06-30-2013, 11:14 PM | #1 |
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Valentine One or other permanent radar installations?
It may be a tad early for this, but I just ordered my C7 tonight
(3LT, Z51, Laguna Blue, Kalahari) and would like to figure out how to permanently install a Valentine One radar detector so that it's not in the windshield and it comes on automatically every time I start the car. I have one in my M3, but not permanently installed and every ticket I've gotten in the last 10 years was due to the fact that I was too lazy to take it out and turn it on. I don't want to have that option in my new flashy C7. Has anyone done this yet with Valentine One? Older vette's that might have the same mounting apparatus? If someone has something nice to say about some other radar detector I'd be interested in hearing it. |
06-30-2013, 11:55 PM | #2 |
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I use to use the Escort Passport 9500ix and LOVED it. I researched radar detectors for a very long time before I bought it and even asked all my friends and club members and discovered that it was the absolute best. I had to sell it because of a family member not liking that I had it but I will be buying it again when I get the C7.
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07-01-2013, 12:27 AM | #3 |
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Yes, that's the other one people seem to swear by. Based on other
comments I've read, I can confirm that I'm spoiled by the directional arrows on the Valentine and I think I would be annoyed by a radar detector that did not tell me where the signal was coming from. I've seen plenty of hard mounts to the underside of the rearview mirror, and I'm guessing someone will make one for the C7 before I receive mine, and I'll probably wind up going that route, but I was wondering if anyone has made an in-dash mount for the thing. |
07-01-2013, 01:57 AM | #4 | |
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I also have a LOT of experience with different setups. Depends largely on your budget. If you don't mind spending 1600 and never getting a ticket again, you can remotely mount a radar detecter and laser jammers, and mount the small display module either on the rearview or under the dash. If you're not all about that, Escort has a brand new, best on the market technology model called the Max. HD Screen, comes with a cup that you clamp down, so it doesnt come off easily. If you are worried about theft, then the remote mount Escort 9500ci is the way to go, not to mention it gives you the laser jamming capability. Check out the site for full reviews on every model and good advice. If you want to be invisible/nearly invincible, you can get a product called VEIL that you apply to your headlights and any chrome or the license plate on the front of the car. It is proven to absorb lasers up until about 200 feet away. At that point your 9500ix or ci would have told you you are getting lazed, and by the time his laser "punches through" you are going the speed limit. Sorry for the ramble but... at 21 years old with 6 (2 over 100) speeding tickets, one reckless driving by speed (night in jail), and multiple other infractions, I have become a subject matter expert and haven't gotten a ticket in several years now. Feel free to ask me anything.
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07-01-2013, 02:56 AM | #5 |
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Awesome stuff! Thanks a bunch. I'll start digging in to this info. I suppose
someone will make aftermarket permanent mounts for the C7 so I'll just have to wait for those. |
07-01-2013, 03:16 AM | #6 |
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No problem! Yeah it would be nice to have a high quality part to mount one.
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07-01-2013, 06:33 AM | #7 |
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I have the Passport 9500ix right now, but have ordered the Passport MAX for my new C7.
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07-01-2013, 08:00 AM | #8 |
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you should all check out dashtronix.com I dont know if it will work on the C7, but its great on the C6. Call them up for questions or support. They're really good at responding and I'm pretty sure that they will be updating for the C7.
I have one, and its been really nice- its a natural to see it in the HUD. |
07-01-2013, 09:06 AM | #9 |
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I have three V1's, one in the Bimmer (335) soon to be sold, one on the Beemer (GS), and the wifes 4runner. I am never without it while riding or driving. I owned a escort 9500 and will tell you in my experience its about a full second slower than a V1 with instant on radar comparing both back to back. That full second is a big deal at the speeds I ride/drive to bleed of the mph's. I've hard wired all my V1's so they come on with ingition power. Always ready for the man.
Just my two cents between the V1 and the Escort. A $500 V1 is worth a lot more than $500 if you know what I mean...
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Just found an old link talking about hard wiring on a C6 http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-g...to-mirror.html Last edited by jsvette; 07-01-2013 at 06:37 PM. |
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07-04-2013, 11:11 PM | #12 |
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Hey guys, I just found these links to places that integrate Valentine One
and Escorts into the rearview mirror. They look pretty slick! anyone have any experience with them? The HUD is probably better though I'm a little nervous about hacking into the HUD of my new C7 http://www.radar-mirror.com/Store_V1_Mirrors.html http://www.stealthmirror.com/index.html |
07-05-2013, 07:27 PM | #13 |
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you're not hacking your hud with the dashtronix. All it does is input data into the stream going to the HUD. It plugs directly into your OBDII port. You're more likely to do more damage by trying to put in a mirror with the remote display hacksawed into the mirror.
Once you've had the radar display on the hud, whether its Valentine or some other, you dont want to go back to the stand alone display. Especially when you're putting on some overage on the limit, its much easier to have the data in the HUD tracking Leos than to take your eyes off the road. Trust me from experience on that. Here in IL, between state leos gunning us with radar and lidar, its been much easier to have the bogies tracked in the HUD and I can pay attention to road conditions as I am making my slowdown rather than diverting eyes to the radar display that used to be concealed in the dash. As a side note, the funniest look I ever got was when a state leo using lidar couldnt believe that his gun couldnt lock on me and just as it did as I drove by at 55, thats only b/c I turned off the jammer about 100 yards out. He just looked at me and then looked at his gun as if-wtf it wasnt working right. |
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