[s-cars] Hardwired V1

[Taka Mizutani]

Chris-
If you build an enclosure, I would take a sunroof switch panel and heavily
modify it to fit
the V1- you'll have to build windows front and rear for the detector. I
don't know how you'll
be able to make the "window" facing rearward to look anything like OEM,
although you could
probably do it if you did put an LED compass display up there like some
Chrysler minivans
have in the ceiling.

I know that there are places that will build a custom V1 mirror, but I'm
talking $3000 or something
stupid like that. I've seen articles in car stereo mags a few years ago with
such a thing- it wasn't
the display only, it was the whole detector, disassembled and mounted in the
rearview mirror
of a Ferrari.

Taka

On 3/8/06, chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Taka,
>
> the mirror options I have seen were only for the remote display, which
> I am happy installed in the IC.
>
> I have thought about trying to hide it behind the mirror, but my
> research has shown that signals from the rear would be harder to
> receive.
>
> My current concept hit me when I was at Autozone. They had a digital
> compass enclosed in a plastic body that would stick to your headliner.
> I am planning to build something similiar and mount it above the mirror
> right up to the headliner. It would have a functional compass in it as
> well as controls for my garage door opener. It would also just happen
> to hide the V1, all except the laser antenna.
>
> After seeing what others have done in building speaker enclosures, I am
> sure I can use the same construction techniques to build this, then
> paint it to match the interior trim so it looks like it's suppose to be
> there.
>
> Any Thoughts on this?
>
> Chris
>
> --- Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Chris-
> > I know that at least one firm offers a disassembled V1 that
> > integrates with
> > the rearview mirror. It's super expensive, but if it's powered off,
> > it's
> > totally undetectable unless they take apart your car. I've also seen
> > a setup
> > where the guts are disassembled and the antennae put in the mirror
> > and the
> > display is integrated into the instrument cluster (this was done on a
> > E46
> > BMW).
> >
> > I'm still waiting for someone to develop a directional EMP generator-
> > then I
> > can just fry the radar gun and everything else and not worry about
> > being
> > pulled over.
> >
> > Taka
>