Hardwiring a radar detector on a 360 - help

Ken you have a PM

 

Ken,

Depends on your own personal comfort level about wokring on the cars. The radar detector just needs 1 positive, and 1 negative 12 volt feed to make it work.

There is a very nice switched (by ignition key) power source that feeds the clock, just need to splice the two wires from the radar detector into the two wires in there.

First you will need to pop the light off from the left side, a small flat screw driver will do.

Underneath the light there are two torx type of screws you will need to remove in order to remove the entire clock/light module

In the bundle of wire hook the positive from the radar detector to the yellow wire, and ground to the black wire.
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Having a radar detector visible through the windshield is the same as telling a policeman, "I'm guilty!" Is there a two piece detector with the sensor mounted behind the front grill and the display mounted in a more hidden location?

 

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instructions 1+

 

Have a look at these, the new 9500ci should be very nice:

http://www.escortradar.com/custom-installed.htm

Gary

 

Driving a bright red Ferrari gives me away

I thought the same as you at first, but in the end I'd rather have the protection. Saved me just the other day. I got hit with a laser... fortunately, it must have been the laser bouncing off the car in front of me, because he was pulled over instead. At that point, I had already hit the brakes and went through the speed trap at a reasonable speed.

 

Nice instructions, does this apply for the F430 as well?

 

Fantastic instructions. How did you know that the yellow wire is + and the black is - ?

 

Use one of these: http://www.powerprobe.com/

If you plan to do any electrical work on your car this is a great tool for finding which wire is hot and when it's hot. Also finds ground and can do a few other things too. Or you can just buy a basic electrical probe to test wires. Basically you pierce the insulation of the wire with the probe to achieve continuity with the copper, just be careful not to slip off the wire and poke your finger cause that hurts, the tip of the probe is sharp.

Gary

 

Many thanks Gary. I was sticking a pin in the wire and then using my basic tester. Powerprobe looks like the business and I think I "need" one!

 

Hey you're welcome, I have the Power Probe III and it's a great tool, you'll love it.

Gary

 

This information helped a lot. My 2002 Modena was a little different.
My light fitting was slightly different to the spyder but popped out easily - the place to pry open was easy to identify. I had 3 hex screws rather than 2 but same two wires worked and I am ready to go. Very pleased with how easy it was and how good it looks. Will take pictures later in daylight.

 

On a slightly different note..... are you guys finding an increase in false alarms from all the cars with lane change sensors, accident avoidance sensors, and all the other idiot sensors, etc?

 

I'm seeing more false alarms. It was mentioned in an article somewhere that that could happen.

 

When mine goes off now (K band), I find myself looking at the arrows and trying to pick out which car it's coming from.

 

Mine as well. Very annoying and I end up turning it off temporarily.
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430 FYI....

I read another how to thread that tapped into the fuse box behind the drivers seat because I'd read that there wasn't a swithcable power source from the overhead light on a 430. This didn't work for me because the window was replaced somewhere along the line and the glue was in the way of tucking my wire. I finally got around that, but the long phone cable I bought ended up being defective, so I was burnt out on the project at that point.

The 430 doesn't have a clock in the overhead light like the 360, but the airbag light is does have a 12v switchable source. The dome light is not switchable. Beware if you have a scud, the microphone power source is switchable, but is only 3v! The snap on man sold me a fancy test light that has voltage. I drove away thinking I'd never need it, but glad I bought it!

Thanks Robin for the write up and pictures.

David