Anyone know of a good radar detector? I live in VA so its illegal to have one. I think i can get away with one that doesnt hang from sunscreen or on the dash? Help Please!!

 

K40 does that, but kinda expensive.

 

K-40 is not that stealth either and doesn't work as well as V-1, Passport (which has a pretty slick concealed system) or other "over the counter brands". I own a Valentine One, but if I lived in VA, I'd check into the rather concealed Passport system, which is a lot less than the K-40. Kind of a bummer regarding their archaic laws. Recently drove through and left my V-1 on just to spite them.............and since I had the remote display, I figured I'd like to know where the bogies were.

 

I have the BEl Vector System (www.beltronics.com) and the unit is in my sunglass holder.

It costs 400 u.s. tops..

 

BLK CLS: Did you hard wire your detector? Any chance of seeing a picture if you did. I have a Bel 980 and I have it clipped to the sun visor with the ugly wire hanging down...

Would love to see how you did yours..

 

I hard wired mine into the wires behind the sunglass holder (+12 and ground for the mirror I think)..

 

Ya I will take some pics soon for you, I hard wired it into an accessory amp.

 

accessory FUSE!

 

On my way to Florida I drove clear through Virginia with my trusty V1 without a single problem.

They are also invisible to the so-called “detector-detectors” that the cops use there.

Shawn S

 

Most concealed detectors give up a lot in detection range because of where they are mounted. The lower you mount it the worse the range gets. Hills, other cars....all make detecting radar harder. Remember radar is basically line of sight. If you can't see the gun, neither can your detector. The higher it's mounted, the better jump you'll get.

I love the stealth look, but I like not getting tickets better. Why do you think Mr. Valentine doesn't make one? If they were so good, he'd do it in a second. His method is the best. Stealthy, but still gives great protection against the cops.

 

Where do i get a good price for a V-1

 

I also saw the whistler de3300 which is supposed to be concealed with sensors on the front fender and rear license plate....any thoughts.

 

Get the escort 8500 and I'll even help install. Plus it blends in w/ the gray roof top and sunroof visor.

 

and mute button and led button for warning/power.

 

Thanks Nova, I was looking at that one as well. Know of any good place where i can get one for a good price?