Review Viper Remote Smart Start installed!!
01-12-2012, 12:41 PM
#1
Viper Remote Smart Start installed!!
I'm not sure how many people has this thing in their car since I have only found information in the past. I wanted to know how it is on our car at first, but i pulled the trigger and went ahead to get it installed.
Viper SmartStart
It works with/without an existing Viper product in your vehicle. There are two models that are provided. (The VSS 3000 w/out Alarm, that applies when you have an existing Viper product installed in your car and the VSS 5000 w Alarm, that applies when you do not have an existing Viper product installed in your car)
I've gotten myself an Authorized Viper Dealer, Pro Tint in Temple City, CA to do the install for me. Don't get scared by the asking price on the website. I m sure you will be able to get it cheaper if you get it directly from the store. (Not Bestbuy).
The VSS5000 that i got, cost me about $299.00 only. I was charged a total of $760.00 and $40.00 tips to the installer. The owner, Jeff, actually didn't know how complicated it is to do this because of our push start system, and charged me low on it. It took them about 3 days total to figure everything out. He did not charge me extra on anything else.
To Summarized:
Item that I got: VSS5000 and the VSM250.
(The VSM 250 is the module that you'll need to have as well. I chose this because this product doesn't require you to have your spare key installed in your vehicle.)
Install days: 3 days (why? I believe its their first time installing this on our car. They had to keep calling Viper for instructions)
Price: $800.00 (Including $40.00 tips) Plus an annual fee to Viper at $50.00/year
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Good:
- With the Iphone application, you can basically start the car anywhere in the world as long as you have internet access.
- It comes with an extra remote like the others.
- The OEM key remote still works totally fine as before.
- You get a text message when the Viper alarm went off. (Not the oem's)
- As usual, you can warm up/cool down your car first!!
- Well, cool thing to have??
Bad:
- I actually hope that it will work together with the OEM key remote, and now that I have to carry an extra Viper remote.
- Watch out for your car's battery as Remote start requires more power! I had to switch out my OEM battery to a better one. I chose to go with interstate Mega Tron Plus only as I m not planning to have any audio system installed in my car.
- Wires, lots of wires. Though hidden behind the panel, I hope you have a good installer that keeps it tidy.
- Like what many users of Viper has complained, the phone application allows you to turn on and off the vehicle, but it doesn't show you if the car's really started or off. If you or your friends accidentally press the start button milessss away, then you're SOL.
Viper SmartStart
It works with/without an existing Viper product in your vehicle. There are two models that are provided. (The VSS 3000 w/out Alarm, that applies when you have an existing Viper product installed in your car and the VSS 5000 w Alarm, that applies when you do not have an existing Viper product installed in your car)
I've gotten myself an Authorized Viper Dealer, Pro Tint in Temple City, CA to do the install for me. Don't get scared by the asking price on the website. I m sure you will be able to get it cheaper if you get it directly from the store. (Not Bestbuy).
The VSS5000 that i got, cost me about $299.00 only. I was charged a total of $760.00 and $40.00 tips to the installer. The owner, Jeff, actually didn't know how complicated it is to do this because of our push start system, and charged me low on it. It took them about 3 days total to figure everything out. He did not charge me extra on anything else.
To Summarized:
Item that I got: VSS5000 and the VSM250.
(The VSM 250 is the module that you'll need to have as well. I chose this because this product doesn't require you to have your spare key installed in your vehicle.)
Install days: 3 days (why? I believe its their first time installing this on our car. They had to keep calling Viper for instructions)
Price: $800.00 (Including $40.00 tips) Plus an annual fee to Viper at $50.00/year
_________________________________________
Good:
- With the Iphone application, you can basically start the car anywhere in the world as long as you have internet access.
- It comes with an extra remote like the others.
- The OEM key remote still works totally fine as before.
- You get a text message when the Viper alarm went off. (Not the oem's)
- As usual, you can warm up/cool down your car first!!
- Well, cool thing to have??
Bad:
- I actually hope that it will work together with the OEM key remote, and now that I have to carry an extra Viper remote.
- Watch out for your car's battery as Remote start requires more power! I had to switch out my OEM battery to a better one. I chose to go with interstate Mega Tron Plus only as I m not planning to have any audio system installed in my car.
- Wires, lots of wires. Though hidden behind the panel, I hope you have a good installer that keeps it tidy.
- Like what many users of Viper has complained, the phone application allows you to turn on and off the vehicle, but it doesn't show you if the car's really started or off. If you or your friends accidentally press the start button milessss away, then you're SOL.
01-12-2012, 12:47 PM
#2
Bad:
- I actually hope that it will work together with the OEM key remote, and now that I have to carry an extra Viper remote.
- Watch out for your car's battery as Remote start requires more power! I had to switch out my OEM battery to a better one. I chose to go with interstate Mega Tron Plus only as I m not planning to have any audio system installed in my car.
- Wires, lots of wires. Though hidden behind the panel, I hope you have a good installer that keeps it tidy.
- Like what many users of Viper has complained, the phone application allows you to turn on and off the vehicle, but it doesn't show you if the car's really started or off. If you or your friends accidentally press the start button milessss away, then you're SOL.
01-12-2012, 12:51 PM
#3
2 Reasons:
- You may lose your phone or your phone can run out of battery or you're at an underground parking where there's no reception for internet.
- Sometimes, its faster to de-activate the alarm with the remote then to take out your phone, select the application, wait for it to load...etc
- You may lose your phone or your phone can run out of battery or you're at an underground parking where there's no reception for internet.
- Sometimes, its faster to de-activate the alarm with the remote then to take out your phone, select the application, wait for it to load...etc
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01-20-2012, 04:30 PM
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on the viper website the Vss5000 is stated as a complete kit which doesn't require anything else.. It shows that the VSM250 only adds smart start + gps, where vss5000 has smartstart + security..