Honda CRV mounting

[ancientintegra]

I mounted a blinder on my wife's CRV about a year ago. Not too happy with the headlight coverage:

http://www.bergsman.org/jeremy/crvblinder.jpg

It's 13" from the center of a transponder to the inside edge of the light and 27" to the outside. Any comments or suggestions, especially from BlinderDude?

I have to say, mounting seems to be the weak point of this system. I was unimpressed with the mounting brackets (had to fab my own), and the included screws seemed a bit big.

Also, has anyone thought about some sort of (probably non-stealth) quick mounting system for rental cars and the like?

[leepoffaith]

I mounted a blinder on my wife's CRV about a year ago. Not too happy with the headlight coverage:

http://www.bergsman.org/jeremy/crvblinder.jpg

It's 13" from the center of a transponder to the inside edge of the light and 27" to the outside. Any comments or suggestions, especially from BlinderDude?

I have to say, mounting seems to be the weak point of this system. I was unimpressed with the mounting brackets (had to fab my own), and the included screws seemed a bit big.

Also, has anyone thought about some sort of (probably non-stealth) quick mounting system for rental cars and the like?

Wow, I think that is a pretty good mounting location. Many of us have to put it next to our plate which gives us even less protection on the headlights. I think it looks really good personally.

[brick]

Looks pretty much optimal to me. If you are worried about headlight coverage I'd get a can of Veil to complement the Blinder. It's pretty cheap insurance on the investment you've already made.

[ancientintegra]

Fortunately, in that year, it hasn't been tested. Just put on the laser shields and the Veil I got from Roy a couple weeks ago. Look for an upcoming post on that....

[brick]

With Blinder, Veil, and Laser Shield working together I think you're about as well protected as you could hope to be! The next step after that is putting a block of wood under the accelerator so that you can never get to the speed limit. :lol:

[happya$$]

The 3M Super Acrlylic tape works GREAT. The mounting system does suck.

[sethy]

I mounted my blinder heads to a 2X4 that I screwed in under my car

[happya$$]

I mounted my blinder heads to a 2X4 that I screwed in under my car

Yeah but I swear your heads are out of whack. They do not look parallel

[Blinder Dude]

That install looks good to me. Would you like a job? If you are worried about the head lights Veil is the way to go. With that coverage on the car you should have no worries. Serious that is one of the better installs I have seen. We are working on some new brackets, I have had some requests. The system is always a work in progress this includes the hardware.

[ancientintegra]

That install looks good to me. Would you like a job?

I am in fact currently looking for a job. Although a slightly different one. I'm glad people think it is OK.


If you are worried about the head lights Veil is the way to go. With that coverage on the car you should have no worries. Serious that is one of the better installs I have seen. We are working on some new brackets, I have had some requests. The system is always a work in progress this includes the hardware.

Thanks for responding to this. Could I suggest something where the up/down angle adjustment is independent of the mounting? Some sort of screw which drives the transceiver up or down as you turn it would be really helpful. If it's not clear what I mean I could draw a picture. And it needs more freedom in terms of the height of the bracket. That's the main reason I needed to fab my own--the stock brackets would have left it behind the "grill".

Finally, I don't have a suggestion here, but I was left uncomfortable by the levelling. Not knowing how important the level is, I wondered both how level the ground under my car was and how accurate the included little level was.

Anyway, assuming you do well in the upcoming SML tests, you and Roy will have another purchase from me soon for my own car.

[robert]

Yeah but I swear your heads are out of whack. They do not look parallel

but it's how he applied the VEIL that counts.


ancientintegra: like others said, with the VEIL, Lasershield, and Blinder you're pretty good. With the M20 you have the two heads, you've probably got it in the best spot. If you order an extra head, put it down by the plate and leave the other two by the lights. That might make you feel better about it :D But I can't see where else you'd really be able to put them for better coverage.

[ancientintegra]

If you order an extra head, put it down by the plate and leave the other two by the lights. That might make you feel better about it :D But I can't see where else you'd really be able to put them for better coverage.

Since I already have 2 within 8" or so of the plate, I'm not worried about that. I posted because of those giant headlights. I would like to scoot the transceivers out a little more but there just isn't room without cutting something.

[Blinder Dude]

The level of the unit is vert important, knowing the road will never be level. Place the unit as level as possible and walk away with a good feeling of protection. As far as the brackets a leveling screw would be great, we are looking in to a much different bracket. Our last bracket had no movement this one does but is to big for some installs. Some installs will work with the body mold tape, but your stuck with the level of what ever you stuck the unit too. I have seen units pointing up and down taking away a good part of the detection. Use your own judgement and the little level and walk away. You will have the protection you need for your next laser speed trap.

[brick]

BlinderDude, I have a question. Since level is so important what happens if an officer does something like shooting laser from an overpass? Does the beam's departure from level hurt jamming or does it not make a whole lot of difference?

[Blinder Dude]

Level gives you the distance. For your jammer to see laser from a distance it needs to be level. Pointing at the ground is going to cut the distance. From the side or a top shot Blinder will pick up the beam. I am going to try and get SML to shot from the oppisite side of the road (Real life). This is really testing the jammer. Other jammers have a real hard time picking up the beam from any angle. As seen in other testing. Real life he is never going to stand directly in front of the car. This makes it easy for the jammer. We would like to make it hard on the jammer and let the best stay the best.

[ancientintegra]

Kudos for trying to test it at an angle. Responding to Brick, if the officer is at a large angle, then the cosine effect will be greatly in your favor, so it shouldn't matter so much about countermeasures. (Because they know this you won't see them targetting you at a large angle.) So, when you see an officer on an overpass, he's probably far enough away that it's not a big angle. I guess the worry is that if you have the tranceivers mounted under something (like I do) they might be shaded when targetted from above.

[ancientintegra]

As posted above I went over a year after installing the blinder without getting targetted. In fact I was worried that it didn't work since my V1 gets laser falses frequently (in another car (the ancient integra)) and the blinder has never gone off once, although the Bel 985 in the CRV doesn't go off either.

So tonight we got targetted by a LEO at fairly close range around a curve at night. Since we weren't speeding too much it's hard to know for sure whether we jammed, but given that the blinder and the Bel went off for about 6-8 s until we were quite close to the LEO I'm guessing it worked.

What's the minimum alert time on each of these devices?

This was with Veil and the laser shield as well.

[Jamescase10]

I think what he was asking was do you need to be on level ground while using the level to install your blinder modules in the grill. (I personally dont know for sure, but believe that the level does the work, so it dont matter) BLINDERDUDE does it matter?
Thanks in advance. :?:

[Blinder Dude]

The most important things, straight a level to the road. Check the book keep the units looking straight don't follow the car. You will have a big hole down the middle. Level, the road will never be level (get it close when doing the install). Location, a larger car keep them up in the grill level with the headlights. My SC 400 they are under the bumper, I use it for demo. You can not hit that car (JTG). Basic rule split the car, take each half and split it again. Equal coverage plate and headlights. If you do not need a front plate take it off. You will pick up 2-300ft. That means the custom plates too. Call me with any further questions.

[sixfootgeek]

weight in your trunk and passengers affecting the aiming. If you have your vehicle on level grade, and then level the heads, what happens when you shove some stuff in your trunk. It reminds me of proper headlight aiming.....

[ancientintegra]

Yeah, well obviously you either need to come up with an adjustable bracket (see also my other mounting thread) or just set your car to its "average" position before leveling the heads. If your car has so much weight in the back that it significantly changes its attitude, you probably

1) need new springs
2) shouldn't be speeding