Edit: Self Moderated.. someone may or may not have been offended.

 

I'd personally stick with an Avital, or Viper unit. Directed offers a great product and they have Xpress kits that work with a multitude of vehicles. One issue is they won't warranty anything if you install it yourself but if its from an authorized installer, they'll bend over backwards to make it right with you should an issue arise.

BTW, for those that are looking at this for their Crossfire, there are NO kits out there that are plug and play and if anyone says they can make the kit work without needing one of your keys, they don't know enough about the car to warrant them doing the install so don't walk, run! LOL

Hope this helps!

 

Thank you.. I was hoping you would add your experience to the answer! I know it's $600 to $800 (phone quote) at Best Buy for the Tahoe.. I still have kids.. so I don't think so.. LOL

 

Just did my Saabaru for $215 with a nice 2-way viper unit w/ mile range. This morning when it was 6 out with a windchill of nearly -40, it was reinforced how well that money was spent

 

Yeah a couple hundred or so.. Okay.. Install it yourself? (I almost hate to ask..lol)

Best Buy.. no way.

Coats are cheap for the kids as long as we don't get real deep snow..

 

I ttok apart everything and thought about installing it myself, then a friend said he knew someone who was a genius w/ remote starts, he did the ENTIRE thing, from arriving to testing in about 35 minutes, it was $100 well spent.

I ebayed the viper unit (usually $200-$250) and got a refurbed unit with 1 year warranty for about $90 shipped.

Good enough deal to me, and it gets cold enough here I am glad I jumped on it. Now to do our SUV....

 

I'm really leaning towards the professional.. I was looking over instructions for the Tahoe.. tap in here.. tap in over there.. then when you pull this panel.. lol. One "home installer" said 9 hours later it was working..

Need to give a specialty shop a call this afternoon I guess.. couldn't be worse than Best Buys pricing..

 

What year?

 

07 model.. BB was talking scrap existing alarm - lock system and fully replace.. read there is a GM integration module if your options package has ....
It was dark when I was looking so not sure about that route.. and after $1200 dollar quote on a fuel pump replacement dunno if I want to.. LOL.