Category Archives: Car Alarms

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Cobra AK4908

Posted on March 15, 2010 by obsessed

Cobra were one of the first car alarm manufactures to produce a CAN BUS alarm, I installed my first one back in 2004 when I was still living in the UK, the vehicle was a MK 5 Volkswagen Golf and … Continue reading →

Posted in CAN BUS Alarms, Car Alarms, Cobra, Reviews | 1 Comment

Cobra 7777 Remote

Posted on March 1, 2010 by obsessed

The Cobra 7777 is the remote control part number for Cobra’s older generation car alarms. I have noticed that I get a fair amount of traffic to the website from people searching for “Cobra 7777 alarm” so figured it would be helpful to write a blog entry to clarify that the 7777 is a Cobra remote and not an a alarm.
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Posted in Alarm Remotes, Car Alarms, Cobra, Trouble Shooting! | 5 Comments

Dead Car Alarms!

Posted on January 27, 2010 by obsessed

If you have a Meridian alarm and would like it to be removed then I’m more than happy to RIP it out of your car free of charge for anyone purchasing a new alarm. Continue reading →

Posted in Car Alarms, Meridian, Worst Car Alarm | 2 Comments

Cobra AK4147 Toyota Alarm

Posted on January 21, 2010 by obsessed

The Cobra AK4147 is an upgrade alarm that has been designed to work with Toyota’s. It is truly unique in how it works as it reads the signal from the Toyota’s remote receiver module to arm and disarm, it can also accept cobra remotes to command the alarm. Continue reading →

Posted in Car Alarms, Cobra, Reviews, Toyota | 2 Comments

Mongoose MAP80 Series

Posted on January 6, 2010 by obsessed

The MAP80 Series like most other Mongoose alarms comes with a heap of different model numbers. MAP80G, MAP80GNZ and MAP80S.  I’ll get around to explaining all the variants later but will first explain that the MAP80 Series is the Upgrade … Continue reading →

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Dynatron 4 Series, D4400, D4600, D4800

Posted on December 16, 2009 by obsessed

The 4 series has built in dual immobiliser for vehicles that do not come with a factory fitted transponder immobiliser, for most cars this won’t need to be fitted but for those without an immobiliser the 4 series will bring them up to standard. Continue reading →

Posted in Car Alarms, Dynatron, Reviews, Upgrade Alarms | 1 Comment

Cobra AB3868

Posted on November 9, 2009 by obsessed

As with all other Cobra alarms the AB3868 has a siren which is shrill, loud and attention grabbing when set off, exactly the way any good car alarm should be. It can also be programed for what ever volume you desire for the arm and dis-arm chirps. Continue reading →

Posted in Car Alarms, Cobra, Reviews, Upgrade Alarms | 5 Comments

Autowatch 555 CLAM

Posted on November 2, 2009 by obsessed

The 555 CLAM is intelligent, where lesser upgrade alarms simply monitor the signal wires to arm and dis-arm the Autowatch can actually learns the timing sequence. This makes it a great alarm for any competent installer and if fitted correctly makes it impossible to trick into disarming by sly methods! Continue reading →

Posted in Autowatch, Car Alarms, Reviews, Upgrade Alarms | 13 Comments

Upgrade Alarms

Posted on October 20, 2009 by obsessed

An upgrade alarm is a car alarm that will operate from the vehicles factory remote control. There are plenty of upgrade alarm options to choose from including the new generation of CAN-BUS alarms. Over the coming weeks the blog shall go into detail about what each product has to offer. Continue reading →

Posted in Car Alarms, Upgrade Alarms | 10 Comments

Cobra AB7928

Posted on September 27, 2009 by obsessed

The AB7928 has been around for a good 10 years now, but despite its age has features which are sadly lacking from most of the rival brands here in New Zealand. Continue reading →

Posted in Car Alarms, Cobra, Reviews | 4 Comments