Category Archives: Cobra

Cobra Alarms are made in Italy and Cobra has been the market leader in Europe for the last 20 years. Cobra news and reviews…

Obsessive Installation!

Posted on October 28, 2010 by obsessed

When it comes to my own car security taking short cuts is not an option, so The Obsessive Beat was always going to have a serious security system installed. The Beat was about as stock as they come and didn’t … Continue reading →

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Obsessive T-Shirt Design?

Posted on August 28, 2010 by obsessed

Digging around during a recent clean up I stumbled upon this old Cobra sticker which I love as it’s quite cheeky. It got me thinking that it is worth resurrecting, I’m rather temped to bring it up to date as … Continue reading →

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Cobra 8509 Immobiliser

Posted on July 20, 2010 by obsessed

The first thing you notice with the Cobra 8509 Immobiliser is it’s size, or should that be lack of size! It is tiny and certainly the smallest Immobiliser that I am aware of. This makes it an installers dream as … Continue reading →

Posted in Car Security, Cobra, Immobilisers, Mongoose, Reviews | 11 Comments

Battery Back-Up Sirens

Posted on April 25, 2010 by obsessed

Battery Back-up Sirens are a basic requirement for any 5 star rated alarm. Being the part of the alarm that screams for your attention it is arguably the most important part of the alarm. I decided to put the major … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarm Accessories, Autowatch, AVS, Car Alarms, Cobra, Dynatron, Meridian, Mongoose, Reviews, Sirens | 16 Comments

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

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

Cobra Alarm Adverts

Posted on December 30, 2009 by obsessed

Here’s a bit of advertising genius from Cobra Malaysia. Fair play, the Cobra siren is quite loud which is exactly why I have one on my own car.

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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

Obsessive Car

Posted on October 7, 2009 by obsessed

it would be silly to have gone for a half arsed system with the name Obsessive Vehicle Security splashed down the side of the car. All time limits and budget restrictions were thrown out of the window on this one. Continue reading →

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