mzarifkar
10-21-2009, 12:48 AM
One day I was bored and thought it be cool to have a hidden radar detector. But instead of buying a application specific remote radar detector, I thought it be possible to do the same with a normal model. I found a used cobra esd 9100 on craigslist for $10 (missing power cord).
I took the unit apart, took off the switches and soldered them onto a length of wire. so that it could be remotely accessed. Tapped into the dome light circuit for power, and added a switch on the drivers side sunvisor mirror lights panel.
the status and warning lights were also resoldered and hidden in the main dome light.
here is a brief video of the system, starting with power up, then i drive towards a radar operated door opener to demonstrate the warning.
its not the greatest quality it may help to scale the viewing window down more, better stuff coming soon.
http://www.facebook.com/v/515610760420
ps here is the source code, if anyone knows how to make that work in this format, be my guest
<object width="176" height="132" ><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/515610760420" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/515610760420" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="176" height="132"></embed></object>
I took the unit apart, took off the switches and soldered them onto a length of wire. so that it could be remotely accessed. Tapped into the dome light circuit for power, and added a switch on the drivers side sunvisor mirror lights panel.
the status and warning lights were also resoldered and hidden in the main dome light.
here is a brief video of the system, starting with power up, then i drive towards a radar operated door opener to demonstrate the warning.
its not the greatest quality it may help to scale the viewing window down more, better stuff coming soon.
http://www.facebook.com/v/515610760420
ps here is the source code, if anyone knows how to make that work in this format, be my guest
<object width="176" height="132" ><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/515610760420" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/515610760420" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="176" height="132"></embed></object>