

[circumventer]

im just blowing smoke when i say this however i wouldnt put it past them.

basically basic installation prolly doesn't include cars that have engine immobilizer which needs to be bypassed for those auto starters. I think its the law now to have all cars with engine immobilizers.

[custy]

I don't think my car has that feature. It is a 2000 model and the key is like a 90's era car key (without chip inside).

[Quiggie]

Yes I bought an alarm at future shop and had it installed. This was 3 years ago.

The alarm I bought also had a shock sensor, and sound recognition sensor (for breaking glass for example), and it also had a starter imobilizer, so if you turned the key while the alarm was on nothing happened.

The alarm was $200 but I forget how much they charged for installation. I do remember that they wanted an extra $40 to integrate the alarm with the power door locks and power trunk release but I declined.

[Baseball_Boy]

My parents had 2 installed at FS (1 starter and 1 starter/security combo), but it was not a basic installation. They charged extra for the bypass.

[circumventer]

My friend took his 1998 corolla to a Toyota garage for i think it was an oil change and they installed an immobilizer for free.

its a little black thing near the steering wheel that you have to put a special device into that unlocks the engine, then you can put they key in to start it.

Maybe honda will do the same?

[COSMIC5]

After you have an alarm installed on the vehicle, call your insurance broker to find out if there is any discount available for having one.....