Radar Detector.
#1
Radar Detector.
Hey guys I have a radar detector that im thinking about hard wiring into my cobra somewhere but I was curious to see if anyone has done anything unique with theirs. I hate having it on the windshield and would love to have it hidden a little bit! Pictures would be nice!
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#2
Good Question- did you get an answer?
I always like to hardwire a radar detector to the car, and in my previous fox body I wired using the light for the rear view mirror. Since it was a convert. I used an older whistler and drilled through the plastic of the case and made a perm. mount for it.
On my corvette (which was traded for the now owned SVT Cobra) Chevy put an extra 12V wire in the console, so I wired to that and mounted the detector near top of windshield frame.
Does anyone have any good ideas for mounting a radar detector and what wires to use?
On my corvette (which was traded for the now owned SVT Cobra) Chevy put an extra 12V wire in the console, so I wired to that and mounted the detector near top of windshield frame.
Does anyone have any good ideas for mounting a radar detector and what wires to use?
#3
I've been using radar radar/lidar detectors for a long time and have mounted them every way possible. I always go back to the suction cup windshield mount and that's what I use with my current Escort Redline.
Before deciding on a mounting location, you have to ask if Lidar detection is important to you. In my State, Lidar isn't used.
Where Lidar is used, you have to ask whether or not Lidar detection is important. Even the best Lidar detectors have a lousy average against laser because of its extremely narrow beam and method of use. Cops aim Lidar at the headlights , license plate or grill of a vehicle. The laser beam is so narrow that very little scatter reaches a detector mounted behind the windshield.
I believe the chances of getting a usable warning out of a laser detector are slim. I've only experienced one verified hit in laser rich Southern California. I'm not counting the false alerts driving on Imperial Hwy net to LAX. It turns out the airport has some sort of vertical firing laser to measure wind shear.
To have any chance against police Lidar, the detector has to be mounted low on the windshield. That rules out my preferred permanent mount along the top of the windshield.
A high mounting helps long range radar detection at the expense of laser detection.
For most guys, a permanent mount is desirable to hide power cords. That means mounting the detector along the top of the windshield and running the power behind the A-pillar cover up to the top of the windshield then along/behind the front edge of the headliner to the detector.
The best way to mount the detector near the top of the windshield is a device called Blendmount. It clamps to your rearview mirror mount and puts the detector immediately below your mirror. It's made out of aluminum and is fully adjustable.
For me, the downsides are:
Hanging extra weight on a review mirror mount designed to support a very light weight mirror.
That plastic backed lightweight mirror id designed to break off if you hit it with your head. Your skull isn't designed to hit a study, aluminum Blendmount.
Using a Blendmount discourages removing the detector when parking. The sun will bake your detector and thieves will see it.
I just use the suction cups and place the detector low on the windshield to the right of my shaker. I can see it easier than under the mirror in that location and the power cord has a straight run to the lighter socket in front of the shifter.
When I park, I get the detector out of the sun and out of sight under a towel. Pulling it off the windshield keeps the suction cups from squishing out too soon. I just keep a spare set and when they stop working, I swap them out. You can refresh suction cups by dropping them in a cup of boiling water.
Before deciding on a mounting location, you have to ask if Lidar detection is important to you. In my State, Lidar isn't used.
Where Lidar is used, you have to ask whether or not Lidar detection is important. Even the best Lidar detectors have a lousy average against laser because of its extremely narrow beam and method of use. Cops aim Lidar at the headlights , license plate or grill of a vehicle. The laser beam is so narrow that very little scatter reaches a detector mounted behind the windshield.
I believe the chances of getting a usable warning out of a laser detector are slim. I've only experienced one verified hit in laser rich Southern California. I'm not counting the false alerts driving on Imperial Hwy net to LAX. It turns out the airport has some sort of vertical firing laser to measure wind shear.
To have any chance against police Lidar, the detector has to be mounted low on the windshield. That rules out my preferred permanent mount along the top of the windshield.
A high mounting helps long range radar detection at the expense of laser detection.
For most guys, a permanent mount is desirable to hide power cords. That means mounting the detector along the top of the windshield and running the power behind the A-pillar cover up to the top of the windshield then along/behind the front edge of the headliner to the detector.
The best way to mount the detector near the top of the windshield is a device called Blendmount. It clamps to your rearview mirror mount and puts the detector immediately below your mirror. It's made out of aluminum and is fully adjustable.
For me, the downsides are:
Hanging extra weight on a review mirror mount designed to support a very light weight mirror.
That plastic backed lightweight mirror id designed to break off if you hit it with your head. Your skull isn't designed to hit a study, aluminum Blendmount.
Using a Blendmount discourages removing the detector when parking. The sun will bake your detector and thieves will see it.
I just use the suction cups and place the detector low on the windshield to the right of my shaker. I can see it easier than under the mirror in that location and the power cord has a straight run to the lighter socket in front of the shifter.
When I park, I get the detector out of the sun and out of sight under a towel. Pulling it off the windshield keeps the suction cups from squishing out too soon. I just keep a spare set and when they stop working, I swap them out. You can refresh suction cups by dropping them in a cup of boiling water.
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