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    Default Blue Tint at the top of windshield

    I am new to using a radar detector and I got a Valentine 1 for christmas, I drive a 2003 BMW 325i, and I have hard wired it in but I am concerned because it is mounted at the top of the windshield behind the blueish tint at the top of the windshield, is this okay or do I need to move it down below it?

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    I am willing to bet the V1 will still be able to detect laser behind the blue tint....The blue tinit will do nothing to the radar performance as long as it's not a metallic tint :wink:

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    How can I tell if it is metallic?

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    well if from the out side if it's shiny mirrorish tint

    I have a metallice tint strip in my volvo and it's impossible to loo hrow from the outside of the windshield

    I am willing to bet you can get way will mounting behind a blue tint strip

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    well ive got a blue tint strip on my car and i have NO difference in detection range for radar and laser.

    Ill bet my left nut on what ive found from testing.

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    Dont some of the expensive cars have that thing in their windsheild to "fight" against heat. Maybe it's just in Europe. There was a thread on it a while back.

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    Ford and some Cadillac models have a insta-clear defroster which is a film and current on the glass.

    These screw with your range in detection.

    Valentine1 has info on this on its web site.

    Here it is:
    http://www.valentine1.com/moreinfo/p...ng_pg17-18.pdf

    V1 sayz:
    "IMPORTANT NOTE: Windshield heaters such as Ford’s
    InstaClear® block radar from passing through the glass (look
    for a brown tint). So do solar barrier windshields of the type
    used on GM Venture-Montana-Silhouette-Trans Sport
    minivans and on some imported luxury sedans (look for a
    reddish or copper tint). Same for mirrored sun screens.
    Detector performance will be greatly reduced when V1 is
    mounted behind such metallic films."

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    I don't know how "scientific" this method is, but I would mount the RD below the tint, drive to a store with an automatic door and pull up until the RD goes off, remember the exact location and drive around to the same exact location with the RD behind the tint this time. If there is no change in the detection range from either mounting location, then it should be safe to mount behind the tint, right?

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    I'd have to worry a lot more about laser hampering with the blue tint than radar.

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    I have mine set right below the blue tint, where it starts to turn clear. It's just so placed to where it sits on my RVM Dont know how much it affects laser, but Id rather not take my chances

 

 

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