Rear View Mirror Radar Detector
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Rear View Mirror Radar Detector
By now, I kinda figured that someone would have come out with a good version of one of these. I see them on the web but I know absolutely nothing about them. Does anyone have one or know of a good one to buy?
P.S. If this is the wrong place for this, please move it to the correct place and tell me where that is and how to get there!
P.S. If this is the wrong place for this, please move it to the correct place and tell me where that is and how to get there!
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The only one I have seen is from Great Lakes Trophies, and have heard good remarks about it. My concern was with super-glueing a piece into the mirror, but others have done it and love it. I have the Vettequest and invisicord set up that mounts to the sun visor, and I have mixed reviews on it. It has a little too much bounce to it for my taste.
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Something like this? http://www.m-99.co.uk/Cheetah/cheetah.html
There was another thread about a company out there that modifies your existing rear view mirror with Valentine One internals. I couldn't find it though.
There was another thread about a company out there that modifies your existing rear view mirror with Valentine One internals. I couldn't find it though.
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Some Forum members have modified their cars and detectors to mount the siplay in either the mirror or the DIC.
Check out the audio/electronics subsection in the General Corvette Forum
Check out the audio/electronics subsection in the General Corvette Forum
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That is pretty sweet looking and something I may have to consider 
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The second vendor says that it would only cost me $499, and he would provide the mirror. He also said (as you can see in the pictures of an earlier post) that I would NOT loose the dimming feature but would loose my lights. The lights I can get past as I can come up with an alternative. Two very drastically different quotes with different outcomes. The radar detector by the way is a Valentine One (sp?) with the $499 deal.
I'm seriously thinking about going with this $499 deal and he can build one in 2 days.
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Something like this? http://www.m-99.co.uk/Cheetah/cheetah.html
There was another thread about a company out there that modifies your existing rear view mirror with Valentine One internals. I couldn't find it though.
There was another thread about a company out there that modifies your existing rear view mirror with Valentine One internals. I couldn't find it though.
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Well, I contacted and heard from both vendors in this post. Get a load of this! One vendor said that they could install this setup for $3000! The problem with them is I would loose not only my mirror's lights, but also its dimming feature. That would suck as I would have no lights in the cabin and I really need that dimming feature in my old age. Also, I would have to provide the mirror.
The second vendor says that it would only cost me $499, and he would provide the mirror. He also said (as you can see in the pictures of an earlier post) that I would NOT loose the dimming feature but would loose my lights. The lights I can get past as I can come up with an alternative. Two very drastically different quotes with different outcomes. The radar detector by the way is a Valentine One (sp?) with the $499 deal.
I'm seriously thinking about going with this $499 deal and he can build one in 2 days.
The second vendor says that it would only cost me $499, and he would provide the mirror. He also said (as you can see in the pictures of an earlier post) that I would NOT loose the dimming feature but would loose my lights. The lights I can get past as I can come up with an alternative. Two very drastically different quotes with different outcomes. The radar detector by the way is a Valentine One (sp?) with the $499 deal.
I'm seriously thinking about going with this $499 deal and he can build one in 2 days.
Can't Wait!
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The one that was posted earlier in this thread by JDMVette (http://www.piddles.net/V1-Install.htm)
Cool guy...makes them by hand. He's an electronic engineer (which happens to be the degree I presently hold), and he said he would get back to me with some details after he got a Covette mirror to try it out on.
Cool guy...makes them by hand. He's an electronic engineer (which happens to be the degree I presently hold), and he said he would get back to me with some details after he got a Covette mirror to try it out on.