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hi,

i bought a R34 skyline just before christmas last year and have notice since it has been raining that the alarm is shorting or faulting somewhere!! does anyone know how hard and how much it might cost me to get the fault sorted??i was told finding faults in a car alarm is a flamin mongrel and to just get a new alarm system!! if thats the better option can anyone give me some feedback on good places around perth WA to get it installed and wot brand/model i should go for??

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hey mate, im 3rd year auto elec, in my experience alarms are a bastard, not to fault find, but they are just not that reliable and most of them are installed horribly! There is not much to a basic alarm system, should just have a 12v supply, earth, door lock signals and your start supply to starter motor, fuel pump or coils or all three! As long as you have these into the unit, than your alarm module is no good, and this is most likely! it will probably be cheaper and easier to just get a new alarm installed!

depends on the brand and what faults, ? ADR approved ?

dont replace it with rubbish or remove it without replacing it

alarms are easy to install if you know what your doing, but can get extremely complex to hide, intergrate into new cars. etc. not for the home mech DIY .!!!! some take a hour or 2 , some take days to install .

most faults are

eviromental, loud cars, trucks, shaking the car. over sensitive alarm

bad door pins, bonnet pins

bad battery on remote, backup battery dead

loose wires. from bad installs.

or crims setting it off so you shut off the alarm cause its driving you nuts, then good bye car !!!

or rarely bad brains on the module. most of the time its the install failure itself

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