Remote start is where our name was built. We started as the exclusive installer for local dealerships and have done more than 15,000 since. Warm in winter, cool in summer, started from your phone or remote before you ever step outside.
Remote start is where it started for us. We began as the exclusive remote start installer for local dealerships, handling the work their own service departments sent out, and it is where the Xclusive name comes from. Decades later, we have installed more than 15,000 remote start systems, more than any shop in the Metro East.
That experience is the difference. We have wired your vehicle before, we know the safe way to do it, and we solder every connection so it lasts. When the dealerships needed it done right, they sent it to us. You can too.
We install Compustar remote start and alarm systems and we have been doing it for over two decades in Belleville, the Metro East, and St. Louis. Picture a warm cab on a freezing morning or a cool one on a scorching afternoon, started from your phone or a remote before you ever step outside.
Here is the part that matters: the install is more important than the remote. Every connection we make is soldered, not crimped, so it is permanent and will outlast your vehicle. We safely install on manual transmissions too, and have for 25 years without a single problem. Every install is backed by a limited lifetime warranty on our workmanship, and we replace your remote battery for life on any system you buy from us.

The reliable starter. One-way range up to 1,500 feet, one-year remote warranty. Everything you need to warm up or cool down, done right.
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Two-way confirmation up to 3,000 feet, so your remote tells you the vehicle actually started. Add DroneMobile to start and track it from your phone, anywhere.
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The flagship. Two-way range up to 3 miles, LCD remotes, USB-rechargeable, and a 3-year warranty. Pair with DroneMobile for full smartphone control.
Get a QuoteStart now, secure later. Prime and Pro are alarm-ready, so you can add full security down the road without replacing the system you already have.
The remote is the easy part. We can add an optional vehicle integration harness so the system plugs into your factory wiring for a cleaner, more OEM install. Whichever system you choose, it comes standard with:
The same shop that has put in more than 15,000 remote starts installs car alarms too. Compustar builds security and remote start on one platform, so your alarm and your starter can share a single module, a single set of remotes, and a single install behind your dash instead of two systems wired in by two different hands.
Car alarm, auto alarm, vehicle security system, whatever you call it, the job is the same: make your vehicle a harder target and tell you the moment something happens. Our two-way systems do the telling. If the alarm trips, the remote in your pocket lets you know, up to three miles out on the Pro series, instead of you hoping somebody in the lot hears the siren. Add DroneMobile and your phone becomes the alarm, with lock, unlock, locate and alerts anywhere you have cell signal.
Security work is where a professional install earns its money. The wiring runs deep into the vehicle, and it has to be concealed well enough that whoever is trying to get in cannot simply find the module and cut it. That is not a driveway job with butt connectors. We solder every connection, route it clean, and back the workmanship with the same limited lifetime warranty as our remote starts.
Already bought a Prime or Pro from us? It is alarm-ready, so we can add security to the system you already own instead of replacing it. Starting fresh? Tell us what you drive, where you park it, and what you are actually worried about, and we will spec the alarm around that. Same shop, same bench, same standard, whether you are in Belleville, the Metro East, or across the river in St. Louis.
We stock and install the security hardware that makes an alarm worth having. What ends up on your vehicle depends on what you drive and what you are actually worried about, so we spec it with you:
Yes. We have safely installed remote starts on manual-transmission vehicles for 25 years with zero issues, using a proper reservation-mode setup so it only starts when it is safe.
Depends on the system. Entry systems reach up to 1,500 feet, mid-tier up to 3,000 feet with two-way confirmation, and our Pro systems reach up to 3 miles. Add DroneMobile and you can start it from anywhere with cell signal, right from your phone.
DroneMobile turns your phone into the remote. Start, lock, locate, and monitor your vehicle from anywhere over the internet. We can add it to most of our systems.
No. We solder every connection (never crimp) and integrate cleanly with your vehicle, so it is permanent and reliable. Done right, it outlasts the vehicle.
Yes. Car alarms and vehicle security are core work for us, not a sideline. Compustar systems combine remote start with security on one platform, so both run off the same remote, and we tailor the alarm and add-ons to what you actually need.
Everything is installed at our Belleville, IL shop, and customers come to us from across the Metro East and St. Louis for car alarm installation the same way they do for remote start.
If it is a Compustar Prime or Pro, yes. Those are alarm-ready, so we can add security to the system you already own instead of replacing it. If you have something else, bring it in and we will tell you straight whether it is worth building on.
More than 15,000. We started as the exclusive remote start installer for local dealerships, which is where the Xclusive name comes from, and we have installed more than any shop in the Metro East since.
Yes. Every install carries a limited lifetime warranty on our workmanship. The system itself carries its manufacturer warranty, from one year on entry remotes up to three years on Pro, and we replace your remote battery for life.
Yes. A warm, defrosted cab on a freezing Metro East morning, started from inside your house, is the upgrade people use every day from November through March. In summer it cools the cabin before you ever get in.
It depends on your vehicle and the system tier, from a reliable one-way starter to our 3-mile Pro with smartphone control. We give you a clear, itemized quote up front, with no surprises.
Tell us your vehicle and how you drive, and we'll match you to the right system.