Originally posted by polakatl
I have my passport 8500 installed to the right of the rear view mirror and the wiring goes straight up to where the roof meets the windshield. It is really stealthy becasue when a cop pulls u over and is talking to u he can't see that high up from his angle. Just stand next to ur driver's side door and look at what u can see. Put the radar out of that field of view. Another good thing about that location is that it doesn't distract my driving. At first I had it over my dash in the middle of the windshield and i couldn't stand it there.
I'm trying to get some ideas of how to install it totally out of sight and not just somewhere high on the windshield. In VA, they're are reports that they have radar detector detectors and I believe they can confiscate your radar detector as evidence if found. Getting a ticket/fine for having a radar detector is bad enough but having it taken away is a double whammy so it's best to keep it out of sight. Hopefully I can install the detector in the 3rd brake light housing and use the remote display somewhere else on the dash. The V1 might just fit in there with a few mods but I think the Passport 8500's dimensions is too long. If anyone has done this, if so can you post some pics?