Birddogtwo

Hi
It finally happened, I got pulled over for speeding last week. I didn't get a ticket though. I was rolling down a long steep grade when the cop came around a corner coming towards me. He hit his blues and since we were the only 2 on the road I pulled over and got my license and reg out and shut the car off. He politely explained that he clocked me at... are you ready 38 mph! I said oh what is the limit on this road? It was 30. I thought he just wanted to check out the car. My wife said he didn't write me because it would have been to embarrasing to take me to court. The judge would figure I was stuck in first

All that to say this. How do you mount your radar detectors in a C4? I bought an Escort 8500 today from a guy at work. Does any one make a mirror mount for the C4? Blendmount only lists C5 & C6. I did a search but didn't find much. Thanks for sharing what works for you. My car is a 96 CE Coupe

Dave

MissileDoc

Take a look at this mount.

http://www.ecklerscorvette.com/corve...1984-1996.html

Birddogtwo

Thanks missiledoc. Do you have one of these? My concern looking at is it might bounce a lot. Has any one tried this is and if so how did it work for you?
Thanks,
Dave

JrRifleCoach

I have V1 with the remote light panel. The main unit is located centerline on the halo. with the wiring running inside the halo and drivers side door sill to the instrument panel.

This gives the unit excellent front and rear view plus its out of the LEO's view in the windshield.

nathanours

Not to derail the thread, but do you guys think radar detectors are worth having? Do they really help that much? I am pretty interested.

Paul Workman

Good question.

My bro and son were both former LEOs, and I had several opportunities to do "ride alongs". I'm not convinced a radar detector is worth the money.

A detector can only detect what is present. So, if the LEO is operating in an "instant on" mode, you're toast before you can even hit the brakes. Conversely, if operating in a continuous mode, then a detector has a chance of warning you in time to check your speed.

However, the beam width of most traffic radars is so wide that it is not clear which car is speeding when more than one or several cars are in the beam. It takes a more sophisticated radar (read: expensive) and more training to operate them that can "pick and choose".

That led to the laser guns which have the advantages of a pencil thin beam that can pick out exactly which vehicle is being scanned, and instant-on. Good luck avoiding being tagged by a laser. The odds are in favor of the LEO.

So, IMO, the best gizmo to make the best time and avoid getting a ticket when traveling between point A and point B is the cruise control.

A detector or a cruise control might have saved me my last ticket. It was a real bull---- situation; a Sunday morining just at sunrise on a smooth country blacktop where I hadn't even seen another car in almost 10 miles...except this one...which of course just happened to be a county mountie. The ticket cost me about what a detector would have, had I bought one.

Well, 10 miles at 70 mph vs. 10 miles at 65 mph would have made less that a minute travel time, and that 40 seconds or so cost me over $300 in fines and court (supervision) costs. I was on my way to pick up my mother in law at the nursing home to take her to breakfast. She wasn't waiting at the curb when I got there. In fact it was several minutes before she was ready to go. Was it really worth it to get there 40 seconds earlier for that???

But, we're not talking about cruising from point to point, are we?? I suspect we're talking about something a bit more "frisky" than the posted limit. Under those circumstances, where traveling waaay over the posted limit, my thought is I'd be toast anyway, unless the LEO's detector went off the scale and he thought his equipment was acting up again.

So...I guess I'm not much help. But, although I think I might get one, I'm not sure it would be worth it - all things considered (especially if it failed me if I were to be "acting out", and with 500+ hp under the hood, I could do some serious "acting out!").

P.

1bdvet

I once long time ago bought, that and returned it. I thought it wasn't for me and my escort.

nathanours

Thanks for the info. I do a ton of highway driving and cops are always hiding along my route. Will the radar detector pick up the bounce from the laser guns hitting cars ahead of me or not?

Birddogtwo

I'm not convinced it will make a huge difference I paid $50 for a used 8500. For that money and the cost of a mount if I buy one it's worth it to me. Rumor has it the State Police just picked up 75 lasers. I think on back roads in small towns where the locals keep their radar on it might just help (as in last Thursday). I just barely resisted a used 9500ci on Craigslist for $650. It would be fun to be able to defeat the lasers. I figure since lasers seem to be the wave of the present it's just a question of time until screwing with them becomes illegal.

Jrriflecoach,
Do you have any pics? In eyeballing this it looks like the rear view mirror would be in the way. I like the idea and it would certainly be easy enough to mount there. Thanks
Dave

cldgin2

My 8500 beats the lasers.. But I have the newer X50 model of the 8500.. If you also get the "smart cord" and run the App on your iphone or droid, others using that same system give you a HUGE advantage as you get alerts light years ahead of the cops

It also helps if you allow a "rabbit" to stay ahead of you and take the bounce for you

Phat98

65Z01

I have a cheapo Cobra mounted in each car and feel they are "useful" in alerting me to impending danger. I don't know how it is with LINDAR but for conventional radar it picks up over hills and around bends. If I'm on a trip and speeding I like to have a "point car" in front of me, in case a cop is using instant-on.

In the Vette it's mounted just to the LH side of the RVM, using the suction cups high on the windshield with velcro to tack it to the header. Power is tapped into the RVM light that activates with ign on so I don't have to manually switch on/off. This provides a very stealth mount that's almost undetectable even with top off.

C4GUY

I run this with my Valentine. I have no affiliation but love it. Tucks right up under rear view mirror for clean install. You can tap rear view mirror wire for power or run wire up a pillar and across so no wires showing if you want. It is not cheap but very solid, and looks oh so clean.

http://www.blendmount.com/

nathanours

Could you show a pic of where it's mounted please? That sounds interesting.

LD85

Ordered mine today

CHARGED UP

Funny this is so obvious when I am the rabbit. I work my way thru traffic safely to be able to enjoy the ride a bit and in New Jersey you immediately fell like the Pied Piper. Only thing bothers me being the rabbit is when the guy behind me decides to draft me. Move over slow a bit and watch them sh** when they become rabbit . Roads that I know where there is no intersecting roads and are divided by barrier. No extremes and once in awhile to air it out from the git. Cruise puts me to sleep. Only time I use detector is when I am travelling in areas I do not know & mostly in under 50mph zones in rural areas.

Birddogtwo

C4 guy
I didn't see a listing for a C$ only C5 & C6. Do you know the part number?

65Z01

I don't have a pic, sorry.
The suction cups are stuck onto the windshield so high that they touch the header. This puts the detector touching the header, hence the velcro to firm up the mount. The detector is just above the RVM so that I can view the lights over the RVM.

The power cable runs up through the RVM mount next to the mirror light cable. I had to enlarge the mout hole a tad to accomidate the additional cable.

I had to drop the header so I could tap into the RVM light power and tack the detector ground wire to the windshield frame.

Hope this helps with your installation.

Katherinejjm

Not to derail the thread, but do you guys think radar detectors are worth having?

ProjectC4

I bought a little rubber stickyish pad from Office Max that sticks to the top of the dash. There's no glue involved it's just tacky rubber. The pad is made for putting your IPod type device on. I just put the detector on top of it and plug it into the lighter socket. It does not move at all.