Altima Coupe - Hard wire radar detector

[mikea9999]

Has anyone hardwired their radar?

I need to removed the sun glass holder to tap into the rear view mirror for power.

In my previous car (Maxima), there were visible screws. The coupe does not have any visible screws.

Thanks!

Mike

[LongBeachCoupe]

i was planning on hardwiring one.. but i thougth it would be more logical to put it on the dash and have it wired under the front defroster.... you put it high up like that and have a wire to the ceiling?

[razah9]

I had this installed in the center compartment ->

http://www.amazon.com/WHISTLER...r=8-1

[Plastics]

I have hardwire my Passport 8500. It is very easy. All you have to do is to run the wire down the Left A pillar, hiding it under the rubber weatherstripping. On the dash, below the trunk switch is the fuse box. All you have to do is to pick a fuse that is on when the ignition is on, and tap the live wire into that. There is also a convenient metal screw near the fuse box door, and tap the ground wire into that. . Then you are all set. The whole procedure takes about 10 minutes.

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[LongBeachCoupe]

why cant we add its own fuse... you sugguest piggy-backing it on an existing line?

[tsigoloeg]

Has anyone hardwired their radar?

I need to removed the sun glass holder to tap into the rear view mirror for power.

In my previous car (Maxima), there were visible screws. The coupe does not have any visible screws.

Thanks!

Mike

I believe there are screws under the lights, although I'm not sure. My tech said he removed that whole assembly and I think he said he went through the lights. Anyway, there is not a harness junction up there for the mirror if that's what you're looking for. Apparently, the mirror is powered by a cord that runs up from the fuse box, under the driver A pillar and across the ceiling.

[Plastics]

to LONGBEACHCOUPE. As for hardwire to the fuse box. I pick "ACC/15A/FR POWER SOCKET" fuse. I also hook a in-line fuse which came with the radar detector to protect the radar.

Plastics

[mikea9999]

OK, so I figured it out. There are no screws for the sun glass holder/map lights.

To remove -

Grab the lip by the sun glass holder (front of car) and pull down. This will release the clips from the bracket.

[razah9]

I had this installed in the center compartment ->

http://www.amazon.com/WHISTLER...r=8-1

And the antennae goes under the hood, the laser module behind therear view mirror btw.

[chow]

Questions on these..

The radar detector = police car detector right?

So when a cop is near the thing starts to whistle or give off a warning signal?

I heard their illegal , but i undertstand that if a cop pulls u over and its not in plain sight they cant issue you another ticket for that as well. But if it continues to whistle while the cop is talking to you, isnt that a dead giveaway?

Will police cars ever change their radar system to put this dectector out of date?

Thanksss.

[gotak]

Some police dept like the Toronto police use laser speed guns now. Making the radar detector pretty much useless.

[razah9]

Questions on these..

The radar detector = police car detector right?

So when a cop is near the thing starts to whistle or give off a warning signal?

I heard their illegal , but i undertstand that if a cop pulls u over and its not in plain sight they cant issue you another ticket for that as well. But if it continues to whistle while the cop is talking to you, isnt that a dead giveaway?

Will police cars ever change their radar system to put this dectector out of date?

Thanksss.

That's why I bought mine. The control thingy goes in the center compartment.I can easily shut it off if pulled over and the cops won't notice it unless theysearch my car. It's discreet, not like most detectors sitting there on the topof the dash plugged into the cig lighter.

[chow]

The police cant just search your car w/o permission i beleive.. And if they do, you can take it to court.

Imthinking of getting one but id conceal mine..

[LongBeachCoupe]

HAH... must be the life in canada

[tsigoloeg]

Questions on these..

The radar detector = police car detector right?

Will police cars ever change their radar system to put this dectector out of date?

Thanksss.

Can't answer specific questions about Canadian legality, all I know is that they're illegal in most provinces but I have no idea which specifically.

A radar detector is not a "police car detector." What they will detect is radio waves of specific frequencies if and only if the cop is actually gunning traffic.

There are a hell of a lot of ways for cops to defeat detectors.

One is if they have a detector-detector (I think it is/was called "Spectre." Radar dectectors 'leak' specific frequencies of radio waves themselves). Some detectors offer some sort of 'stealth' protection of these but the newest detector-detectors can pick up all but one of these stealth detectors. Cop can pull you over if his sniffer picks up one of these and he probably has probable cause to search your vehicle if so. Again, not sure about this.

Two, 'instant on.' Meaning, they selectively use their guns on individual cars. Very hard to pick up when a cop is doing that but possible, there obviously has to be traffic in front of you for him to gun.

Three, microburst guns. They emit small pulses of radar that most older detectors can't pick up since they are pulsed faster than the detectors reaction times. There is a mild legal loophole about these regarding cop having to switch over to conventional radar in order to write ticket at least in the States. But guess who's home turf is being played on?

Four, as already mentioned, laser (aka lidar). There are detectors that can pick it up. But, essentially when they go off it's too late unless you have some passive or active lidar defenses (active are already illegal in at least 9 states).

Five, VASCAR (Vehicle Average Speed Computer and Recorder). A completely non-radio-wave method of calculating speed. Cop measures distance between two set points along road, which can be anything. He sees your car pass one, flips switch, sees it pass second, flips switch. That records time, the distance is known, speed is calculated and Cop can determine time or speed first, meaning, if he sees you coming he can flip the switches whenever he sees you passing things, then measure the distance afterward. It's dastardly, the only defense is to know he's there.

Basically, if you observe the "California Rule" you'll probably be better off. = You can drive as fast as you want as long as someone is driving in front of you faster. (But then there's the Flying Cops in planes, they will have a pack of road cops on the highway and will call cars in and they wave them ALL over).

[LongBeachCoupe]

in additon.. here in ny.. cops get certified in plain eye... meaning their WORD in court is good on a +/- 5mph basis! damn pigs!