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I have a Sti-R and the receiver is mounted in the lower grille of my 01 Jetta. I've hacked the center up messing around with trying for better reception. I had a wild thought I would replace the cut out section with 1/8in thick smoked lexan. Would anybody know if lexan blocks radar reception? I couldn't find anything online that was conclusive. Any thoughts?
It would be approx a 4inx4in section
I found this.
CompTIA RFID+: study guide - Google Books
Awesome! Thanks for the link. I got a 12x12 piece ordered and I'll try it out next week.
I would find a radar source and do my own testing. Buy a piece of smoked lexan and see what happens when you hold it in front of the detector. Then you really know what happens.
I have been working on mounting my V1 on top of my Excursion. I built a Box out of " smoked lexan" I have a radar (Hawk Kustom) that is K band. I did some test and found that it did not really have any effect on my V1. I am hoping to have this completed by this weekend.
Sounds like it may work then. In Idaho they chip seal the roads and my windshield and bumper have taken a beating. I dont want to risk my Sti-r getting cracked.
From what I could tell its pretty good to use for this type of project. I have looked but could find little and speaking to VR they are very guarded about what they tell you on the phone. I thought it would be easy just building a box but then I started to think of heat cold water etc. So I shall see how it works. My truck is high enough I am not really worried about theft and I really don't drive it any place where thats an issue. I am more curious what kind of reception I well get with it out in the open.
Whats the name of that stuff that they fell the cracks in car windows. Its a liquid at first then get hard. That might be a thought. Not sure how much you would need and cost.
FWIW, the grill in infront of my 9500ci had no effect on it's K band sensitivity, but it had a very noticable effect on Ka band.
Is keeping it in the cab not an option? I was thinking of getting a V1 and just placing it where I currently have my Whistler (see my signature).
To be honest I think an in-cab install would defeat the purpose of a remote mount rd and I also have the V1 for an in-cab rd. I installed the lexan over the long weekend and its been working great. I was hit with C/O Ka 34.7 and 33.8 on the way back from Boise. The Sti-R started chatting about 10sec before the V1 on both encounters so I would think the lexan has no ill affect.
That's good to hear. Nice job.Quote:
Originally Posted by Capid1
I've noticed no performance loss inside the cab. If anything, it's improved since it's higher than it was behind my grill. Obviously we all have our own "purpose" for a remote mount. Mine was to get the suction cupped block which screams "I HAVE A RD" off of my window, which even an internal install below my mirror accomplished. Not to mention, at night the lights are well hidden within my cluster, instead of sticking out like a sore thumb in the middle of my window.Quote:
Originally Posted by Capid1
With that said, I know many still prefer the external use (of course), so please post pics if you can. I would like to see it as well.
I do agree that you can use it as an in-cab but in my case I have the V1 up high and the Sti-R down low so hopefully I'm well covered. I have pics of the install on the install section of the forum. I'll get pics tmrw of the lexan.