securityguy
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Man you said my life! LOL I did not see that! Thanks. Was super easy to get it our from there. All done now!
SWEET...looks like factory which I love. Glad that worked out for you!
Man you said my life! LOL I did not see that! Thanks. Was super easy to get it our from there. All done now!
dumbest placement of a 12v outlet i've ever seen
That converter is under 5 bucks on Ebay, just takes a little while.I plan to use the same solution I had in my Tacoma:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CWLEEI8/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
That let me wire in my dash cam and my radar detector.
Is there a trick to getting the pins into the harness? I couldn’t get mine in and ended up breaking one of the smaller pins and the larger pins are just too big?Alright, so I completed an install today using 20" PowerTap & the Blendmount. The upper plastic housing is pretty easy, but the lower is an absolute pain to remove!
Here is the upper plastic housing piece removed.
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Upper Plastic Housing Trim Piece
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Back of the upper trim piece. This is held on by plastic molded in clips.
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Lower Plastic Housing Piece (Those clips are a bear! I used a plastic trim removal tool.) Notice the 4 rectangular clip receiver holes)
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Here is a closeup of the passenger side metal clips for lower plastic housing
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The mirror harness is small, and removes easily
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If you flip over the harness, you can easily see the power wire (red w/stripe) in corner with black ground next to that. These are the two I tapped.
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Harness with pins tapped.
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Ok...I am going to provide you some Copper knowledge. 1. Radar is rarely used by us anymore, most departments use laser. And if your detector goes off with laser its to late I have you. Laser is a very narrow beam. Radar is a cone. 2. If a copper sees a radar detector after stopping you, well any hope of a warning is pretty much gone. So don't waste your money, keep your speed at about 5-6 over or with flow of traffic and you are fine. Most of us don't pull you over until you are at least 10-15 over. Sure there is that rookie on nights that wants to stop everyone, and the Staties but most will let you slide.
Flat out wrong on the "most departments use laser". It's quite the opposite. Radar is by far the most used method of traffic enforcement. Laser is just a fraction (nationwide percentage). There are some areas that heavily use laser, but it is still a fraction.Ok...I am going to provide you some Copper knowledge. 1. Radar is rarely used by us anymore, most departments use laser. And if your detector goes off with laser its to late I have you. Laser is a very narrow beam. Radar is a cone. 2. If a copper sees a radar detector after stopping you, well any hope of a warning is pretty much gone. So don't waste your money, keep your speed at about 5-6 over or with flow of traffic and you are fine. Most of us don't pull you over until you are at least 10-15 over. Sure there is that rookie on nights that wants to stop everyone, and the Staties but most will let you slide.
NJ use KA band radar all the time. I def needed it more when I had a fast car, but still helps is areas where they drop limits quickly to trap you.
Vortexradar is awesome! I have been watching their reviews and reading their test reports for years.
Yep. Fully agree.He is a really great guy and really knows everything about radar/lidar
If you’re not adding a dash cam, you’re fine, since this will power on & off with the truck.SecurityGuy - Are you say this wiring cause problems with the already car installed “Parking Assist” (parallel or normal parking) performed by the vehicle automatically or a problem when adding additional after market dash cams? I don’t plan to add any after market dash cam’s, so just confirming it doesn’t cause problems with the Park Assist Mode. Please confirm either way. Thx!