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Alarm help
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 8:25 am
by James0121
hey up
Im thinking about fitting a thatcham cat 1 alarm to me polo but alot of them ask if it has a thatcham approved immobiliser installed. Is the key coded immobiliser on mk4 polos thatcham approved does ne1 know ??
oh yea mines a 1998 R 1.4 Cl if that makes any difference
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:14 pm
by KarlM
Hi James,
I believe electronic and manual immobiliers are Cat 2 systems only
Hope that helps
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:25 pm
by James0121
hey there
cheers for your help, but i rang gap security about getting a Cat1 Clifford avatel maxx 1 and they said that on mk4 the key coded immobiliser is not Cat approved at all. So had to have the whole kit alarm and immobiliser
As long as it keeps the thieving chavs knicking my car i dont mind
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:51 pm
by KarlM
To be honest i would have recommended that anyway - the clifford imobiliser is much better than the VW one.
glad you got it sorted
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:11 am
by reuben
i got a clifford 300 off my old nova i wanted to put on here,do i have to get the immobiliser replaced as well ?????????? and if so can i not just get rid of it completely?
cheers
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:12 am
by reuben
oh yeh sorry mines a 1.4 cl 1999.
thanks!
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 12:46 pm
by david burton
I've been reliably informed that the uprated models (1998 onwards?) all have cat2 immobilisers - so you should be able to get a cat2 to cat 1 upgrade which is a lot cheaper.
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 1:47 pm
by reuben
any idea roughly how much mate ??
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 2:52 pm
by david burton
http://www.microtechnics-alarms.co.uk/
this place is by far the cheapest i've found. 190 quid if you look on the META page
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 2:55 pm
by reuben
£190 ??????? f*****g hell i dont even want the immobilisor on it u just want my clifford alarm on it! can i not just get it taken off? and if so would it have to be done by VW or just by an alarm company?
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:19 pm
by david burton
no that was for the original posters question!
you'll have to ring for a quote. I'm sure fitting costs about 80 quid.
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:49 pm
by James0121
hey all
i now have my avital alarm fitted and it came up on my insurance as a clifford alarm which always good.
i think the alarm systems fitted to vw are scorpion system as standard but u proberly do need to change it for the clifford one.
dont know how much help that was but there ya go