BEL STi - will it work in Costa Rica?

**mystiky** · 10-01-2008, 08:04 PM

I have a BEL STi (about 1.5 years old). I am wondering if there is any worthwhile to take it and use it while I will be driving in Costa Rica.

I got pulled over lasy year there (had no radar), as I was clocked going 114km in a 80km zone -- which was very true.

If anyone has an idea, please let me know.

I could not find what BANDs the cops in Costa Rica use.

**hockey005** · 10-01-2008, 09:11 PM

did u get lasered there? and how long are u gonna be there for? i mean if ur only gonna be there for a bit why risk gettin it stolen

**mystiky** · 10-01-2008, 09:43 PM

I have no idea what they hit me with... hence, that's why I am asking.

As far as getting it stolen, I always take it away from the car, when I am not driving.

**hockey005** · 10-02-2008, 06:49 AM

well it couldnt have been radar..unless it was Ku? idk..idk the bands used in costa rica and i know that the sti does not have the ability to pick up Ku

**YTCD** · 10-03-2008, 07:35 AM

Well how could it not be radar, I must be missing something. Im guessing you had your rd and it didn't go off?

**mystiky** · 10-16-2008, 07:24 PM

Just got back from Costa Rica.

The BEL STI did help me! Cops use the K band in Costa Rica (on the drive from San Jose to Limon. I put the radar in the corner on my car, and put a map over it.

So even when I drove "slowly" past them, they never saw it.

So for Costa Rica, they use the K-band, which the STi caught nicely EVERY TIME.

What a great product!

**djrams80** · 10-16-2008, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by mystiky

Just got back from Costa Rica.

The BEL STI did help me! Cops use the K band in Costa Rica (on the drive from San Jose to Limon. I put the radar in the corner on my car, and put a map over it.

So even when I drove "slowly" past them, they never saw it.

So for Costa Rica, they use the K-band, which the STi caught nicely EVERY TIME.

What a great product!

Excellent info. Are RDs legal there? If not, any sign of a Spectre?

Also, does anyone know why there is not a sticky for radar bands used around the world, as opposed to just North America and Europe?

**mystiky** · 10-18-2008, 07:03 AM

Originally Posted by djrams80

Excellent info. Are RDs legal there? If not, any sign of a Spectre?

Also, does anyone know why there is not a sticky for radar bands used around the world, as opposed to just North America and Europe?

I am 99.9% certain that RD are illegal in Costa Rica, as none are sold in any store, and I have never seen one in any car. Hence, that's why I hid it under a stack of maps on my car's windshield.

As far as the Spectre, no idea. But I highly doubt it they use it there.

But isn't STi Driver "Spectre proof" and undetectable?

http://www.radarbusters.com/manufact...nsearticle.cfm

**djrams80** · 10-18-2008, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by mystiky

I am 99.9% certain that RD are illegal in Costa Rica, as none are sold in any store, and I have never seen one in any car. Hence, that's why I hid it under a stack of maps on my car's windshield.

As far as the Spectre, no idea. But I highly doubt it they use it there.

But isn't STi Driver "Spectre proof" and undetectable?

Manufacture Response - RadarBusters.com

That was my point. If they use Spectres, then the STi is the only option for Costa Rica. If they don't, I could take any RD I might prefer with me if I go to Costa Rica sometime.