FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
I may have to use my old V-1 for front coverage ... I also use Waze and it rocks
How did you mount your V-1 up front and wire the remote display in the cockpit?
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I may have to use my old V-1 for front coverage ... I also use Waze and it rocks
How did you mount your V-1 up front and wire the remote display in the cockpit?
The V1 is wrapped in plastic and wedged on top of the steel cross bar under the nose cone (classic vintage front end) with a couple of tie wraps to help secure it and a power tap going to the fuse box. The 4 wire connector is routed to the driver side and fed through an existing hole under the rubber door seal, then under the dash and to the top of the center console where it connects to the two remote modules. Nothing fancy, but its worked for almost two years with no issues.
Here are a couple of pictures that may help:
Here are a couple of pictures that may help:
FlyF4
Son of a MX
Go with a remote sensor type of detector, or try using the Tesla Waze app for police and accident information
Yea, I like the Waze app, but use it on my iPhone. I guess you know it isn't Tesla's app and is only as good as the people whom report cops. If they don't report a cop or the cop just parked before you got there, the Waze is worthless to notify us. I do like detectors with remote sensors.
I'd like to add:
The 3 or 4 times I've been shot with laser and protected by my laser jammers, the cop was not reported on Waze. The cops people report on Waze tend to be babysitting accidents or doing other non-traffic-enforcement work. Of course they'll still pull you over if you blaze by them at 100mph.
But the LEOs that write the bulk of speeding tickets find good hiding spots behind bridges or on onramps. Once I saw a motorcycle cop literally standing behind a bush shooting laser. They will clock you from 1000-1500ft away, when they are just a tiny spec on the road. Most drivers won't even see them.
Waze is a great addition to your defenses but please don't think it's just as good as having your own countermeasures to protect you.
FlyF4
Son of a MX
Yeah, I don't like to dance around what they are. Jammers, shifters, blinders, they go by a lot of names, but the modern ones all work on the same principle. I guess calling them shifters makes some folks feel better about itChillaban....."laser jammers". Now there is a man I want to talk to....
I'm curious will this work on all MS models? I've heard window mounted detectors do not work well. Has anyone tried this Radenso radar detector?
Again, if your radar detector fits in the standard orientation behind the little black patch (it will likely require an adhesive based mount), it should be fine for radar detection. The Radenso may be the only unit small enough to fit there. I don't personally have one to verify, but most of the tests show that it is a decent performer and a worthy radar detector.
P.S. good news for AP2 folks: I confirmed in an AP2 P90D loaner that AP2 windshields are no longer coated.
Any sense of when they stopped coating them? What's the best way to tell? Why'd they coat them in the first place? Will do some thread searching...
If you want to pretend to look normal: Put on polarized sunglasses (optional, otherwise you gotta wait for the sun to look right). Coated windshields have a purplish hue in the sun.
If you wanna be full-on radar dork: Find your favorite shopping center parking lot with a K-band false alarm door opener. Face the door opener at an angle that results in low signal reception. Hold radar detector outside the window vs on the windshield and see if signal strength changes.
Metallically coated windshields reflect the sun and reduce AC requirements in the cabin. Recent advances have led to nearly-equivalent-performance ceramic tinting (which is non-radar-affecting), or perhaps now the dash and leather is treated with IR-resistant dyes to reduce the impact of sunlight.
Dude. Radar signals and radar detector horns are directional! Must be parallel to the road or you will seriously be losing long range detection, because the horn is pointing down at the ground. Some radar guns are extremely high transmit power (50+mW) and are detected even if you mount your radar detector under your seat. But you may run into the radar guns that are 5mW or less of transmit power, where every precious second of detection matters.
If you have AP2, mount your detector ANYWHERE level and parallel to the road.
Thanks for the advice, I will probably get some spacer to level the detector. But like I said, I've used this radar detector for probably 5 years now, and I never had any problem with it detecting radar or laser in this AP2 car.
Sure thing -- I hope I didn't come across too rude. I can get a bit... enthusiastic.... on this subject
But yeah, I totally believe that against a lot of (older) radar guns, any mount will work fine. But while cops don't exactly go around spending thousands of dollars on new radar guns every year, it's only a matter of time before your luck runs out and you encounter one of the newer radar guns that is weaker and much harder to detect.
FlatSix911
Porsche 918 Hybrid
Not at all. Actually, I just fixed it by adding a trimmed rubber. Thank you for the advice.
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I just picked up my Model S P100D on Friday and I'm leaving my Passport Escort (8500 or 9500, can't remember) in my truck and so I picked up an Escort Max 360.
Spoke to Tesla support and confirmed my 9/17 manufactured S DOES have the metalized coating on the windshield but I don't seem to notice any difference in testing (k band, store doors etc) in the cutout area or anywhere else through the windshield?
Has that coating changed so that this is not an issue any longer? Or is it the Escort Max 360 that works differently and doesn't have an issue? Or, was this never really a thing?
Spoke to Tesla support and confirmed my 9/17 manufactured S DOES have the metalized coating on the windshield but I don't seem to notice any difference in testing (k band, store doors etc) in the cutout area or anywhere else through the windshield?
Has that coating changed so that this is not an issue any longer? Or is it the Escort Max 360 that works differently and doesn't have an issue? Or, was this never really a thing?
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