tracker installation

[kagey]

just got my hands on a c4s tip. insurance state it must have a tracker device. my question is: should i get it installed by my opc in case of any electrical problems that might arise so it will be covered by my opc warranty (?) or can any competent car electrician do the job. also i was thinking of tracker horizon if anyone has any views on this. cheers kagey

[gaity]

I had a basic Tracker (Retrieve) fitted to my car by one of their local fitters (still had a 2 hour drive to reach me). He came to my work's car park and completed the job in about 45 minutes which included removing trim, finding and soldering power feeds, routing the antenna and cloth-taping the looms back so that you could not tell they had been disturbed. Impressed the hell out of me, real quality work. I guess what I'm saying is, let the guy who does it all day, every day, do it.

[BobM]

kagey said:

my question is: should i get it installed by my opc in case of any electrical problems that might arise so it will be covered by my opc warranty (?)

If you ask the OPC to do it they'll just get one of the Tracker installers along anyway.

[Jon Luik]

I had my RAC Trackstar fitted by Toad Group via Tesco and it cost £359 including installation. 08705 561712.
It also has the added advantage of being a GPS speed camera detor !

[strappon]

i got the tracker monitor - think it's the one above standard but good thing is if it gets lifted onto a low-loader in the middle of the night - it will alert the company it's being stolen without me having to report it. nifty eh?

[superlightr]

OPC will charge you almost double what tracker will charge for the same item.

I had a monitor on my first porker, but now went for the lower service of the retrive - ie I have to call them if nicked.

Had a fair few false alarms with the monitor, so happy with the cheaper option.

[BobM]

superlightr said:

OPC will charge you almost double what tracker will charge for the same item.

OPC charged me the same as I'd paid on my previous car.

[craig996]

I had a top of range RAC tracker fitted at home and then started having various problems with the Sat Nav. OPC found it was due to poor fitting of Tracker and even sent me digital photos of where the problem was. The Tracker had been fitted where it would get wet from the screen wipers, etc., etc. The problem was solved by getting the Tracker installers to re-fit the system under supervision of the OPC technicians when the car was next in for service (took 2 hours+ because of previous fitters mistakes!).

Result= no problems since!!

[adamgtr]

we dont have tracker people come down. most opc's have an installer based at the garage. we dont charge double as tracker has a standard rate we charge. the installer has to be a recongnised tracker installer or the warrenty is void on the unit.

[big.bad.wolfie]

What Adam says is 100% true, only Tracker approved fitters can perform the install - in fact you cannot get a Tracker and fit it yourself. Tracker is fixed price install, no one can charge any more or any less.

[jolley]

strappon said:

i got the tracker monitor - think it's the one above standard but good thing is if it gets lifted onto a low-loader in the middle of the night - it will alert the company it's being stolen without me having to report it. nifty eh?

Sort of.... Monitor means that it informs Tracker, but it does not yet emit the tracking signal. They then have to phone you first to confirm the theft before they turn the tracking signal on. But for peace of mind it is much better than the first one (Retrieve?), where there is no sensor in the car to alert anyone.

[superlightr]

superlightr said:

OPC will charge you almost double what tracker will charge for the same item. I had a monitor on my first porker, but now went for the lower service of the retrive - ie I have to call them if nicked. Had a fair few false alarms with the monitor, so happy with the cheaper option.

maybe they saw me coming, but they wanted a lot more then trackers advertised prices.

[kagey]

i'm having tracker fit it for me. my opc were £250 more expensive to install the horizon model which i need for my insurance. they have their own technicians do the install and obviuosly the hourly rate comes into play.