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Originally Posted by acribb' date='Jun 28 2005, 07:27 PM
[quote name='Chi-Town Racing' date='Jun 25 2005, 08:38 AM']I have the X50 Hardwired.
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[/quote]I agree on the cord. I think he has it mounted down lower to avoid the tint strip at the top of the windshield. The strange thing is that my car doesn't have a tint strip at the top. Some claim that the tint strip cuts down on the performance of the detector. Perhaps the HUD windshields don't have the tint strip
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Thanks for the good how-to. I installed a V1 in my E46 and now that I have my 545i I was eager to get it installed again. I chose to place the V1 to the right of the rearview mirror after being frustrated on a regular basis in my E46 with not being able to use my sunvisor because of the V1 being on the drivers side.
The only hiccup I ran into with this installation is the wiring is a smaller guage than that blue V1 clip is designed to tap into so I was getting a very intermittent connection and had to use plyers to squeeze the metal prongs a little closer together to get it to bite into the wire more to give a better connection.
It always makes me sweat to pull apart my expensive cars to hook this thing up, but it's not hard to do and it sure makes life easy for the life of the car to have a hardwired V1!
The only hiccup I ran into with this installation is the wiring is a smaller guage than that blue V1 clip is designed to tap into so I was getting a very intermittent connection and had to use plyers to squeeze the metal prongs a little closer together to get it to bite into the wire more to give a better connection.
It always makes me sweat to pull apart my expensive cars to hook this thing up, but it's not hard to do and it sure makes life easy for the life of the car to have a hardwired V1!
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Originally Posted by TitaniumGray5' date='Jun 28 2005, 08:41 PM
[quote name='acribb' date='Jun 28 2005, 07:27 PM'][quote name='Chi-Town Racing' date='Jun 25 2005, 08:38 AM']I have the X50 Hardwired.
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[/quote]I agree on the cord. I think he has it mounted down lower to avoid the tint strip at the top of the windshield. The strange thing is that my car doesn't have a tint strip at the top. Some claim that the tint strip cuts down on the performance of the detector. Perhaps the HUD windshields don't have the tint strip
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[/quote]You are exactly right on the HUD/no tint strip. Select one option - cannot get the other. My V1 is at top of windshield (with HUD). Tested at all positions and found no discernable difference, at least for radar. Cannot speak to laser as I've not detected any in my area. But I know unit does detect as I was in Maryland with this V1 (and a different car) and it certainly alerted me there
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Thanks to Don Juan for the great DIY...took me about 20 mins and I'm now part of the V1 club 
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Originally Posted by ch7656' date='Aug 19 2005, 08:52 PM
Thanks to Don Juan for the great DIY...took me about 20 mins and I'm now part of the V1 club
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h7656? Posted Aug 19 2005, 08:52 PM
? Thanks to Don Juan for the great DIY...took me about 20 mins and I'm now part of the V1 club original.gif
? Thanks to Don Juan for the great DIY...took me about 20 mins and I'm now part of the V1 club original.gif
I have also added a tinted strip on the top of the windhield to hide the V1 a bit better and to protect it from the sun. From the outside the V1 looks like part of the car..
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Originally Posted by Don Juan' date='Nov 1 2005, 09:48 AM
I have also added a tinted strip on the top of the windhield to hide the V1 a bit better and to protect it from the sun. From the outside the V1 looks like part of the car..
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Originally Posted by Don Juan' date='Nov 1 2005, 12:42 PM
Stream that is correct, but the radar sits just below the tinted window in the front..
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