Radar Detector Mount, Wiring Advice Options

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

I've had my Celica for a long time now, and I've had my radar detector for a long time to. I think it's nice I set it up better than just plugged into the cig lighter. I was thinking of mounting it up by the rearview mirror, but I don't know how it would work up high as compared to down low. I'm not sure how the radar system works. Since I live in WV, there are a lot of hills here, and that makes me think that mounting it higher will let me now about cops setting just over the hills, like the do. Any suggestions on were to put it or how to wire it up would be great. Oh yeah, I was going to try to find a hot wire that works only when the car is on (sunroof wire), to wire it too so I could hide the wires while mounting it up next to the mirror.

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Do what I did with my Sirius reciever for the radar detector-

Plug in the cigarette lighter power supply, and then using a wire tester find which of the two leads on the cord is the positive 12V and which is ground. Then break out the soldering iron and tap into your choice of 12V power sources. I chose to use the cigarette lighter positive and ground connections and then i ran the wires totally out of sight. If I were you I'd mount it on the dash, then feed the wires through the vent, and snake it out before it reaches the mechanical parts of the vent system.

Look in my profile for pictures of the final result.

This post has been edited by Silver94CelicaOwner: Jul 10, 2006 - 12:49 PM