suction cups

Ok, so its been a looooong time since i been on. I have been really really busy. I think my suction cups on the X50 have been "memorized" to the summer heat and will not stick any longer. I did a search and the first couple of pages returned to helpful results. Has someone found a store locally, Ie chain (Home Depot, Lowes) that has suction cups to replace the OEM ones that came with the X50?

Also last I remember, the X50 kept falsing on laser so I turnd it off, I seen a lot of stuff has changed such as laser detection etc its a crazy and fast moving world out there. I think the version X50 i have is the ver 5?

have you tried soaking them in hot water? It helped mine and my sisters

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Originally Posted by CLTX11

Ok, so its been a looooong time since i been on. I have been really really busy. I think my suction cups on the X50 have been "memorized" to the summer heat and will not stick any longer. I did a search and the first couple of pages returned to helpful results. Has someone found a store locally, Ie chain (Home Depot, Lowes) that has suction cups to replace the OEM ones that came with the X50?

Also last I remember, the X50 kept falsing on laser so I turnd it off, I seen a lot of stuff has changed such as laser detection etc its a crazy and fast moving world out there. I think the version X50 i have is the ver 5?

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This is an EASY one. Whistler has the BEST suction cups in the business. The ones that they supply with their new series the Pro 78 and XTR 690 are AMAZING. I believe Michael B. can provide us with the link on how to buy them. They BLOW AWAY everyone else's offerings. It is not even close

how r they different?

heat some water to the point it is almost boiling then remove from stove. drop your suction cups in the hot water and let them sit for a couple of minutes. remove from hot water and allow to cool. this should revive your suction cups. as the poster above pointed out, this works.

Don't forget to clean your windshield. I use Stoner Invisiglass to get my windshield clean. I recommend it highly.

http://www.radardetector.net/viewtop...hlight=stoners

http://www.radardetector.net/viewtop...light=michaels

^ There's a whole bunch of good advice for ya in two threads. :)

These work well... You can get them in the crafts dept. of Walmart or Target.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7...ioncupsej4.jpg

hey guys, is it bad if you take your suction cups off and put them on many times?

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Originally Posted by coolkidd123

hey guys, is it bad if you take your suction cups off and put them on many times?

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I used to do that because I thought that the exposure to the sun would be bad for them. Don't know if it helped at all. Now I just leave them up all the time, just taking the X50 down. Still holding strong :)

Yeah I am still using the ones I bought day that, one try and they stick right on baby.

I've just keep mine on the windshield. They hold fine and the detector hasn't fallen since I've had it ( 3 years ). They still look new as well.

Boiled them, didnt hold I didnt have problems til I took them off to switch vehicles.

I've done this and it solved the problem. Run some could water over them to moisten up the rubber. Dry then off with a soft cloth and stick it to your windshield.....

Something to think about...... Is the detector pulling down on both suction cups evenly. Is your windshield shaped where one suction cup gets more weight on it. My Glass is curved so I have to mount mine below the Rear view mirror in order to get good suction on the cups.

I can visually see the cups have perked up a bit after boiling them. I then cleaned my windshield with cleaner and a newspaper. It seems to be the left suction that keeps falling off, it seems pretty sturdy and ill yank on it and it will be fine. Guess the detector is making it slide down, thus loosing its suction.
I will try switching the suctions over and maybe it will help if not I guess I can get my lay butt up and spend a couple of bucks on some new ones. I have not used my detector in a long time, like 6 months or so cause I am to lazy to fix it.