Radar question

98greengoblin · 01-02-2008, 10:04 AM

ok, i want to hardwire my detector in the car but i wanted to put it under the radio. would a normal infared extension work? if i just put one on the front window and one on the back and wire them to the detector? ? maybe a dumb question but i have no idea about those things, thanks!

r3dn3ck · 01-02-2008, 10:51 AM

no... that's not gunna do it. One is for detecting laser, that's a different spectrum than radar. Radar is like radio... nothing to do with light on the surface or in the detection.

krazypony · 01-02-2008, 03:42 PM

A buddy of mine has his hard wired directly above his sun visor on the drivers side, and then has the cable hard wired all the way down to his cigarette lighter power and then its on all the time when the car is on.

cpthowdy · 01-03-2008, 04:52 AM

do those things even work?and we are speaking of the ones that detect law enforcement vehicles, right?

98greengoblin · 01-03-2008, 05:24 AM

totally depends what your local pd uses ( band wise) cause some just dont pick up at all, luckily for me the jersey state troopers are picked up pretty quick, thank god.

krazypony · 01-03-2008, 06:52 AM

yeah I think they use like the 360degree radar detection mounted on there vehicles to pick up drivers, about freaked me out one time when I saw one of them doing circles looking for speeders to the front and rear of them.

I was like oh my dayummmnnn!

01-02-2008, 10:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
98greengoblin Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Atlantic City, NJ Posts: 105	Radar question ok, i want to hardwire my detector in the car but i wanted to put it under the radio. would a normal infared extension work? if i just put one on the front window and one on the back and wire them to the detector? ? maybe a dumb question but i have no idea about those things, thanks!

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r3dn3ck Wowbagger hates me too! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Magrathea/California Posts: 7,015	no... that's not gunna do it. One is for detecting laser, that's a different spectrum than radar. Radar is like radio... nothing to do with light on the surface or in the detection. __________________ Built 5.5L 2v and Maximum Motorsports Max Grip box. www.squarerootofone.com My CarDomain Page

01-02-2008, 03:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
krazypony Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Liberty, SC Posts: 902	A buddy of mine has his hard wired directly above his sun visor on the drivers side, and then has the cable hard wired all the way down to his cigarette lighter power and then its on all the time when the car is on. __________________

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krazypony Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Liberty, SC Posts: 902	yeah I think they use like the 360degree radar detection mounted on there vehicles to pick up drivers, about freaked me out one time when I saw one of them doing circles looking for speeders to the front and rear of them. I was like oh my dayummmnnn! __________________

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01-03-2008, 04:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
cpthowdy Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NORCAL Posts: 201	do those things even work?and we are speaking of the ones that detect law enforcement vehicles, right?

01-03-2008, 05:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
98greengoblin Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Atlantic City, NJ Posts: 105	totally depends what your local pd uses ( band wise) cause some just dont pick up at all, luckily for me the jersey state troopers are picked up pretty quick, thank god.