Laser Interceptor 2001 BMW 325xi (Prefacelift)

Sweet install I'm also curious about the vertical install.

you look familiar :p

my quads on the way, im gonna try the vertical install and test it, i'll keep you posted.

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Originally Posted by chris98891

you look familiar :p

my quads on the way, im gonna try the vertical install and test it, i'll keep you posted.

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Let me know when you are ready to test!

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Originally Posted by category4

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Originally Posted by chris98891

you look familiar :p

my quads on the way, im gonna try the vertical install and test it, i'll keep you posted.

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Let me know when you are ready to test!

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counting down the days! haha hopefully the install won't take too long

sweet install

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Originally Posted by dedlewamp

I'm curious as well to see if the mounting position of the heads will be effective or not.

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It is effective!
http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...it-all-ok.html

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Originally Posted by category4

I would love to see the test results. I have been skeptical of how they perform vertically.

One of our group had them vertical on the rear and the performance was much better when we moved them horizontal. But I believe the reason we moved them horizontal is we could not get them quite level in the vertical position.

Nice install though!!

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Well Pmoth got different results in the Northeast
http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...it-all-ok.html

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Originally Posted by snoopyc4

I don't think a vertically mounted LI has ever been tested before. It'd be great if you could test it and provide results for future bummer owners. I understand though if you are too busy to do so.

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Been tested by Pmoth
http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...it-all-ok.html

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Originally Posted by Lucky225

Sweet install I'm also curious about the vertical install.

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Here look at these results
http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...it-all-ok.html


Vertical mounted LI's have been tested on an e92 BWM!!!!
http://www.radardetector.net/forums/laser-jammers/37019-what-day-li-installed-tested-hostile-hit-all-ok.html

My only concern about the test after reviewing the pictures. The car would be jamming on a dead on shot, and then the road bends. I'm really interested in an off axis test.

Install looks good, but I would do two things. I'd try to push the heads on the front out alittle more, and I would get rid of the USA pin thing, since it looks like its blocking part of the jammer.

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Originally Posted by OPTiK

Install looks good, but I would do two things. I'd try to push the heads on the front out alittle more, and I would get rid of the USA pin thing, since it looks like its blocking part of the jammer.

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Appreciate your concern, and I actually took both of those points into consideration when mounting the heads.

If you'll notice, the bubbles are A. mounted correctly w/ the bubbles "up" and B. the top edge where the bubbles are, are actually protruding (you can kind of see this in the last picture) past the edge of the fins in the grill.

I was trying to get a healthy balance of stealthness and functionality. Putting the heads further out, would leave the top edge of the head sticking out much farther then I would have liked, and would compromise the stealth factor. While leaving the heads partially exposed past the grill, it should allow for a higher (not the highest) possibility of detection when being painted by a LIDAR gun.

As for the BMWCCA (BMW Car Club of America) badge, I viewed the head with a camera and viewed where the laser diode was actually shooting from. The diode does clear the badge rather comfortably. The only time I could see the badge hindering performance is at the crest of a hill, where my car is still angled up, while a LEO paints me from below; but even then, it would have to be an extreme angle.

And finally, I'm planning on rotating these puppies 90 degrees to the horizontal position :cool:

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Originally Posted by ATF

My only concern about the test after reviewing the pictures. The car would be jamming on a dead on shot, and then the road bends. I'm really interested in an off axis test.

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Laser shots for the most part in the real world are straight on. If not the gun would be affected by a Cosine error