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TXCamaro · 12-14-2011, 12:15 PM

I've been using a detector for well over 20 years - all of the detector reviews have always said mounting should be as high as possible on the windshield, keeping it at the dash level reduces efficiency, buy some 100-200%. Thought I'd throw that out, I don't want to chance reducing how well it works on a ticket.

Just bought the wife a V1 for her '11 vert with a concealed display to be a little more stealth.

Nice job on the pics.

angrykiller1 · 12-15-2011, 06:59 AM

installed an escort radar detector near the mirror. used the "monster" suction cup and the hard wire they sell so no wires are cut or modified. used a fuse tap i got from auto zone. the panel up the side of the windshield just snaps right off. i pulled the screw out at the sun visor to get the wire across the top, the dome light can be removed with a trim tool. i used a plastic putty knife to push the tabs along front of light housing. just dont force it. clean job and took about an hour.

Bodih · 12-15-2011, 09:40 PM

Thought this was cool for the HUD if I could stealth the actual RD...

http://www.southerncarparts.com/cama...6bia24ej7r76s6

thallman91 · 12-15-2011, 10:22 PM

Any of you guys in the Houston area wanna make some money!!???!! I have ZERO confidence I could do the backup camera and add the radar detector without having pieces of my Vert all over the garage and NO idea how to put it back together before my wife comes home (sounds similar to Pulp Fiction)! Sigh....

tramtwo · 12-16-2011, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thallman91

Any of you guys in the Houston area wanna make some money!!???!! I have ZERO confidence I could do the backup camera and add the radar detector without having pieces of my Vert all over the garage and NO idea how to put it back together before my wife comes home (sounds similar to Pulp Fiction)! Sigh....

Road trip to New Orleans and we could knock it out in an hour easy.

BTW nice car.

Inferno LSX · 12-16-2011, 02:29 AM

http://www.blendmount.com/
This company sells the mounts and the plug to get power from the mirror.

mtmtx · 12-21-2011, 10:02 PM

if someone can send me instructions on how to paste an image, I will include photos of the blendmount and smart wire set-up *frustrated*

mtmtx · 12-21-2011, 10:25 PM

wire tap is a cinch...pins pull power and ground off the onstar plug-in.
The only shortfall of the mount is lack of independent Z axis articulation...the detector has to move with the mirror mounting stem...I got it straight and where I like it. If my wife drives, it gets all screwed up.

camtx45 · 01-19-2012, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TXCamaro

Just bought the wife a V1 for her '11 vert with a concealed display to be a little more stealth.

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TX - Where did you mount the concealed displayed? I'm having trouble picturing a location where it would I could see it but not think it looks out of place.

Could you post pix?

oswego16 · 01-20-2012, 11:13 AM

i'm in a 2012 vert. Tapped into pins 2 & 5 on the connector with regular phone cord (Valentine 1). Tinned the ends to make it easier to slide in, and mounted to the right of the mirror. I'm tall below the mirror left to big a blind spot.

AKA-22 · 01-22-2012, 07:21 PM

ok the piggyback fuse you have is using a 20 and a 30 amp fuse...most of these piggybacks have a limit of 10 amps...is this a different type??

melbourne_ls1 · 01-22-2012, 08:35 PM

Actually it's a 3 amp fuse on the piggyback connection.

2011*Camaro*SS · 01-30-2012, 08:16 PM

The way I went with mine is mounted it on the driver side hidden behind the mirror, then ran the wire along the headliner between the liner and the windshield then down the A-puller straight to the fuse box, I used an add a fuse and piggybacked the radio display. So whenever I turn my car on the radar comes on.

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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.167937,-101.806109

12-15-2011, 09:40 PM	#17
Bodih I Got My Orange Crush Drives: it like I stoles it... Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 2,079	Thought this was cool for the HUD if I could stealth the actual RD... http://www.southerncarparts.com/cama...6bia24ej7r76s6 __________________ My love is in league with the freeway. Its passion will ride, as the cities fly by, and the tail-lights dissolve in the coming of night. And the questions in thousands take flight ~Robert Plant - Big Log~

12-15-2011, 10:22 PM	#18
thallman91 Drives: 2011 2SS/RS VR Vert! Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: League City, TX Posts: 299	Any of you guys in the Houston area wanna make some money!!???!! I have ZERO confidence I could do the backup camera and add the radar detector without having pieces of my Vert all over the garage and NO idea how to put it back together before my wife comes home (sounds similar to Pulp Fiction)! Sigh.... __________________ 2011 Victory Red Convertible - 2SS/RS Completed Mods: Roto-Fab CAI, Side vents, SOLO Cat-Back and High Flow Cats, VR Painted Engine Cover, ZL1 GFX, Hot Wheels Badging and Sills, HWSE Grill, HWSE 20" Wheels *Considering Mods:* Backup Camera and internal screen Fedorov for President! Ovechkin for Vice!

12-16-2011, 02:29 AM	#20
Inferno LSX Supercharged LSX Drives: 2011 2SS/RS Black/Carbon Fiber Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: City of Angels Posts: 6,741 View My Garage	http://www.blendmount.com/ This company sells the mounts and the plug to get power from the mirror. __________________

12-21-2011, 10:02 PM	#21
mtmtx Drives: 2SS/RS convertible, 6M Join Date: May 2011 Location: ATX Posts: 237	if someone can send me instructions on how to paste an image, I will include photos of the blendmount and smart wire set-up frustrated __________________ 2011 Black SS/RS Synergy Edition / 6M hurst / C.A.I. / ARH LT's / Corsa / Vmax ported TB / GT-12 cam / HPT tune / Hotchkis TVS

12-21-2011, 10:25 PM	#22
mtmtx Drives: 2SS/RS convertible, 6M Join Date: May 2011 Location: ATX Posts: 237	blendmount with smart wire set-up wire tap is a cinch...pins pull power and ground off the onstar plug-in. The only shortfall of the mount is lack of independent Z axis articulation...the detector has to move with the mirror mounting stem...I got it straight and where I like it. If my wife drives, it gets all screwed up. __________________ 2011 Black SS/RS Synergy Edition / 6M hurst / C.A.I. / ARH LT's / Corsa / Vmax ported TB / GT-12 cam / HPT tune / Hotchkis TVS

12-14-2011, 12:15 PM	#15
TXCamaro TXCamaro Drives: 2011 2LT RS Convertible Tan on Blk Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 11	I've been using a detector for well over 20 years - all of the detector reviews have always said mounting should be as high as possible on the windshield, keeping it at the dash level reduces efficiency, buy some 100-200%. Thought I'd throw that out, I don't want to chance reducing how well it works on a ticket. Just bought the wife a V1 for her '11 vert with a concealed display to be a little more stealth. Nice job on the pics.

12-15-2011, 06:59 AM	#16
angrykiller1 Drives: 2011 2ss inferno orange convertible Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: baton rouge Posts: 136	installed an escort radar detector near the mirror. used the "monster" suction cup and the hard wire they sell so no wires are cut or modified. used a fuse tap i got from auto zone. the panel up the side of the windshield just snaps right off. i pulled the screw out at the sun visor to get the wire across the top, the dome light can be removed with a trim tool. i used a plastic putty knife to push the tabs along front of light housing. just dont force it. clean job and took about an hour.

01-20-2012, 11:13 AM	#24
oswego16 2012 2LT Convertible Drives: 2012 2LT RS Convert Blk/Blk/Inferno Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Mt. Pleasant, SC Posts: 105 View My Garage	i'm in a 2012 vert. Tapped into pins 2 & 5 on the connector with regular phone cord (Valentine 1). Tinned the ends to make it easier to slide in, and mounted to the right of the mirror. I'm tall below the mirror left to big a blind spot.

01-22-2012, 07:21 PM	#25
AKA-22 Drives: ELLE-1 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Farmington ,mo Posts: 1,175	ok the piggyback fuse you have is using a 20 and a 30 amp fuse...most of these piggybacks have a limit of 10 amps...is this a different type??

01-22-2012, 08:35 PM	#26
melbourne_ls1 Drives: 2011 2SS Red Jewel Tintcoat Vert Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 160	Actually it's a 3 amp fuse on the piggyback connection.

01-30-2012, 08:16 PM	#27
2011CamaroSS Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Vert Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Lubbock Texas Posts: 421 View My Garage	The way I went with mine is mounted it on the driver side hidden behind the mirror, then ran the wire along the headliner between the liner and the windshield then down the A-puller straight to the fuse box, I used an add a fuse and piggybacked the radio display. So whenever I turn my car on the radar comes on. --- I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.167937,-101.806109 __________________

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