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Escort Radar Detector Mod, make your own remote display
This is my first useful post in about a month, feel lucky escort section.
Taken from here originally (http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...scort-nsx.html) . I actually did this and switched it up a little, so I figured I'd post.
The pictures are of a SR7, but all Escorts have the same display on them. Once you take the display off the board with a solder wick as shown above, you have to solder in new wires.
This is were mine is different. I used an old VGA cable I had lying around. It has 15 wires inside, 9 of these for the display, and 2 to power a bi-color LED. I mounted both the display and the led on a pc board from radio shack for easy mounting together in the car. I looped the wires through the pc board, and zip tied the wire to the board to take stress off the connections.
After you solder the one end of the cord to the display, solder the other side to the main unit. Make sure you line up the colors 
. The wires on the left are for another mod.
Test is out before you put everything back together.
Alright, so the last step may have been a jump, but thats how it looks now. There is only one more step for my system, after thats done, I'll make a thread of all the mods together. I can now easily take off my cluster trim by just disconnecting the VGA cable. Before it was one cable so taking trim more than 6" out of place was impossible.
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07-30-2008 11:29 PM
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Old Timer
You, sir, are totally insane with these custom mods.
One word: Cool! 
- Allen / Usual Suspect "DumboRAT" / One of the Three Stooges
Me: '05 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT Limited sedan, 5MT, Atlantic Blue Pearl ("periwinkle") - name: "Winky" 
- countermeasures: 9500i (4307, Red)/ZR3; LPP Ver8.3/Rev10.6.4s (2x front, 1x rear), LI Rev2.8, Ver7.03 (quad: 8.0A-f w/Slim 8.5-r); VEIL G4; CR8APL8 w/LaserShield (front); Cheetah GPS-Mirror
Wifey: '09 Forester XT, Spark Silver Metallic - name: "Rocky"
- countermeasures: 8500x50 (Rev5, Blue); LI Rev2.9, Ver7.08 (8.5 dual); LaserShield-F
Baby-Anna: too short to reach any pedals!
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Old Timer
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Professional
Damnnnnnn,,, I don't think I have the nerve to try that. Excellent work though, thanks for sharing with us.
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Sti R
Blinder M-47
X50 Blue Rev 5 - backup
Bct8 Uniden Scanner
Galaxy 919 CB w/Lil Wil antenna
Garmin 1350t GPS w/trapster
Veil G4
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Power User
REB we missed ya. Now I am going to have to get a GTO, so I can send you my mod LOL.
Pokey's Back Biatch
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Old Timer
Seriously, this is just tooooooo cool.
It deserves another bump. 
- Allen / Usual Suspect "DumboRAT" / One of the Three Stooges
Me: '05 Subaru Legacy 2.5GT Limited sedan, 5MT, Atlantic Blue Pearl ("periwinkle") - name: "Winky"
- countermeasures: 9500i (4307, Red)/ZR3; LPP Ver8.3/Rev10.6.4s (2x front, 1x rear), LI Rev2.8, Ver7.03 (quad: 8.0A-f w/Slim 8.5-r); VEIL G4; CR8APL8 w/LaserShield (front); Cheetah GPS-Mirror
Wifey: '09 Forester XT, Spark Silver Metallic - name: "Rocky"
- countermeasures: 8500x50 (Rev5, Blue); LI Rev2.9, Ver7.08 (8.5 dual); LaserShield-F
Baby-Anna: too short to reach any pedals!
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Newcomer
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Speed Demon
I want one in my Yugo too!!!
V1 3.813 main unit
V1 3.819
(thin concealed display)
V1 3.825
(thin concealed display)
9500ci ready to get installed
Once you go
V1 you will
never look back
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Radar Fanatic
Originally Posted by
xoleras
I want one in my Yugo too!!!
That's one way to triple the value of the Yugo.
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Its just looks intimidating, its not that bad once you get it into. I'm kinda tempted to buy a 8500 so I can prove it will work with that too. The other wires coming off the left are my mute and programming buttons extended, everything is still accessible with having the box out.
Someone else do it too, come on!
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