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Have any of you guys with a Chim had a new alarm fitted with the boot release on the fob?
On my new Chim what drives me nuts is that I often can't get in the car as the fob is intermittent, the immobiliser often takes ages to come off allowing me to start , the alarm sometimes seems to be flashing without a siren as I drive occasionally and the boot release is just annoying.
I've read you can get a modern alarm fitted which would remove these issues but just wondering what you guys who have had id done have paid, how long they had the car and did it remove the issues I have described above?
Thanks
I'm in the North West so recommendations in that location would be great thanks
Simon
On my new Chim what drives me nuts is that I often can't get in the car as the fob is intermittent, the immobiliser often takes ages to come off allowing me to start , the alarm sometimes seems to be flashing without a siren as I drive occasionally and the boot release is just annoying.
I've read you can get a modern alarm fitted which would remove these issues but just wondering what you guys who have had id done have paid, how long they had the car and did it remove the issues I have described above?
Thanks
I'm in the North West so recommendations in that location would be great thanks
Simon
I had mine from Abacus Car Alarms. Pretty straight forward swap including a boot release function. Just make sure you order the right connector (don't ask how I know) and you're all good to go. Bootrelease on the fob is excellent although it happened to me a few times that I incidentally pushed the button without knowing and drove around with a slightly open boot.
Edited by Jobster on Saturday 3rd November 20:39
The Abacus meta plug and play looks a good idea, I would imagine a bit of hands on knowledge is required to add the boot release side of things.
Do you have a meta or older foxguard system?
I swapped out my foxguard recently for a Toad system with boot release for around £120 and roughly a short days work.
Do you have a meta or older foxguard system?
I swapped out my foxguard recently for a Toad system with boot release for around £120 and roughly a short days work.
+1 for the abacus plug and play replace. You unplug old boxes and plug in now, that's it.
If you opt for boot release then yes you do have to solder one wire to the boot button inside.
But the quality is very good and can finally lock/unlock my car from 40 metres away instead of waving the key over the bonnet in some weird ritual ritual
If you opt for boot release then yes you do have to solder one wire to the boot button inside.
But the quality is very good and can finally lock/unlock my car from 40 metres away instead of waving the key over the bonnet in some weird ritual ritual
Chimp871 said:
+1 for the abacus plug and play replace. You unplug old boxes and plug in now, that's it.
If you opt for boot release then yes you do have to solder one wire to the boot button inside.
But the quality is very good and can finally lock/unlock my car from 40 metres away instead of waving the key over the bonnet in some weird ritual ritual
Or you can use a double spade terminal if you don't want to wave an iron around near your expensive trim If you opt for boot release then yes you do have to solder one wire to the boot button inside.
But the quality is very good and can finally lock/unlock my car from 40 metres away instead of waving the key over the bonnet in some weird ritual ritual
Chimp871 said:
Lol.... True, didn't think of that at the time. I just like soldering for some reason. It's the satisfaction watching the solder drain into the wires.
I'm strange.
Don't be put off soldering by anyone, for me there is only one thing better than watching solder run and that's listening to relaysI'm strange.
I love relays and when I die I want to come back as one
If you have the Alarm 'Red Card', the coding info basically, you can buy a new fob / boot release kit quite reasonably from Dave at HF Solutions. It might solve your problems. He does whole alarm set ups also.
http://www.hf-solutions.co.uk/
http://www.hf-solutions.co.uk/
I had a Cobra 4138 HF system fitted to replace the Meta system that had previously been removed. A remote boot release was high on my priorities too and that was a feature that was available on the Cobra and Toad units I'd shortlisted. I had mine fitted by CVA supplies in SW Manchester. It turned out that the fitters brother owned a Chim so he was familiar with the brand, however it still took him way longer than he expected to complete the install to get it to his satisfaction partly due to having to do it on my driveway and it pretty poor weather.
indigochim said:
I had a Cobra 4138 HF system fitted to replace the Meta system that had previously been removed. A remote boot release was high on my priorities too and that was a feature that was available on the Cobra and Toad units I'd shortlisted. I had mine fitted by CVA supplies in SW Manchester. It turned out that the fitters brother owned a Chim so he was familiar with the brand, however it still took him way longer than he expected to complete the install to get it to his satisfaction partly due to having to do it on my driveway and it pretty poor weather.
That to me illustrates the advantages of upgrading the original Meta system to the later Meta HPA (with the 36T2 immobiliser). If your car was originally fitted with a Meta that is. It's a straight box swap, with only the need to run one wire to the boot release switch, if you choose to fit that.The most time consuming part of the install is getting the dash top off and back on again. There's no mucking about with the wiring, which is a good thing in my book, because it means that in the event of a problem any specialist familiar with the marque should be able to get to the bottom of the issue without having to work out what some random spark has done. And I'm sure that many of us have cursed and sworn at the way that some bits of the electrics were bodged, butchered and generally mucked about with prior to our ownership.
Just my tuppence worth.
ou sont les biscuits said:
That to me illustrates the advantages of upgrading the original Meta system to the later Meta HPA (with the 36T2 immobiliser). If your car was originally fitted with a Meta that is. It's a straight box swap, with only the need to run one wire to the boot release switch, if you choose to fit that.
The most time consuming part of the install is getting the dash top off and back on again. There's no mucking about with the wiring, which is a good thing in my book, because it means that in the event of a problem any specialist familiar with the marque should be able to get to the bottom of the issue without having to work out what some random spark has done. And I'm sure that many of us have cursed and sworn at the way that some bits of the electrics were bodged, butchered and generally mucked about with prior to our ownership.
Just my tuppence worth.
This is probably true for most but mine had already been ripped out somewhere in it's history. I discovered this when I was replacing my dash so the dash top was already off.The most time consuming part of the install is getting the dash top off and back on again. There's no mucking about with the wiring, which is a good thing in my book, because it means that in the event of a problem any specialist familiar with the marque should be able to get to the bottom of the issue without having to work out what some random spark has done. And I'm sure that many of us have cursed and sworn at the way that some bits of the electrics were bodged, butchered and generally mucked about with prior to our ownership.
Just my tuppence worth.
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