ron2k1

i just bought a car that has a "alert" alarm installed... the brain box has no model on it just a FCC ID and a IC number and i need to find a replacement remote any suggestions?

ILLEGAL

yeah....pull it out and put in a real unit.

ron2k1

i just want it for the remote start and not have to pay anyone else to install another one figured it be cheaper to find another remote

ILLEGAL

maybe....but you also dont know for a fact that the old one works. you willing to waste a bunch of cash on a new remote to find out? On an off brand, installed by god knows who, and god knows how well it was installed.

EH3_SOHC

you cant really say its an off brand because a shop i use to manage carried ALERT for about two years before they were bought out by bulldog security. if its an old one than its good. but the fact that you say you cant find the model number just means you dont even know how good of an alarm it really is man. if its the alarm/remote start 2 way, than those were good as hell (old ones about 3-4 years ago) but the remotes were not cheap and wont be any cheaper now, plus its gonna be like hit and miss trying to buy the right remote if you dont know the model number man. for $180 i can get you a brand new viper 560 and install it for you for that price, or $241 for an avital 5303 installed as well. but like illegal said,you dont even know that the alert works.

does it have thick wires that plug into the top of the brain? like not the sides like all good alarms, but the top of the brain. if so thats a newer one and there pieces of shit that will more than likely fry your starter because there made by bulldog

these were good

ron2k1

it looks like the one in the picture and the bigger wires do plug in one side and it also has the same antenna but all i want is remote start so i might just tear it out theres also a motion sensor up under the dash to

98formulaLS1

chances of you finding a replacement remote without knowing the exact model number is slim. I would just uninstall it, and put a new one in.

ron2k1

is there anything i need to do when taking it out?

98formulaLS1

well that system is already interfaced to the right wires, so don't go cutting htem all out. Just unplug the module for now. When it's time to install the new one, look and see what the old wires connect to, those will be the ones you need. Of course you'll have to retest them to determine which wire does what. It will be simple.

ron2k1

oh ok i was just wondering if disconnecting it will affect the starting or anything like that