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Old Oct 18, 2019 | 11:34 AM
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Looking for the best brand and price for an aftermarket remote starter. I live in Chicago and its really cold out here.car is 2011 Mercedes GL550.
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Old Oct 18, 2019 | 04:34 PM
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Compustar has a nice system but its $$$$
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Old Oct 18, 2019 | 05:12 PM
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So far I've seen a system by midcity engineering and flashlogic.but I would like to have some feedback if anyone has them and how hard are they to install
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Old Oct 24, 2019 | 08:32 AM
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i had midcity engineering installed and works great! also installed the Drone Kit installed so i can start the car from anywhere on my phone.
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Old Nov 1, 2019 | 11:07 AM
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Dude easiest option is to go with the idatastart kit. I installed it and love it. It's cheap.

You can also add a phone smart start .
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Old Nov 1, 2019 | 11:46 AM
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Dude easiest option is to go with the idatastart kit. I installed it and love it. It'

Did you install it yourself.
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Old Nov 1, 2019 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by fadpal85
Did you install it yourself.
Yep. So easy. All you need is a screwdriver with a t25 bit.

Step 1) remove the radio, (there are several videos showing this and its literally 2 screws and 5 minuets worth of time)
2) reach behind the ignition and pull out the 2 clips.
3) plug the 2 clips, wires into the idatastart harness.
4) plug the harness back into ignition. You cant mess this up because they only go into their own plug.

Very important question. Do you have keyless go? Because this adds a longer step.

Idatastart has videos showing everything on their site.
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Old Nov 1, 2019 | 12:54 PM
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Yep. So easy. All you need is a screwdriver with a t25 bit.

Yes I do have keyless go.
I also called idata and they said that I need to go to an authorized dealer because they system has to be flashed.
did you have to do that? the way your saying sounds so simple
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Old Nov 1, 2019 | 01:01 PM
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Yes I do have keyless go.
I also called idata and they said that I need to go to an authorized dealer because they system has to be flashed.
did you have to do that? the way your saying sounds so simple
Yep keyless going to take an additional step running the canbus wire to the trunk, again idata has a tutorial on how to do it.

2. To flash it you can buy the modual, it's like 30bucks I did that.

You can go and create an account on their site to flash the modual.
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Old Nov 1, 2019 | 01:07 PM
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Yep keyless going to take an additional step running the canbus wire to the trunk, ag

This is what they told me to get:
CMBMXA0 and ADS_THRBZ1
Is that what you got?
and where did you buy yours from? I see some on ebay
Thanks for your help
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Originally Posted by fadpal85
This is what they told me to get:
CMBMXA0 and ADS_THRBZ1
Is that what you got?
and where did you buy yours from? I see some on ebay
Thanks for your help
I ended up getting mine on ebay, how every I got the Omegalink brand. They are all the same parent company the ADS products and you can use omegalink flasher or idatalink flasher.

Only reason I got the omegalink is someone was selling it new for 250.

And what they told you sounds about right

I have the attached

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Old Nov 1, 2019 | 01:27 PM
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I ended up getting mine on ebay, how every I got the Omegalink brand. They are all th

I did run into this brand but they are going for about 500+ meanwhile I can get the idata for less that 400.
which one do you advice of? or just stick with idata since its cheaper and known brand
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I did run into this brand but they are going for about 500+ meanwhile I can get the idata for less that 400.
which one do you advice of? or just stick with idata since its cheaper and known brand
Same brand. Go with what ever is cheaper.
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Same brand. Go with what ever is cheaper.

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