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They modified the stock mirror; I didn't buy a new one.
There are two of the AntiLaser Priority sensors in the rear, to the left and right of the license plate.
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Yes. The main display in the rear view mirror is the radar detector. The led at the top left is the one for the laser jammer. There is a lot more info from my first post in this thread, along with all the pictures...
You can see the radar detector that was installed, here:
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No but many of my clients are and we have had this discussion on many occassions. Facts are not based on opinion, facts speak for themselves. What makes more sense to me would be a thread on "I was able to avoid a ticket today" from either my laser jammer or radar system. That would make more sense. I found this thread and have heard that alot has been written on factual circumstances relating to these products.
Usually the statements that come from the companies seem so compelling that you could only but believe there true, after all they are trying to sell a product. Case in point, Bose Speakers, they are one of the best marketed electronics products in the world, yet one of the crappiest. Why are they good you ask? because we believe they are, talk to any speaker engineer or designer you will understand those facts, another comparison, Apple IOS products, to date there has never been a better marketed product in the world, so good that Apple Fans would never even take the time to listen, to what in a short amount of time I could fact check and show you otherwise. The Apple IOS platform is usually between 2 to 5 years behind in technology, ask software engineers they will provide facts to that also. Just a side note here, GOOGLE this IOS 6+ vs Samsung Note 4. If you just do a side by side on just those two products, you will understand exactly what I am trying to say here, were not going to just tell you the product is good, we'll show you. You will wonder why so many people worldwide stood in line when they could have just compared their phone at the time to something else far different and far more advanced. And no, I don't work for Samsung either. My mind changed on the Laser Jammer/Rader Detector years ago when I had a conversation with the owner of lets just say a nationally famous radar detector company, his comments were amazing, and of the most amazing was his comment on how useless the Laser Detector actually was. From a technical since he said, the laser is obviously a beam of light, different from a radio wave in the air, it travels in a thin narrow beam, the only way you would have the chance of detecting it, would to be if the actual beam was pointed into a very small area exactly of the unit affixed to your vehicle, nearly impossible, and even if you could detect it, it would be too late as my previous post mentioned. So all I am doing in this post is supporting the opposing side, save your money,for the most part useless.
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In my next post I will tell you how for those of you in CA, to beat a ticket, even radar and it works most of the time. Very clever but completely legal. 3 years ago in my M5 I had 3 moving violations in a 3 month period, and beat all three. One of the tickets was at 8am on a thursday morning in Palm Springs CA, it involved the smokiest burnout I had ever done in the M. Unfortunately 2 motor cops watched the whole thing, I actually beat that ticket. Maybe will do a thread on this in the near future.
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BEMR, 99% of the time, laser detection on a radar detector will not prevent you from getting a ticket. By the time your radar detector has alerted to laser, the LEO has already obtained your speed.
Because of FDA regulations and the costs incurred in the manufacture of police LIDAR guns, the laser beam emitted from the LIDAR gun is not a pencil thin beam. The laser beam has divergence, meaning as the light beam travels it gradually enlarges in both the vertical and horizontal planes. The average LIDAR beam is approximate three feet wide at a distance 1000 feet from the LIDAR gun. Some LIDAR guns are slightly more narrow at 30 inches and others are slightly wider at 42 inches. These width measurements are where 80% of the beam energy is located and is used for speed readings. The with of the beam does extend beyond these meausrements but do not contain enough density to result in the LIDAR gun displaying a speed reading. However, a good laser jammer can detect this outer layer of the beam as well as the useable part of laser beam and can use this information to produce a return that will not enable the LIDARS gun to get a reading. Laser Jammers do work. www.raletc.com |
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Agreed. Laser Jammers absolutely work. I've personally been to a 'shoot out' where various setups are tested against current LEO guns. A lot of these setups will "Jam-to-gun". As in you can be the only car on the road, and the cop can bang that laser off your front bumper right up until you pass him and not get a reading. Seen it done. Countless times. Absolutely avoided several 'sure' tickets on my own too. Best evidence that they work? State legislatures are actively trying to ban them.
As for radar - sure, if you're 'testing' your radar detector one on one against a gun you will NEVER win. Of course by the time it picks you up the cop is getting your speed at the exact same time. That being said, if that's how you think you use a detector, you're probably a moron. The idea is that there's other cars on the road, and as the cop is trying to catch other speeders, he's turning his gun on, and THAT is what you want to detect, so you can slow down before he turns the gun on you. And yes, this works too. Now if it's a very empty highway, and you're the only car on the road, best to use your eyes, because yeah, radar detectors are not that useful in that situation. |
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While I absolutely agree that laser jammers work, using politicians as an example of anything is just wrong, because most politicians are just plain dumb
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Keep right good response, I'm not putting down the jammer portion, although illegal in California, I'm just saying the "notifying" portion of radar/laser is a useless investment, plenty of utube videos I'm sure display positive results that I've seen for jamming, but at my first post I mention jammers are probably cool.
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As for how often they use instant-on or what have you? Texas State Troopers run with the radar constantly on a LOT. Let me tell you, you see those guys coming literally a mile and half away. Laser 'detecting' as opposed to jamming is probably useless though. You don't get an alert unless you're the one targeted. |
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I'm starting to see the like of it all and the overall practical use, I may want the jammer now at least, but in CA it being illegal, does the guy with the jammer in CA stand a real easy chance of getting caught with it? Is that worth it, in other words risk/reward?
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I could be wrong, though. I also don't know how/where to buy and get it installed, or what the legality of that is.
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1. Get hit with LIDAR/ jammer alerts 2. Immediately slow down to speed limit/ turn off jammer This should take 3 seconds start to finish. |
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I got the mirror integration done but my rain sensor is now jacked up. Hud is dim and auto wipers keep going regardless if it's raining. Does the rain sensor need to be replaced or just re calibrated ?
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You lost me with your Bose/Apple examples which only serve to weaken what could have been a stronger argument. Talk about marketing. Here we are with the Note 4 and its Quad Core, faster processor that just can't keep up with the iPhone with its slower processor and Dual Core running geek bench 3. I would say there is just as much hype about Samsung's half baked features, inferior software/hardware optimization/engineering etc... 2 to 5 years behind?! Apple moved to 64bit arch for over a year ago with iPhone 5s and competitors initially didn't even believe it was real and now struggle to catch up. http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/...-to-apples-a8- Samsung builds some great (very popular) devices but most of it market share is in the low cost low profit business. Where some are accused off Apple fanboy status you may suffer what is called Apple derangement syndrome Don't kid yourself, Apple leads the way. They are frequently not the first to the game in terms of the latest specs and features but once they do make a move its generally on point with only a few missteps that are covered in the media as if it were akin to world hunger. Samsung should be thanking Apple daily for having waited so long in releasing large screen phones (the primary feature that drove may customers their way). Apple and Samsung's next earnings release will be quite telling. |
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In what, mediocre products?
Or perhaps fanboyism. Either way, Apple certainly doesn't lead the way in technological innovation or cutting edge products, but they do a damn good job of marketing. Oh, I'm sorry, you probably can't hear us over the awesomeness of your Beats headphones playing your iPod, right?
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