Does tint affect radar detectors
04-16-2010, 10:09 PM
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Does tint affect radar detectors Ok I would like some clarification on this topic cause I haven't seen it answered or talked about much. Does tint hinder the performance of a radar detector enough that you don't need it or does it affect it very little that we wouldn't even notice? I plan on having mine mounted directly under the rearview mirror but my windshield will be getting tinted so no more visor strip. Thanks for any info regarding this!
04-16-2010, 10:19 PM
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I don't really think so. I'm running a Rocky Mountain radar and that thing was picking stuff up MILES out when I was driving through the desert. I have mine mounted on the top of my windshield so it is just barely poking out under my windshield strip. it's mounted up pretty high and I was worried if it could 'see' anything from the rear, yeah it can.
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04-16-2010, 10:40 PM
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I had the window in my old car tinted 3inches down and the detector behind it.I knew a place when the local police always had one of those pull behind radar guns that let you know how fast you were going.I put the detector behind the tint and did another pass with out it from behind the tint.Really no difference.Tint was 20%.Hope that helps.
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04-16-2010, 10:45 PM
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Depends on the tint. There is metallic based tint and that will hurt the range of lots of signals inside the car. Most new tint you will find is more ceramic based and that will barely effect it. Check out www.radardetector.net for some info.
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Depends on the tint. There is metallic based tint and that will hurt the range of lots of signals inside the car. Most new tint you will find is more ceramic based and that will barely effect it. Check out www.radardetector.net for some info.
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04-17-2010, 11:14 AM
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if you request non-metallic tint from the tint shop it will NOT effect radar reception. the only thing it could effect would be laser detection..but unless you have a laser jammer or are lucky and get laser scatter off a car in front of you, your screwed anyway.
oh..and just a suggestion..mounting above the RVM makes for a cleaner location and keeps it out of sight from prying eyes.
oh..and just a suggestion..mounting above the RVM makes for a cleaner location and keeps it out of sight from prying eyes.
04-17-2010, 12:15 PM
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if you request non-metallic tint from the tint shop it will NOT effect radar reception. the only thing it could effect would be laser detection..but unless you have a laser jammer or are lucky and get laser scatter off a car in front of you, your screwed anyway.
oh..and just a suggestion..mounting above the RVM makes for a cleaner location and keeps it out of sight from prying eyes.
oh..and just a suggestion..mounting above the RVM makes for a cleaner location and keeps it out of sight from prying eyes.
04-17-2010, 05:37 PM
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