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Old 10-12-2005, 06:43 PM
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Got tired of the mickey mouse suction cup setup on windshield.... didn't matter whether it was high, low or in between, still looked like ****..... I removed the suction cups from the escort 8500 x50 mount, took and rebent it to suit, drilled 2 holes thru it, then match drilled 2 pilot holes in back of mirror. Screwed it in (make sure you account for mirror not being parallel to windshield !! ) and ran a 10.00 hard wire from escort up into headliner, down windshield column at end and into fuse box and spliced the fused hardwire into the 15 amp radio, so radar turns on and off with ignition. Works great, is very simple to adjust or remove/replace and is at about eye level......







Old 10-12-2005, 06:52 PM
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nifty idea! i will be doing the same to my passport!
Old 10-13-2005, 07:06 AM
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Nicely done. The only problem is that it is illegal in Florida to hang things (including fuzzy dice or whatever) from the mirror. Nobody ever gets bothered about it but it might just be the excuse to pull you over for some LEO who doesn't like radar detectors.




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