Alarm install

[parrotheadmatt87]

Hello all I'm installing a viper 350 alarm and wondered if anyone installed door sensors on their alarm. I bought hood pin/door pin sensors. Any advice on where you installed it and ran the wires would help me out. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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[Mister-B]

Woo woo woo woo, b o n g - b I n g, b o n g b I n g, weeeuh weeeuh weeeuh weeeuh weeeuh weeeuh weeeuh weeeuh, eeeeh eeeeh eeeeh eeeeh eeeeh eeeeeh eeeeeh eeeeeh....

Seriously, does anybody even react to the sound of one of those anymore?
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[big mike71]

Everytime I drive my truck past my neighbors car it sets his alarm off.

[parrotheadmatt87]

They will when they open my hood and my 12 gauge comes out my front door. I don't want the shock sensors due to them going off all the time. That is why I am using sensors that trip when you open them
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[Mister-B]

Originally Posted by parrotheadmatt87

They will when they open my hood and my 12 gauge comes out my front door. I don't want the shock sensors due to them going off all the time. That is why I am using sensors that trip when you open them
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Fair point
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[schurg]

depending on the year of the truck, later models had provisions for pin switches in the door jam. you simply install a pin switch (not unlike the one you got for your hood) and run a wire to the negative door trigger wire on your viper, there should be both positive and negative trigger wire, plus an 'instant trigger' wire. if your truck is an earlier version, then you could do magnetic switches in the door jam, potentiall putting the sensor inside the door jam, and installing a magnet on the door, or vice versa. I've never really looked, but there might be a way to rig up a pin switch on early door jams, where there's a will there's a way I suppose. hope that helps somewhat.

[67chevemall]

Originally Posted by big mike71

Everytime I drive my truck past my neighbors car it sets his alarm off.

LOL me too...he like to yell out now!

Viper makes a great radar sensor that you can put under your chair or above your tranny. It is adjustable so will only trip if somebody gets into your truck or all the way up to 20' around the truck.

This eliminates all the wires and sensors. I put the shock sensor on minimun and the hood is cable locked.

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[parrotheadmatt87]

I have a 68 gmc without any electrical door locks/windows. I had already purchased a Viper 350 system and hood pin triggers. I know that once the hood is open the sensor sends a ground signal to the alarm and it goes off immediately. I want to install them for my doors as well, but I am unsure of how to get the wires to go into the cabin of the truck. I was hoping someone who had done this before had some insight on best location with minimum of cutting metal.