Alright, this is how I made my undercover radar detector. I did it some time ago, and have since made a few modifications, right now I'm on what I would call V3.0, Versions one and two changed when I had issues with the power supply.
Version one I just ran the stock power cable to the cigarette lighter in a clean fashion, eventually that cable burnt up, so I clipped the end off it, and stripped down the wire and hardwired it. That was version two. That ended up melting eventually because of how thin the gauge of wire was.
So now we get to version three, where I'm making a little more money, so I can make the projects a little nicer. I could not buy a new power cord for this one, because nobody made one. I went to RadioShack and bought a connector that fit my radar detector, came home and soldered some 18 gauge speaker wire onto it. Heavy duty. The wire runs down the defrost vent in the car, I'm not drilling through the dash, though one day I may get an SN95 dash that originally had a clock, so I can get an all black dash.
Keep in mind, I'm not TTOCS, his radar detector looks much better. Ha!
This first run of pictures is of the original, with the terrible wrap job, then you can see version 3, it's not quite finished yet but it will be much nicer.
Enjoy.
Little chunk of lexan there.
Old school night shades!
Tinted and wrapped.
Verion 1.0 complete, sitting a little crooked.
I don't have any in process pictures of version 2, nor any of it mounted, though it got put on straight, as will version 3 haha.
Anywho:
The ol whistler.
Just put some epoxy on to hold the base in. Clamping her down. Note the vinyl was wrapped all the way around the front of the rear section of the clock pod this time.
Metal base, and the vinyl spread, still unwrapped.
It's set up so this can just slide right in when the time is right.
The detector sitting inside the pod.
It's behind the screen this time. The picture makes it look a lot worse than it is. The lexan is actually pretty well black, everywhere except where the numbers will be. It's more of a smoked look than the picture shows.
Still on the to do list, finish wrapping it, which involves cutting the holes for the laser and the 360* laser, and a hole cut for the power cord. The cord is already ran behind the dash. More pics to come!
Sorry if you guys think its ghey. I like it because I've had cops sit in my car and asked them to find my radar detector and none of them have. It's not illegal in Florida, but it is frowned upon. Thanks for looking.
Version one I just ran the stock power cable to the cigarette lighter in a clean fashion, eventually that cable burnt up, so I clipped the end off it, and stripped down the wire and hardwired it. That was version two. That ended up melting eventually because of how thin the gauge of wire was.
So now we get to version three, where I'm making a little more money, so I can make the projects a little nicer. I could not buy a new power cord for this one, because nobody made one. I went to RadioShack and bought a connector that fit my radar detector, came home and soldered some 18 gauge speaker wire onto it. Heavy duty. The wire runs down the defrost vent in the car, I'm not drilling through the dash, though one day I may get an SN95 dash that originally had a clock, so I can get an all black dash.
Keep in mind, I'm not TTOCS, his radar detector looks much better. Ha!
This first run of pictures is of the original, with the terrible wrap job, then you can see version 3, it's not quite finished yet but it will be much nicer.
Enjoy.
Little chunk of lexan there.
Old school night shades!
Tinted and wrapped.
Verion 1.0 complete, sitting a little crooked.
I don't have any in process pictures of version 2, nor any of it mounted, though it got put on straight, as will version 3 haha.
Anywho:
The ol whistler.
Just put some epoxy on to hold the base in. Clamping her down. Note the vinyl was wrapped all the way around the front of the rear section of the clock pod this time.
Metal base, and the vinyl spread, still unwrapped.
It's set up so this can just slide right in when the time is right.
The detector sitting inside the pod.
It's behind the screen this time. The picture makes it look a lot worse than it is. The lexan is actually pretty well black, everywhere except where the numbers will be. It's more of a smoked look than the picture shows.
Still on the to do list, finish wrapping it, which involves cutting the holes for the laser and the 360* laser, and a hole cut for the power cord. The cord is already ran behind the dash. More pics to come!
Sorry if you guys think its ghey. I like it because I've had cops sit in my car and asked them to find my radar detector and none of them have. It's not illegal in Florida, but it is frowned upon. Thanks for looking.
