Alarm help

James0121 · Post by **James0121** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 8:25 am

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

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:14 pm

Hi James,

I believe electronic and manual immobiliers are Cat 2 systems only

Hope that helps

James0121 · Post by **James0121** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:25 pm

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

KarlM · Post by **KarlM** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:51 pm

To be honest i would have recommended that anyway - the clifford imobiliser is much better than the VW one.

glad you got it sorted

reuben · Post by **reuben** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:11 am

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

reuben · Post by **reuben** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:12 am

oh yeh sorry mines a 1.4 cl 1999.
thanks!

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 12:46 pm

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.

reuben · Post by **reuben** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 1:47 pm

any idea roughly how much mate ??

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 2:52 pm

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

reuben · Post by **reuben** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 2:55 pm

Â£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?

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:19 pm

no that was for the original posters question!

you'll have to ring for a quote. I'm sure fitting costs about 80 quid.

James0121 · Post by **James0121** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:49 pm

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