Valentine One -- where do you mount it?
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Originally Posted by jo8243
Where are you guys mounting them and is it easily visible from the outside to cops and would-be theives?
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I too replied to the other thread about the V1 - here's a link to that thread.....
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=930396
Here's a link to a company that makes a great mount for the V1 and I believe they are a supporting vendor...
http://www.greatlakestrophies.com/corvette.htm
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=930396
Here's a link to a company that makes a great mount for the V1 and I believe they are a supporting vendor...
http://www.greatlakestrophies.com/corvette.htm
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Mounted directly under the rearview mirror...
...then hid the wire along the windshield and hookup with the accessory power wires provide behind the passenger floor plate...
...sorry I cant find my pics :o
...then hid the wire along the windshield and hookup with the accessory power wires provide behind the passenger floor plate...
...sorry I cant find my pics :o
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Living out here in LA, having it visable when you are not in the car is just asking to get a window smashed.
I finally settled for two small black velcro dots on the dash. I stick it up there and it never moves, and I can take it off and hide it when I am not in the car.
Jay
I finally settled for two small black velcro dots on the dash. I stick it up there and it never moves, and I can take it off and hide it when I am not in the car.
Jay
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Originally Posted by Big Jay E
Living out here in LA, having it visable when you are not in the car is just asking to get a window smashed.
I finally settled for two small black velcro dots on the dash. I stick it up there and it never moves, and I can take it off and hide it when I am not in the car.
Jay
I finally settled for two small black velcro dots on the dash. I stick it up there and it never moves, and I can take it off and hide it when I am not in the car.
Jay
Yep, that is exactly why I haven't gotten a V1 (or other detector). When I was in high school in the early '90s, I mentioned to a guy I knew that I was thinking about buying a detector. He said, "I could get you one but it might burn your hand." (ie, stolen). He went on to say that another guy in our school stole them regularly out of cars. Naively, I asked "how does he get into the cars? does he use a special tool to break in to the car?" "Yeah," the guy said...... "a brick."
That guy later got arrested..... as he should have..... nothing's worse than a thief... especially one who is destructive...
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I've had mine mounted just behind and slightly to the right to allow it to "see" - have had it mounted - in my vert - since day 1 (May 2000), and I think the suction cup mounts only failed once.
Once you hard wire it with a remote, others will have to look hard to even find it. The key is the remote - once it's all installed, all the lights come only from the remote.
Once you hard wire it with a remote, others will have to look hard to even find it. The key is the remote - once it's all installed, all the lights come only from the remote.
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I haven't got a V1 but I mount mine up in the tinted area and it still works. and I can even put my visor fully forward and it covers it up without anyone being able to see it. And it's wired into the mirror so that it comes on automatically. Don't leave home without one.