Doctorr

I used Mr. Attacks 'V1' posting as a guide to install my Bel up by (and powered from) the mirror....

The screws where tough, and the lights/glasses unit needed a LOT of force to come out. Then a foot of straight cord, (from an old 'passport' detector) used one of the bracket bolts inside as a ground (M8 mm) and the black switched wire to the Homelink as power.

The mount was just the glass suction cups as high as they could go - I had intended to fab a U shaped metal bracket to hold the unit snug against the roof, but no need, the stock suction mount fits really well up behind that little sunshade above the mirror. There is no way it can be seen from the front! Bonus!
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Sputnik

Hmm.... I can see it from the front in your picture...

---jps

Spin9k

Am I seeing wrong or is your RD aimed directly through the black shading material on the top of the windows behind the RV mirror? Won't that drastically reduce sensitivity?

Doctorr

O.K. Sputguy, lets just say that compared to the previous visibility, with the whole thing hanging from the centre windscreen by two big suction cups - it is now VIRTUALLY invisible!

No the shade doesn't block radar, most glass and plastics are transparent to the signals.
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Genom

I really liked that idea. I didnt get a homelink mirror, but do you know if the wiring will be up there anyways? if so I will be able to do the same and get the BEL nice and invisible :D

RotorMotor

Radar dectectors are illegal here in California. Regardless, I will, of course, be getting one (almost definitely the Valentine). Anybody have any creative ideas for mounting it a little more discreetly? I was considering the storage in the center console, but that would render the directional arrows useless...

MVCalypso

Hi - you may want to check your facts - I'm no expert on the subject, but a quick google turned up multiple references that radar jammers are illegal in Calif but that Radar Detectors are just fine in Calif.

Dave

tribal azn2

radar detectors ARE NOT ILLEGAL in california.

RotorMotor

Well slap me and call me Susan! :p Thanks fellas. Guess I had misread....

Genom

Welp, without the homelink option the only wiring up there is for the lights. Hopefully they are 12 volt, if not it's going to take some rigging.

Anyway, I wanted to ask, what did you use as a bracket for mounting the detector? Also, isnt it a bit hard to get to the buttons now? I know you probably wont be using them too often, but I was just wondering.

Doctorr

You are correct, the buttons are now hard up against the roof.

As I said, I planned on building a 'U' shaped bracket to mount between the glasses holder and the Bel, with the Bel unit upside down, (buttons down), but I have the buttons set as I want them now and it fits just SO nice on the original glass suckers, to the space above the mirror....

To get the laser detection (for what its worth!) working, you should probably go for the upside down option. The sensor is on top, now also eating head-liner.
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TybeeRX-8

But they are ILLEGAL in Virginia and Washington D.C.

This may not matter to left coast folks, but it does matter to those of us in less wacky parts of the world!:D

TerenceT

have you guys think of using the power from the sunroof? or dome light?

wouldn't the wire be more consealed that way?

myrx8

I all my cars I like having the detector on the dash - less people see it, less people want to break into the car and steal it. Alos, with it on the dash - it is easy to run the wires along the base of the windshield directly to the fuse box.

spasso

Sunroof would probably be a better idea since it has "switched" power. Meaning with the ignition switch off, the power is off. The lights would have a constant power supply, so you can turn them on and off whenever you want to. If you tap onto this power, then you always have to manually turn your detector off when you get out of the car. The best option is to run your hardwire down the A pillar to the fuse box instead of cutting and pasting other wires.