You can install a blinking led on the dash that simulates an alarm. You can make it yourself or buy a kit on ebay for 5 bucks with free shipping. Super easy to do. You need a ground wire, a power wire, and a lead wire that taps into your fuse panel.

This is how it works:
Turn ignition off.. light blinks.
Turn ignition on.. light stops blinking.

But remember... what is out of sight is out of mind. Don't leave anything suspicious in plain sight.

Most alarms that are good don't have blinking lights. If you really want to go cheap for vehicle security, get some low jack stickers. If simple break in is all you are worried about...just take out all the temptation.

Not to start a debate.. but since you quoted me out on it I'll voice my factual opinion back.

I highly disagree.

Tell me who can read a sticker at night time?

I someone is walking down the street and there are 3 vehicles all a few feet apart from each other and one has a blinking light indicating an alarm system.. and the others do not.. I highly doubt the one with the blinking light will be the first attempt. They won't take that risk to determine if it's a real alarm or not.

Oh, and for the record.. Many great top end alarm systems have blinking lights. Also know as deterrence lights. Becase thats what they do.

We are all just throwing out ideas to help this guy out.. so I mentioned an alternative option that knobody else mentioned.. and it's a very practical one.

The idea the blinking light being that affective is not correct. Many interviews of career buglars and reports have shown (I haven't checked, but one of the insurance institutes probably a good start) it is more about the contents in the vehicle, where the vehicle is parked, and the ability of a criminal to escape.

Your scenario is a valid one, as there is less likely a chance, but that is more so for vehicle theft than simple burglary. You leave a GPS unit in a car, blinking light or not, that crook is gonna break that window and ****** it. Many will test the car first...trytoset the alarm off first (pull on the door handle, jimmy the lock, etc.) If all that fails (no alarm), they know most likely the blinking light is fake. Hell, in my own neighborhood, when I'm out doing neighborhood watch I can tellwhich cars have fake lights because I recognize them feom Pep Boys, NAPA, and/or Radio Shack.

You are right that some of the high end alarms have lights, I over stated my point there. However, a high end alarm is overkill. Why spend $1200 on an alarm for a $3000 truck. Unless there are plans to haul lots of expensive gear, seems unlikely one would go that route.

I think the conversation has to end here in a good way.. haha, no harm done..but I have no idea where you get some of your information from. Think you might have missed my point. I actually laughed out loud when I read this entire conversation over.

This is what we have here cut to the chase.. I think my point is mostly right, you think your point is mostly right.. and everyone reading this thread is probably getting annoyed at our conversation..

Good Day.

Good call.