I really want to hide the wire for my radar detector which is mounted close to the dash, however i have no desire to hardwire it....how do i run the wire behind the dash? any pics or DIYs?

 

I dont see there being away unless you run it through the airvent?... but than you'd have to have it come back out to plug into the cig lighter... or hardwire it down there, which would be dumb cuz u might as well hardwire it somewhere easier if ur going to hardwire it at all... my opinion.

 

Mount it closer to the rear view and hardwire it to the dome light. Mounting it higher and will pick radar and laser better and the hardwiring of my Valentine took all of 20 minutes.

 

^ good call on the V1 btw.

 

id be intrested in doing that... but wouldnt the radar only work if the dome light was on? lol i always thought thats how it worked... lol

 

I found this a couple of months ago and did it. http://clubsciontc.com/forum_thread_...detector-.html
Its really simple to do. All you need is to buy a hardwire kit. I bought mines on ebay for 10 shipped. The good about mounting it up high is that you will detect radar better. The bad is that you will detect laser worse. But then again the second you detect laser they already got you speed. And it doesn't hardwire to your dome light but instead your sunroof power. And it does work the second you turn on your car.

 

if you want to keep it low then just un bolt the dash and run the wire under it and then bolt it back down... thats how mine is done..

 

unbolt the dash meaning...?

 

meaning you disassemble the interior

 

meaning if you don't know what your doing your going to f*** up.

 

Lol

 

Here's what I did. I took off my HVAC console and ran the cable from the bottom, behind the console, then up to the airvent and snuck it through the top grate. Then I replaced the HVAC being careful not to pinch the wire and pulled out only as much cable as I needed. It's very discrete. If I have the need to hide my detector, all I have to do is remove it from the windshield and pull the cord down so the connector is barely exposed in the vent.

 

doesnt it look goofy from the cig lighter going under the HVAC?

 

mounting it low is fail.

i run mine up along the head liner then down the a pillar

 

to the curcuit board? if its up top why dont u mount it to the dome lights...easier i would think

 

this how I ran my wire. it took all of 5 minutes. and not cutting do drilling. and just a little bit of wire showing at top.

 

thats not 2 bad, but i have an auto.. so i wouldnt be able to run it there... i think im going 2 hardwire it up by review mirror... does it really hurt the radar strength tho with lazers?

 

what radar detector do you use?





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I peronally like the Beltronics RX65 series. Escort is good too.

 

I got the Escort Passport x50. Saved my ___ a lot of times from a speeding ticket.