TheFutre
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- First Name
- John
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2020
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- Location
- NC USA
- Vehicles
- Taycan 4s (soon), Tesla Model X (me), Tesla Model 3 (wife)
@evanevery
Thanks so much for the design
A few questions:
1) I’m leaning towards picking up the V1 Gen2 myself......do you prefer this over the escort or uniden model or have you never tried the others?.......i like the clean look of the V1 myself
2) How are you running power to the unit and do you have it hardwired?........I would want the cleanest look possible
3) Can you include a photo of the finished mount as well with it mounted to the windshield?
Thank you again for sharing the design and for your time
Thanks so much for the design
A few questions:
1) I’m leaning towards picking up the V1 Gen2 myself......do you prefer this over the escort or uniden model or have you never tried the others?.......i like the clean look of the V1 myself
2) How are you running power to the unit and do you have it hardwired?........I would want the cleanest look possible
3) Can you include a photo of the finished mount as well with it mounted to the windshield?
Thank you again for sharing the design and for your time
Just got back from my Road Test. Works great! I'm now getting all the alerts I expect. Moving the V1 to the left side of the mirror surely does help put the antenna/receiver into the sweet spot.
I also tested the JBV1 as @wemct suggested. Its a great app! It will likely replace Waze as my goto smart phone app when I have my phone mounted on the console! ...yet another great reason to keep your phone visible and accessible while on the road!
Additionally, I made a small tweak to the mount for those who might be interested. Those little "wings" on the front of the mount help keep the V1 aligned properly with the windshield. They also reduce the gravitational torque which might try and mis-align the detector over time. However, we likely don't need TWO wings. Although I'm a big fan of symmetry, here is another print file with the "drivers side" wing removed to minimize the sight picture of the mount from the driver's perspective. (Take a look at the second photo posted above and you will see what I mean). Its really not a big deal in any case, but might as well, right?