Fake alarm

1. eewun Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2009 East Sussex & Bristol Posts: 446 2001 Honda Civic 1.6 vtec

   #1 19th March 2010, 12:05

   Hey, was thinking of fitting a LED light on the dash to make it look like i have an alarm.
   Is it just as simple as drilling a spare button on the dash, then fitting a LED (e.g - CLICK) and then connecting it to the battery somehow??
   
   Cheers
2. saxovtsdriver Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Woking Posts: 790 Citroen saxo 1.1 desire Silver Citroen saxo 1.6 1

   #2 19th March 2010, 12:12

   u could drill a hole, or go down ur local scrapy and see if the saxo;s they have, have one with a hole for the light already, most mk2 saxo have an alarm, so if i was you just go down the scrapy as drillin a hole might not look as good as a pro one
3. J222JRA Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16839 Saxo VTS, Westfield

   #3 19th March 2010, 12:15

   I would have worded this thread differently....purely so that people on a public forum dont know you have a fake alarm lol
4. user_12308 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Nov 2006 The Lang Toun Posts: 4133 Mk2 Clio V6 #007 of 354

   #4 19th March 2010, 12:27

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by saxovtsdriver most mk2 saxo have an alarm, so if i was you just go down the scrapy as drillin a hole might not look as good as a pro one

   its only the vts's that have an alarm is it not
5. saxovtsdriver Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Woking Posts: 790 Citroen saxo 1.1 desire Silver Citroen saxo 1.6 1

   #5 19th March 2010, 12:38

   nah my 1.1 x reg has one
6. user_16245 Established Member Joined: Jun 2007 Ipswich Posts: 1667 Saxo VTR

   #6 19th March 2010, 12:52

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by saxovtsdriver nah my 1.1 x reg has one

   Only VTS's as standard. May have been an optional extra when the car was purchased from new, or an aftermarket alarm
7. saxovtsdriver Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Woking Posts: 790 Citroen saxo 1.1 desire Silver Citroen saxo 1.6 1

   #7 19th March 2010, 12:55

   didnt no that
   
   o well, my 1.1 has an alarm fittin lol must have been an extra! still when it got broken into, didnt stop the thiefs nicked my sound system
8. eewun Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2009 East Sussex & Bristol Posts: 446 2001 Honda Civic 1.6 vtec

   #8 19th March 2010, 15:28

   Scrap yard sounds like a plan! I see loads of smashed Saxo's down there.....might reflect the level of driving skill of us all lol
   
   Well, ive got one of those immobiliser key pad things, came standard. But thinking it wont stop people trying to steal stuff from in the car...so going for a cheap and cheerful option.
9. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

   #9 19th March 2010, 19:23

   i did this on my brothers car. go to maplins and get one. connect the + and neg to the permanent live and switchable live on the back of the cd player (yellow wire and red wire) so that it turns off when you turn the key on and turns on when you take the key out. can also run an inline switch so that you can turn it off if your sitting in the car at night so that it doesnt annoy/blind the fuck out of you
   
   http://www.maplin.co.uk/searchtempla...a=FAKE%20ALARM
10. eewun Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2009 East Sussex & Bristol Posts: 446 2001 Honda Civic 1.6 vtec

    #10 20th March 2010, 10:35

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by LSOfreak i did this on my brothers car. go to maplins and get one. connect the + and neg to the permanent live and switchable live on the back of the cd player (yellow wire and red wire) so that it turns off when you turn the key on and turns on when you take the key out. can also run an inline switch so that you can turn it off if your sitting in the car at night so that it doesnt annoy/blind the fuck out of you http://www.maplin.co.uk/searchtempla...a=FAKE%20ALARM

    Thanks!! very helpful.
    How easily will the LED circuit fit into a spare dash button?
11. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

    #11 20th March 2010, 15:02

    well you can either buy a vts button with an led hole already in it or drill a simple hole to squeeze the led into
12. djflipsaxo Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2005 Poole United Kingdom (England) Posts: 6410 Vts, Vtr, Furio..

    #12 20th March 2010, 15:25

    or pick up an aftermarket alarm cheap and fit it????
13. eewun Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2009 East Sussex & Bristol Posts: 446 2001 Honda Civic 1.6 vtec

    #13 20th March 2010, 15:54

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by LSOfreak well you can either buy a vts button with an led hole already in it or drill a simple hole to squeeze the led into

    cool, and would that be again a case of wiring it to the back of the stereo? sounds like a much easier option imo
14. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

    #14 20th March 2010, 20:38

    well most led's ive seen only have 2 legs , a pos and a neg. wire positive to permanent live and the negative to switched live, this way the led will go off when ignition is turned. not sure which is either yellow or red. has it somewhere if u search
15. eewun Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2009 East Sussex & Bristol Posts: 446 2001 Honda Civic 1.6 vtec

    #15 20th March 2010, 21:46

    cheers. will give it a go at some point.
    
    you may be hearing more from me about this on here lol