01-03-2023, 07:25 PM | #1 |
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Best place to mount Radar Detector?
Being that the windshield visibility is a bit "Tight"...
Where have you folks found to be the best place to mount your Radar Detector? |
01-03-2023, 09:07 PM | #2 |
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I recommend using a Blendmount radar mount with a wire tap for power from your mirror. That’s how I have my Uniden R8 set up and it’s really clean looking.
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01-03-2023, 09:34 PM | #3 |
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+1 for Blendmount, it's expensive but highly adjustable, sturdy and obstructs driver vision very little, plus it leaves the windshield clear (a requirement in some states).
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01-03-2023, 11:10 PM | #4 |
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Below the rear view mirror
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01-04-2023, 01:51 AM | #5 |
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I use a small mount with 3m tape at the upper edge of the windshield along side my mirror, Then a wire tapped into the seatbelt light. My detector is an Escort Max.
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01-04-2023, 09:43 AM | #6 |
+2 for Blendmount. Or get a cheap mirror mount off Amazon & a wiretap cable from Gen5diy.
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03-09-2024, 09:24 PM | #7 |
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Plenty of example information in this thread too.
https://www.camaro6.com/forums/showt...=607133&page=3 |
03-10-2024, 08:09 AM | #8 |
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As close as you can get it to the top of the glass, just left of the mirror base, such that the visor barely misses it. I always drive with the visor down. If you stand in front of the car, the mirror, detector, and visor blend together.
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03-10-2024, 11:00 AM | #9 |
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Its a bit more expensive, but I highly recommend an integrated kit from K40! I did the install myself to save $$$, and have been super happy with the results... and best of all, nothing hanging in the window, all hidden and great coverage!
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03-11-2024, 08:28 PM | #10 |
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I just clip my Valentine 1 V2 on the passenger sunshade. I only use it out on the open road, never around town. Which is not very often.
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03-12-2024, 04:43 PM | #11 |
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You have lots of great suggestions here.
+1 on the generic blendmount off eBay. I run an R8 with JBV1 and a V1G2 with HR. I also have an ALP laser jammer system. There is a great radar detector forum with highly knowledgeable folks who answer these types of questions and offer suggestions. Rdforum.org Vortex Radar is also a great channel on YouTube. His video information is highly valuable and he is known to be a gold standard of non-bias info/research/testing . It's a rabbit hole! Have fun.
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03-12-2024, 11:53 PM | #12 |
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I clip mine on the dashboard with the 3M Scotch heavy duty "hook and hook" mounting tape (you can get it from Home Depot and such: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Scotch-1...PESF/306769390 , they have it in multiple formats). The flat dashboard is very convenient for this. And at autocross I put the GPS receiver onto the same mount instead. I have mounts like this in all my cars, so for me it's a standard fit, anything can be clipped anywhere.
If you're not particularly worried about laser, you can just put the radar detector into a cupholder. I do this in the rental cars, it gets the radars just fine. It even beeps about laser but obviously with less sensitivity. Incidentally, I do have an embeddable Passport detector sitting around, but it's been sitting around for a dozen years, ever since I've sold the truck where I had it mounted first. Mind you, at the time the truck wasn't my first choice either but it turns out that finding a place under the hood with sufficient space and forward visibility for the head unit is difficult, the truck was the only one with the room. Not to mention all the pain with wiring. If they couldn't make the underhood unit smaller, they should have at least made it short and wide instead of long and narrow. |
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Its also expensive, but less so than a wreckless op ticket for 25 mph over the posted speed limit. |
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04-17-2024, 06:11 AM | #14 |
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Although I liked the detector mounted below the mirror in my Gen5, the video mirror has less mount room so decide to use this as well. I have it mounted as high in front of the rearview mirror as I can without obstructing my view of the screen. Actually much less obstructive to the view and I like it better. I also use the DIY5Gen5.com harness. Works perfectly with a video on how to install.
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