Car Alarm Who Can Recomend A Place?

[MREVIL8]

You could try elite car sound in belco

[CEF11E]

I got a new alarm and paid a premium for it.

Also went to a reputable auto electrician to get it fitted and paid $225 to have it fitted. (not including door actuator)

Things they did not do.

1. put my interior back togeather properly

2. connect up the siren!!!!!

3. connect up the bonnet or boot switch

4. connect up the central locking loom

they explained yje fact that they did not install the siren. because I did not want it in the normal place. so I went home and installed that myself and all was good untill I reallised they did not connect up the boot OR bonnet switches.. I mean FFS... who does not connect these up. Neither did they install the central locking hookup.

Also the alarm went off randomly lastnight for no reason while the car was in a locked garage. leading to the fact that it is probably not installed properly...

Called them this morning and they told me they don't usually connect up the boot switch because it takes too long. they did not tell me that...

did not even offer to fix it. and will not look at it for atleast a day. I am not even going to take the car back there as I do not trust them, it is just wasted money...

I could have done a better job myself. I fuc^$n hate shonky car places.

[SKYLVIA]

well chuck his name up for all to see.

it takes too long to connect the boot? then wtf are you paying them for?

[LTSJayce]

I agree with Skylvia-post them up. I did a search for 'bad traders'(not to be confused with Rogue Traders...),and I can't see the old link for shonky dealings. Being that the event actually occured,you're not slandering them;merely stating the facts,so give us all the heads up where to avoid by jotting their name down...

[SKYLVIA]

Maybe a sticky thread of "where NOT to get your skyline serviced" is in need?

[sigsputnik]

um, hang on.

yes something may have happened but we don't know the facts:

- what if it was the work experience kid?

- what if it was a trainee?

- what if they didn't hear the request properly?

- what if they have since disciplined whoever did it?

- most importantly, what if the OP cannot prove that any of it happened?

- what if, in light of this lack of proof, the business subsequently comes after sau because of these ostensibly unfounded allegations?

comments on this forum could seriously damage their business, and no one here is really in a position to comment on these events.

if the OP wants to do something about it, they should pursue them through the Office of Fair Trading:

http://www.fairtrading.act.gov.au

[SKYLVIA]

to me, it sounds like they didnt really show much care in their work. business' know about word of mouth, and its strength of advertisement.

Edited September 15, 2006 by SKYLVIA

[CEF11E]

Yeah, I am not really keen on slandering a business here regardless of their dealings. They have offered to have a look at the shonky work, so I give them credit for that.

However driving the car yesterday ging around the corner a bundle of alarm wires and the brain fell from under the steering column and landed on the floor.

the whole alarm will need to be rewired.

[CEF11E]

just got back from the place in question,

they remounted all the wiring and brain, set up the sensors again and were polite and helpful.

We will see how it goes... if it keeps going off in the middle of the night I am going to be pissed off.

[FJ 720]

I just got my car back from JB woden, I cant fault the work they did

[sigsputnik]

when i got my first r33 i took it to a place in fyshwick (they're not there anymore...) to fit an alarm. the alarm kept draining the battery - i.e. flat in two days. they never fixed it though they 'looked at it' many times.

mate i hope you get it sorted ok. and the thing is, with a dodgy alarm, you're never quite sure whether it's working or not. and the knowledge that it might not be working has insurance implications also!

yer for several reasons i would love to know who it is but other than PMs we really shouldn't broadcast it i'm afraid.

[Viper_r32]

to be honist when i was searching for an alarm and imobliser ever one i looked at seamed like a cheap toy. and to be honist most of them are. my mates r33 just got stollen last night it i had a full alarm and imobeliser installed.

ones not to buy

any thing NRMA APROVED all specs on wireing are to easy to acsess

these brands are rubbish, vission, rino, mongose, (too easy to hot wire or bypass)

would recomend hornet and viper, but be prepaird to pay nearly $1500 on a top of line sytem

it may be alot of money, bit in the long run its worth it, there are so many pro's out there and canberra is starting to become like sydney. iand if your wondering why there are so many cop's in canberra at the moment it's because a massive amount of cars have been stolen in the last few weeks.