Idocdes

Last week went for my Sunday drive. While I always observe all speed laws I do have a Valentine V1; in the unlikely event that I slip above the posted speed limit. I have opted not to hard wire the unit into my car, and as such was fighting with the suction cup mounts for the bulk of my drive. When the cups were new they held great, but they seemed to loose some of their holding ability.
I have seen several mirror mounting brackets available, but they do not seem to be adaptable to the short mirror column of a 2002 996.
Any suggestions.

Jon996

One easy suggestion for you. . .
Do you have a Michael's craft store near you? They have some very nice, clear, suction cups that can replace the V1 cups. Much stronger and longer life in my experience. Especially in cold weather. (Picked this tip up over at radardetector.net)

Ubermensch

Jon, thanks for the tip. Mine have slowly gotten worse and worse over the years.

skiracer

Make sure you wedge the V1 in the space above the rear-view mirror to help hold it in place and reduce strain on the suction cups.

Marc Gelefsky

New cups are just a few bucks from V1, I usually just order a bunch.

Botsy67

That's what I did, just order couple of new ones from Valentine directly... I still have a spare set just in case. Cheers.

Edgy01

Once you disturb the cups their performance is significantly weakened. What I recommend is to leave the suction cup mount on the car and use some other mounting method for your other cars. I hardwired mine but use it in other cars routinely.

How I did my hardwire -- may differ for 996s....

https://rennlist.com/forums/997-foru...tallation.html

IamSMC

Why "use some other mounting method for your other cars"?

Buying another Windshield Mount from V1 isn't all that expensive.....

cdodkin

Note that if you mount high by the rear view mirror, the ability for your unit to detect a laser speed trap is drastically reduced.

You need to mount low to have any real chance of detecting a laser hitting the high reflection areas at the front of the car.

Edgy01

I use my Valentine in other locations in my other cars. You compromise radar detection when mounting for laser threats. You have to mount it based upon the threat for your area.

cdodkin

As RADAR is RF, and therefore far more forgiving, as it reflects around and off of objects, it's far less of an issue than LASER - which by definition is a very tight focused beam.

Hence you should mount for LASER, and RADAR will not be impacted.

Ahmet

The owners manual states as high as possible, and not blocking the view of the detector front or rear. I've been using it to the left of the rear view mirror, in my line of sight and muted in my 911 and the M3. Both cars are hard wired, and I use the suction cups. Mine are a little over a year old now, but work without any issue.

cdodkin

The V1 manual is misleading - see here:

http://www.radarbusters.com/mountdet...rlyarticle.cfm

Real world experience from an Ex speed cop who's taken the trouble to review actual unit field tests.

Idocdes

Was really hoping to find a better mounting than the suction cups...

IamSMC

Too bad its not available for Porsches yet

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Parts...1%7C240%3A1309