Radar detector mount options?

[c3k]

I've got a tall sitting height. I am very happy with my Blendmount for my V1G2. (Regardless of which mounting option you go with, I -highly- recommend the free JBV1 app. It's free, but I donate to Johnny Boy, the developer, every year.)

 

[StuartV]

The police radar is most likely tested for that location it is sending out the signal, they normally have one front and back the radar unit is a receiver, the higher up the better radar bounces all over , lasers do not once you are locked on by a laser it is over, the radar you can pick it up and start slowing down from the signal bounced back, But I had the best unit made at one time and got caught by a air plane,

There are smartphone apps nowadays that will connect to your radar detector and also use the GPS in your phone and monitor flight data and will actually tell you if there is a police plane/copter in the air near you...

 

[StuartV]

I've got a tall sitting height. I am very happy with my Blendmount for my V1G2. (Regardless of which mounting option you go with, I -highly- recommend the free JBV1 app. It's free, but I donate to Johnny Boy, the developer, every year.)

I wish I could run JBV1. But, I had an Android phone for years - until Google seriously screwed me over. I switched to an iPhone and I won't go back to running Android. Apple is bad, but Google is far worse.

And I have no interest in having two phones and having to monitor them both for different things while I'm driving.

SpectreNav, for iPhone, is in Beta right now, but it is already REALLY good. Not as feature-rich as JBV1, but seems to be way more than good enough for what I really want.

 

[StuartV]

I think I've settled on my (more-or-less) final answer.

Up high, with a Gen5DIY wiring harness for power.

19-25 Ram Radar Detector Harness

This harness is for installing your radar detector into your 2019-2025 Ram. This harness saves you from splicing and/or entering pins into your trucks wiring harness. This plug and play harness connects inline at the rear view mirror and allows you to connect your radar detector to either your...

www.gen5diy.com

 

[c3k]

I think I've settled on my (more-or-less) final answer.

Up high, with a Gen5DIY wiring harness for power.

19-25 Ram Radar Detector Harness

This harness is for installing your radar detector into your 2019-2025 Ram. This harness saves you from splicing and/or entering pins into your trucks wiring harness. This plug and play harness connects inline at the rear view mirror and allows you to connect your radar detector to either your...

www.gen5diy.com

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I like it!

One thought: pull that mirror cover off and dremel a small hole for the V1 wire. Make it a half-circle, right where it is against the glass. FWIW.

 

[RHO]

back in the 80's they had a unit called fox and the REC ant went in the grill and then you ran the connection into your car and the unit could be mounted under the dash , back when they only had the K AND X band worked pretty good , you can see some old units on ebay pretty funny ,

 

[StuartV]

back in the 80's they had a unit called fox and the REC ant went in the grill and then you ran the connection into your car and the unit could be mounted under the dash , back when they only had the K AND X band worked pretty good , you can see some old units on ebay pretty funny ,

Now, I could just put the whole Valentine 1 in a weatherproof enclosure with a clear front and put it in the grill, and then use my phone as the remote display.

Which is pretty much what I am doing with it on my motorcycle. Stick it inside my tankbag where nobody, including me, can see it. Phone up on my handlebars to show me what's going on.

 

[StuartV]

Replaced the suction cup mount with a $10 semi-permanent mount from eBay.

Done now and very happy with the results.

 

[vincentw56]

Replaced the suction cup mount with a $10 semi-permanent mount from eBay.

Done now and very happy with the results.

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That'd wouldn't work for me, I need to be able to use my visor. I use it almost every morning when going into work. But that does look nice.

 

[securityguy]

Blendmount

 

[kapinallinen2]

That'd wouldn't work for me, I need to be able to use my visor. I use it almost every morning when going into work. But that does look nice.

Same here.

 

[StuartV]

That'd wouldn't work for me, I need to be able to use my visor. I use it almost every morning when going into work. But that does look nice.

My visor still works just fine. It's in front of the visor and up high...

I can't see the detector when the visor is flipped down, but I can hear it and my phone (running SpectreNav) shows me the same info that the detector displays.

 

[StuartV]

Blendmount

See that light pole in the second pic? The one you can only see a bit of between the rear view mirror and the dash?

Yeah, I don't want half my view of that blocked by a radar detector hanging there.

Where it is does not block my view of anything I need to see. I can still use my sun visor just fine.

And the mount cost $10 instead of $120.