whoooodeeeknee

Or will that drastically cut down on detection from the front?

I was thinking it might be a nice place to install and then run the remote display up to the front.

Here's a guy who did it in his 3rd tail light on a BMW
<a href="http://www.bimmerdiy.com/diy/e36v1">http://www.bimmerdiy.com/diy/e36v1</a>

AxeYrCat

"A Word On V1 Performance........: Since I have done this mod, many people have asked me: "Is the radar and laser performance degraded when the V1 is in the 3rd Brake Light Housing?" Well, here is a short answer. Since laser works by direct line of sight, you will lose laser detection since the laser detector of the V1 is physically blocked by the rear deck. Laser light can't penetrate the rear deck. Radar, on the other hand, is a different story. Radar will penetrate just about anything that is non-metallic. In other words, the radar signal coming from a police radar gun (or any other radar source) will penetrate the cardboard-like material of the rear deck and the red plastic cover of the break light housing. My V1 performed just as well and with the same range in the 3rd brake light housing as it did when it was sitting on my dash. Just in case you are wondering if I gave up on laser detection completely, I didn't. Laser detection, and jamming, is taken care of by the Blinder M-10 laser jammer."

whoooodeeeknee

I'm talking about in the rear window, not inside a plastic housing blocked by a decklid. I'm guessing laser from the front probably won't be detected at all or it will be very degredaded by the time it gets to the V1 in the rear. But if radar detection will still be good, then I'm considering it.

I'm also considering a LE30 Lidatek for the front anyhow, so the laser detection from the front isn't a huge deal.

QS -

but cant find the links in my earlier search.

you get the car back yet?

AxeYrCat

<ul><li><a href="http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_cleansweep_pages.php?page_id=94">Clicky</a></li></ul>

AxeYrCat

The difference in radar detection will be minimal, IMO.

whoooodeeeknee

"Thanks for your email. Yes, as long as the V1 is oriented correctly (the front-facing antenna facing out the front of the car) and as long as the antennas are unobstructed, the V1 should work well in that position. [removed possibly incriminating sentence about what those in VA do with the detector]"

AxeYrCat

Oh, and no. Thinking the end of this month. Come to think of it, I should call them...

QS -

gracias.

TTGram

I love stealth!!