Best place to mount radar detector.

Drift, gsxr thanks for the pictures!

And gsxr, I want to put mine in close to the same location as yours, but in the middle above the mirror. Did you run into any fitment problems with the dome lights or anything? Do you still have it mounted on the windshield using suction cups?

ebxgsxr said:

took a pic with my camera phone. here's my set up.

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You have a Parrot in the sunglasses cubby?! Thats baller as ****!

What is that? I thought it was something that was with the V1 unit.

pattywak said:

What is that? I thought it was something that was with the V1 unit.

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its for your cell phone, it uses bluetooth to work with your phone, and plays through the car speakers, im pretty sure.

Oh, wow that's pretty cool, actually.

yeah. a lot of people were integrating them into the mk5 gti's/jetta's because the actual phone button on the steering wheels werent hooked up to anything haha.

pattywak said:

I want to put mine in close to the same location as yours, but in the middle above the mirror. Did you run into any fitment problems with the dome lights or anything? Do you still have it mounted on the windshield using suction cups?

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it is a very tight fit above the mirror like i have it, but it does go in fine. i take the unit out every night (i dont even want to give a thief a chance to think about taking my V1). but once it's slid into the mount & pushed back it's pretty level....luckily b/c if i needed it to go back farther into the mount, it wouldnt be able to due to the dome lights (if that makes sense). and i am using the stock V1 windshield mount that has the 2 suction cups & the V1 "slides" into the mount.

as for the parrot, i wish i could take credit for being that creative with the mounting, but i saw a pic of someone that mounted it there and really liked the idea (since it could be closed & no one would even know it was there). i was a little nervous about tackling the install myself, but it turned out well. as a matter of fact, i was so impressed with the unit, i bought one for my truck too, lol.

pattywak said:

I don't think I would tuck it off in the corner like that, I was just considering lowering the position on the windshield. But since you haven't had any noticeable decrease in performance, I wouldn't feel so bad lowering it.

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Why would you need a radar anyways? we drive and accord.....

HondaLuver83 said:

Why would you need a radar anyways? we drive and accord.....

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Its not like we have a 3 cylinder car with 70 horsepower. lol.

But really, any car is fast enough to break the speed limit. Plus, I it's just one way of trying to level the playing field against those bad po-po's. I like knowing when they are watching me.

pattywak said:

Its not like we have a 3 cylinder car with 70 horsepower. lol.

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nope, a 3000lb 4 cyl with maybe 130whp. haha.

i second hondaluvers question, haha. after going back to a 6g from my gti, that was the whole reason i never put a radar detector back in, cuz i was like "its an accord, why do i need this?" lol.