Placement !

[Bsven6788]

Hello there. just like everyone else they have their prefrences of placing their RD. I decided to put mine up above my rearview mirror. I have a 94 Explorer and it has a tint at the top. The tint doesn't cover it, but sometimes when I move my RD it covers it only by a hair. Will that have any effect on the signal? Give me feedback, Thanks.

[noTe]

Hello there. just like everyone else they have their prefrences of placing their RD. I decided to put mine up above my rearview mirror. I have a 94 Explorer and it has a tint at the top. The tint doesn't cover it, but sometimes when I move my RD it covers it only by a hair. Will that have any effect on the signal? Give me feedback, Thanks.

You'll be fine.

[BreakfastPirate]

I've actually had no (apparent) issue with my RD being in the tinted portion at the top of my windshield, contrary to what most people claim here. Granted I've never had a laser alert, but it picks up all forms of radar just fine placed as high as possible in the car. Living near the city I decided to leave it high up in the car to prevent some random passerby from seeing the RD and snatching it. Plus it keeps it out of the sun.

[Bsven6788]

thanks for the feedback. Ill try that out today actually

[TSi+WRX]

Laser reception will be affected - but you'll be fine (as best as possible, actually) with respect to RADAR.

The other problem with LIDAR is that although you'll have in-essence maximized chances to pick up scatter/reflections (but remember, still, you've "put shades" on the receiver, in the words of Mike Valentine, since it's behind the tint), in a vehicle that has a high ratio above the beltline/plate-line, you may effectively have further disadvantaged laser pickup for "true hits." Look at brother ELVATO's old IR-videos, which documents this on his Ford Expedition.

Still, I'd mount high. Given that the detector's primary role is going to be RADAR detection, I'd definitely still bias things to this effect.

[Bsven6788]

And where would I find that video?

[TSi+WRX]

^ Hold for a bit - let me see if I can't dig it up!

[TSi+WRX]

Ah ha!!!!

http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...vity-test.html

[Bsven6788]

so it really doesnt matter if the radar is behind the tint or not?

[TSi+WRX]

^ With RADAR, no, not at all.

Unless the tint's metallic (and some modern metallic tints, according to certain members on this Forum, also won't negatively impact RADAR reception), or that area of the windsheild somehow treated with a film that will not allow for effective RADAR passage, you're fine.