Well Saltidog and myself installed a V1 with the remote mounted in the ashtray. I took a few pics along the way. Some turned out others were just blurry.
The first pic is the gear selector area popped out to gain access to the ashtray area for mounting and power from the cigarette lighter.


This one is the ashtray removed...as you see plenty of room back there for stuff.


Ashtray with remote inside.......


Here's the V1 on the right side of the mirror....


and the the remote....


and the final product.........


Pretty easy install for the most part. took maybe an hour in a half with pizza breaks.

 

great install man. too bad its all out in the open or I would get one. Cant be like pratik and throw his in the backseat hahaha.

 

Left side means Passenger or Starboard side.

Also, would have been done much faster if I hadn't kept putting your tools away.

 

yeah i agree... but there's gotta be a way that the VA drivers can do an even more 'stealth' install...

 

The main unit looks as if it is off. So the remote is the only thing that lights up. If the police come close the ashtray.

 

well i think it's still even illegal to have it visible anywhere in VA. i forget the laws...maybe it's illegal to use in VA but illegal to posess in DC?

 

You can possess it , but it can not be on. That's all.

 

It's illegal to operate a Radar Detector in VA & DC... and we don't do so.

The installation in the ashtray in my wife's case is not stealth as in concealing from the law. Our purpose was not to have the lighted display in her face and also to allow the remote display to appear professionally installed when being used and also to be concealed when she parks in area where fear of theft might be higher than other areas.

All of that said, stealth as in hiding it from the view of the law might be of value to someone that is a member of a demographic group that might draw more attention from the law than my wife would.

 

would said stealth install being obscured from a law enforcement agency of interest for said demographic group be possible?

in theory, of course.

in theory.

 

My cousin got pulled over for just having a radar detector out in VA. Didnt matter if it was on or off but got a ticket for it.

As for me, I still have it right by my rear view mirror in VA. I guess you can probably see it with my windows down - you'd think I'd be more careful.

When I got pulled over in VA, you better believe I chucked it in the back seat and covered it up though. Luckily the cop didnt see me pulling that stunt.

 

Well if said demographic group was to be for say stopped by the local or proper state officals, the said device could easily be concealed within the tray for disposeing of cigarettes. With no visible signs of an operable speed detector detector device the said citation would therefore be null and void.

Your turn.

 

with said theoretical install, doesn't the hypothetically purchased "radar detector" need a clear range of view to be accurate and reasonably functional? my friend of a friend was under the impression that if were to even THINK of purchasing the V-1, it would theoretically have to be up on the window.

as in this picture.

 

As you can see from the above pictorial, the hypothetical said device is located in the froward facing wind screen device that has clear line of sight both from a frontal aspect and from a rear facing direction. The advantage of having the hypothetical remote device is that it allows the wind screen located device to look as iff it is not to be of use , whilst the lower remote of the said hypothetical device shows all warnings of possible authority of the law.

 

that thing is tight!
so when it is on, top one looks like its off but it detects and you can hear and see warnings from the one in ashtray?

 

that we be YUP!!!!