Mount Valentine under tint line?
05-26-2003, 06:26 PM
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Mount Valentine under tint line?
Has anyone mounted their Valentine under the tint line of their windshield? Have you noticed any decrease in its performance?
The Valentine website says this makes no difference on some cars, but makes a huge (negative) difference on others. They put up a few examples, but the most recent Nissan they had was a '95 Maxima. Unfortunately, it was one of the ones that had a huge drop in performance. I believe metallic tints are especially bad.
I don't know about the Z, but my G's tint line is pretty dark. I'd really like to hardwire mine up there because it'd be completely undetectable from outside. Maybe this is insane of me, but I don't like the rear window stealth install others have done because I don't like the idea of the thing shooting radars through the back of my skull full time. I'd rather stay outside its cone of detection.
Any opinions?
The Valentine website says this makes no difference on some cars, but makes a huge (negative) difference on others. They put up a few examples, but the most recent Nissan they had was a '95 Maxima. Unfortunately, it was one of the ones that had a huge drop in performance. I believe metallic tints are especially bad.
I don't know about the Z, but my G's tint line is pretty dark. I'd really like to hardwire mine up there because it'd be completely undetectable from outside. Maybe this is insane of me, but I don't like the rear window stealth install others have done because I don't like the idea of the thing shooting radars through the back of my skull full time. I'd rather stay outside its cone of detection.
Any opinions?
06-30-2004, 11:23 AM
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The V1 is a passive device. It can only detect and receive radio frequencies. I think using your cell phone is more detrimental to your health. I'm in Beantown too and just ordered a V1 overnight for my roadtrip back home to NJ.
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I have mine mounted right on top of the rear view mirror, and it was behind the silver tint.. I had to cut a small opening on the tint to get better detection. I don't think it really affected the k/ka band, but it did affected the laser band.. because there was a cop pointing the laser gun on the side of the freeway, and the radar didn't even go off!
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Originally posted by Apexi350z
I have mine mounted right on top of the rear view mirror, and it was behind the silver tint.. I had to cut a small opening on the tint to get better detection. I don't think it really affected the k/ka band, but it did affected the laser band.. because there was a cop pointing the laser gun on the side of the freeway, and the radar didn't even go off!
I have mine mounted right on top of the rear view mirror, and it was behind the silver tint.. I had to cut a small opening on the tint to get better detection. I don't think it really affected the k/ka band, but it did affected the laser band.. because there was a cop pointing the laser gun on the side of the freeway, and the radar didn't even go off!
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