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i have a cobra radar, and i'm wonderin where most of you guys mount your..if you have one. i had mine right in the middle of the w/s....dead middle...now i moved it to lower left corner of the w/s. pics or tips of best spots would be great. thanks
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I mount my Bel just below the rear view mirror. The suction cups are behind the mirror and the detector hovers below it. If you were in a a car behind me, you'de see what looked like one funky mirror.
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haha...nice. i dont know where to keep mine...
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I want to mount mine up there.. but I had the wire dangling... is there any way to mount it there and make it look presentable?
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well... i just had that panel under the steerin wheel off while installin my cd player. i have my in the lower left corner, and i just ran the cord down the outside left of the dash and under that steering cover and down to the plug. if you want yours in the middle, and have a long enough cord, you could do the same thing. run the cord down to the bottom of your windshield, then over to the left, and under the wheel. your cord isn't long enough probably. just my $.02
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I just ran out and took pictures of my setup, but fototime is down and I can't post them right now. I'll post them when it's back up, and/or I can send them to whoever wants them.
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Originally posted by Kevdogg410: I want to mount mine up there.. but I had the wire dangling... is there any way to mount it there and make it look presentable?
I've spliced the cigarette lighter cable ('coz I need the 12V for other things usually anyways) and ran a (phone) wire on the pass. side (under the carpet, and pushed behind the inside windshield rubber trim, all the way up and around so it came out just above the mirror), plugged it into a phone cord extender (2 female RJ11 sockets), and glued the extender to the windshield above the mirror. My detector has a 3" long power cord now, and I plug it into the extender. (it's a V1 and it has a RJ11 shaped power cord).
It was a 10 minute project, and there's no dangling wire anywhere.
To access the cig. lighter wire you have to remove a center console side panel (very easy).
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Originally posted by Davo7SVT: I just ran out and took pictures of my setup, but fototime is down and I can't post them right now. I'll post them when it's back up, and/or I can send them to whoever wants them.
Here it is, spliced into the dome light. It's always on, so there are no annoying start-up sequences every time you turn the car on. I think it works pretty good.
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whats a good radar detector in the $100ish range?
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i paid 99 bucks...got a 10 dollar rebate that i haven't sent in yet...oops...go to cuircut (sp) city or best buy.
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