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Hi Nozila, I would suggest looking into an american system called " drive soft" Information can be obtained from http://www.drivesoft.net/index.html This is one of the most popular american systems available. it uses touch screen monitors and unlike putting a PC or laptop in the car does not require a power invertor. Regards Pj

Hi MintR33, My apologies for the late reply, I have been away on business. I have not replied to your post because I did not think it was appropriate to post detailed wiring information on a public forum, especially information that could be used by the wrong people to steal numerous cars. Please refer to my original post. "These are a few of the most common tips i can give to anyone, I hope you find them helpful. Due the nature of forums (being so public and all) I will not release vehicle specific information or PM wiring diagrams to anyone, sorry to the honest people, but nowadays you dont know who to trust." I apologise if you find this rude/ arrogant etc. But it would not be fair to anyone on this site, and it would totally go against the spirit of encouraging people to stop theives. I trust you will understand.

Hi undertoe, Firstly, dont take your car to Rock, lock and Roll or Autobahn. They will wreck your car. I have seen to many jobs come out of their workshops over the years and had to redo from scratch many of them costing the customer ( you) more money. I have had many dealings with one particular alarm installer in Ballarat, and although the company he works for may not be held in high regard, i can assure you that in my ten years in this industry he would have to be one of the best alarm installers I have seen. The company is Strathfield, they are located in the bridge mall with an off site work shop. The guy you actually want to work on your car is SIMON. The sales person to deal with is ANDREW, the store manager. As said, Strathfield generally dont have the best rep for installs, and the Melbourne metro stores are very rough on cars. Don't bring your car to melbourne for an instal. But, having said that, i know these guys in Ballarat and they are very good. Store details. Strathfield Bridge Mall Ballarat Ph 03 53335466 Andrew Huie - Manager Simon Hatcher - Installer I would also recommend that you look at the Black Widow BW10000. This is an insurance approved alarm with twin point immobiliser in the module, 1 external, black wiring, and is reliable as hell. Please note that I do not work for either Strathfield or Black Widow. I have simply had dealings with these individuals for the last few years ( approx 4) and have found them and the black widow product to be excellent. And when it comes to alarms, dont be tight, it is after all, the only thing between your pride and joy and a thief. Good luck Pj

Hi guys, In response to your questions. Paradizzle - kill switches and club locks Kill switches. The old yet effective way of killing a car. Or is it effective? No matter how devious you are, once you find the switch it is game over and the car is gone. With no alarm, no audible warning, whats to let you know that someone is getting in the car. A few years ago, a mate had a HZ holden, sure it had a kill switch, but he hated the thought of an alarm, he would always say " i dont need an alarm, i'll hear em, the car lives in my driveway next to my bedroom window". One morning he awoke to find the space where his car used to be. He heard nothing during the night and obviously didnt wake up. His insurance claim was rejected because he did not have an alarm, his pride and joy and about 35k of motor, gearbox and other crap gone never to be seen again. He now drives a 1992 festiva. Clublocks. I think these can be good if of good quality and when they are used correctly, but as with anything of this nature, dont rely to heavily on a $49 steering wheel lock to save your car, use it as additional security measure. RANDY, justin911 - Valet switchs This is a switch that is used to program features into the alarm and might also be used to over ride your alarm. There was something on here a few weeks ago where a R32 was stolen because the valet switch was used to disable the alarm. The Valet switch was mounted on the dash in plain sight! It will not on 99% of alarms commercially available in Australia work as Randy has suggested and deadlock boots, gloveboxes or other areas. A valet key is different and only applicable where the car has different locks for the drivers door/ ignition to the boot/ glovebox. But then again there is a boot release in most modern cars. So this is unlikely anyway. I hope you find this information helpful Pj

Hi Ezz35, There are all sorts of problems you can encounter putting 6x9's in a skyline. The most major one is when you cut the metal. In short if you cut within 300mm of a child support or structural point of the vehicle your car becomes an instant defect. Most cops will know this, the rta certainly does. Let me tell you if you do decide to do it and get busted, the price of rewelding your parcel shelf to factory and then getting an engineers certificate on this way exceeds the cost or sound benefits of 6x9's. Think about it before you do it. If it was my car I would just go for a set of 6' three ways, after all, the rears in most street cars are just for noise for the occasional passenger. Pj

HI Pawley, I have had this exact same problem with slightly different equipment. The car at the time was a mitsubishi magna, system value was well over 20k, when the owner went to sell the car the system was removed except for head unit. Front and rear speakers were replaced with cheapo "hole fillers". Essentially a deck running straight to the speakers. Same as your case. We found it was the unit itself. When you run external amplifiers the units amplifier is bypassed and low level outputs are used - RCA's, these originate from the units pre amplifier not the units amplifier. Inside a unit it looks like this. Laser -> processor -> pre amp -> amp When the units amplifier was used however we too got the same annoying turn on/ turn off pop through the speakers. We eventually traced the fault to an internal fault with the units amplifer power supply. I cant remember the exact component as this was around 5 years ago. The solution. Well, we removed the customers Nakamichi unit and replaced it with a cheapo RRP approx $150. Sure it sounded crappy ( compared to 20k's worth) but the problem was fixed for the sale. What I would recommend to you is to go and source a low price cd tuner and put it in. The instal is simple, as you would know, and there are some great bargains at the moment on 2005 pioneer product that retailers are trying to clear. I was in my Local Repco store the other day and the Pioneer DEH1750 was $119 ( this is just cd/am/fm) and the Pioneer DEH2750MP (cd/mp3/am/fm) was $159. Excellent prices for these models and surprisingly cheaper than my local Audio place. Its just a suggestion, but for the sake of $119 i would just do it. PJ

Hi Guys, My name is Pj, I am a custom alarm installer with around 10 years experience here in Australia. I no longer do fitments so this is not an ad or promotion of any type. I am just a guy who has recently bought a skyline and signed up to a couple of forums, this one and an international one to learn more about Skylines. One thing has really struck me straight away is the number of cars that are stolen and never recovered. I wanted to give you all a few tips on how you might be able to make your car harder to steal. I say harder because in reality no car is impossible to steal no matter the type of alarm. Firstly. Do you have an alarm? If you dont, get one NOW! The features to look out for are - - twin point immobilisation in the module - in built immobiliser for two of the cars circuits - 1 point external immobilisation - alarm can immobilse another seperate circuit - black wiring with no identifying marks - ALL black wiring no color codes or tags - battery back up siren - code hoping remotes - so your remote is harder to clone - point of entry sensing - if something opens the siren goes off. there are a stack of other cool things alarms can do, the more you want the more you pay. What alarms are insurance approved? This varies, always check with your insurance company what they require. Insurance companies always try not to pay out, your car may not get stolen, but if you damage it they may reject a claim if the alarm does not conform with their standards. ALWAYS CHECK. Does your existing alarm work? Sure the previous owners showed you how it worked, or the installer a year ago showed or told you it worked, but does it? have you ever tested it? To test it is easy. Take the car somewhere where there is no-one around or where your neighbours dont mind a bit of noise. Arm the alarm and test each opening. Do the doors, boot, and bonnet trigger the alarm. (if they dont, you've got problems) Now while the alarm is going off, does the car start? ( if it does you've got problems) Like any part you would need to service on your car your alarm is no different, test it at least once every six months. Make sure it works before it is too late. If something is not right get it fixed now, dont wish you had got it fixed the day after it gets knocked. Can you find the alarm in your car? This one's an easy test, have a look in the obvious places under dashes etc. Can you see your alarm? Is it the box with the brand and model number clearly visible? Are there lots of extra wires just running everywhere? or perhaps it is easy to see where there is extra wiring? Unfortunately, these are things that thieves look for. And in reality if you can see the alarm or its wiring easily they will too. An alarm is only ever as good as it's instalation, no matter what type, brand or how much it costs. If it is messy or you can easily find it, take it to a professional to get it fixed up. I want to get an alarm, how do i find a good installer? I hate to say it, i mean it breaks my heart, but not all installers are good, in fact some are dodgy no goods that read off a peice of paper in order to fit an alarm to your pride and joy. Yep, they have little skill and without cheat sheets on that particular car they probably could not fit anything. Now i am not going to name names, but i am sure we have all come accross them. So how do i find a good one? Easy, talk to the guy who is going to work on your car, not the slick salesman who is trying to sell you a product he earns a commision on. Talk to the installer, ask them questions, suss them out. How many skylines have you worked on? How long have you been installing? There is no real science to it, try to see if the guy is an installer or a process worker with his cheat sheets. I have been told my turbo timer wont with an alarm and i can only have one point of immobisation? 99% of alams and turbo timers can be made to talk to each other. It is just a little harder to do and requires more work when installing the products. To ensure compatibilty stay away from the cheapo turbo timers and get one that activates when the parking brake is applied. Your installer will most likely need a few extra bits and pieces to make the products work, but I assure you, it is possible and to have 3 point immobilisation and a turbo timer regardless of auto or manual. If the installer cant do it, go somewhere else. So once the alarm is in what else can i do? - Have the installer hide the LED - LED's just let the theif know that you have an alarm and they come prepared - take them by surprise every time - Have the installer hide the valet switch - keep your keys in a safe place - dont tell people ( not even your mom) what sort of alarm you have. Dodgy people down load all sorts of things from the internet - dont leave valuable's cd wallets, phones, stereo faces, money, etc in plain site - at night park under lights - when you are going to get a park somewhere turn your system down a few blocks before you get there - dont advertise that you a something worth stealing - tinted windows - great for keeping out peeping eyes These are a few of the most common tips i can give to anyone, I hope you find them helpful. Due the nature of forums (being so public and all) I will not release vehicle specific information or PM wiring diagrams to anyone, sorry to the honest people, but nowadays you dont know who to trust. I hope that you find this helpful. Pj

Hi, I think you should reconsider the Jaycar item as you will not be covered by an insurance approved Australian Standards Alarm. The Jaycar item uses colored wiring and for a thief this is easy pickings. It also uses a single output to control a relay to immobilse your car. All you need to do to steal the car is find the relay, and bridge the pins, car gone. On the other hand, the Black widow 10000 is Australian Standards Approved and insurance approved. It utilises all black wiring with no identifying marks, 3 point immobiliser 2 in the module and 1 external through a relay or other device, back up battery siren and point of entry protection, as a bonus it has been on the market long enough to know the product does not have problems when correctly installed. You can also add a pager to this unit, however it would be a gsm pager rather than a Radio Pager like the Jaycar. Lets put it this way, you go to Chadstone, the car is in the underground car park and you alarm goes off, the jaycar states that it will page for up to 2km, the key words are UP TO. These measurements are based on ideal conditions over open ground. In a shopping centre, water piping, electrical cableing, concrete all get in the way of your signal and the pager most likely wont work after a 100metres or so. Alternately there is a product carminder which uses GSM phone towers to transmit a signal of break in and will also send you the GPS co-ordinates of the car in regular intervals if it is stolen. It does a heap of other good stuff and can be seen at.. http://www.cobracaralarms.com.au/index.php...1012868691-7561 Please note that i do not work for either company and i have no affiliations with these products. I have been involved in doing custom audio and security instals for about 10 years now and have found these products to be very reliable and could recommend them to you highly. If i can give you a few other tips to stop your ride getting knocked.. 1 - Hide the LED - this lets the theif know that you have an alarm and they come prepared - take them by surprise every time 2 - hide the valet switch 3 - keep your keys in a safe place 4 - make sure your installer is qualified and reputible. An alarm is only as good as its instalation. 5 - dont tell people ( not even your mom) what sort of alarm you have. Dodgy people down load all sorts of things from the internet 6 - dont leave valuable's cd wallets etc in plain site 7 - at night park under lights 8 - when you are going to get a park somewhere turn your system down a few blocks before you get there - dont advertise that you a something worth stealing 9 - tinted windows - great for keeping out peeping eyes There are other things that you can do to a car to make it harder to steal, not impossible, but harder. However due to the nature of wiring specifics or instaltion techniques i will not post this information on such a public forum or PM it to you. Sorry but nowadays you dont know who to trust. PJ

Hi Darn, I am an custom alarm installer with around 10 years experience. Your problem is easily fixed. Any Alarm will hook up to a turbo timer. You need to get a 12v 5 pin 30amp relay. Dont go to Dick smith, they often sell cheap lower voltage relays to you. Go to a reputable place Repco or somewhere. Repco Sell narva Relay's these are the best to wire the relay to the turbo timer - turbo timer (your wiring color will vary depending on model of timer) - Constant 12v - to an uninterupted 12v source - make sure you use a fuse - Accessories - helps to set the timer - Earth - a clean metal part of the car - Ignition - runs the car when key off - Park brake arm - Ground sensor - connect to parking brake to arm turbo timer Relay wiring ( cut the cars ignition wire) 30 - Engine Side of ignition wire 85 - Ground 86 - Key side of ignition 87 - Ignition input of alarm 87a - turbo timer igniton feed You will also need to use a diode between pins 87a and 87 with the line on the diode facing ( on the same side as ) pin 87a. Let me also give you a few tips on how to make your car more secure. 1 - Hide the LED - this lets the theif know that you have an alarm and they come prepared - take them by surprise every time 2 - hide the valet switch 3 - keep your keys in a safe place 4 - make sure your installer is qualified and reputible. An alarm is only as good as its instalation. 5 - dont tell people ( not even your mom) what sort of alarm you have. Dodgy people down load all sorts of things from the internet 6 - dont leave valuable's cd wallets etc in plain site 7 - at night park under lights 8 - when you are going to get a park somewhere turn your system down a few blocks before you get there - dont advertise that you a something worth stealing 9 - tinted windows - great for keeping out peeping eyes There are other things that you can do to a car to make it harder to steal, not impossible, but harder. However due to the nature of wiring specifics or instaltion techniques i will not post this information on such a public forum or PM it to you. Sorry but nowadays you dont know who to trust. Regards Pj