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Old Mar 5, 2019 | 11:38 AM
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Radar Detector Rear-View Mirror Mount

Any suggestions for a good rear-view mirror mount for our W212?

I purchased a Uniden R1 radar detector and was wondering if there's any good mount available with almost non-existent stem on the rear-view mirror. I'm planning to hard-wire it.
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Old Mar 5, 2019 | 05:37 PM
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Old Mar 5, 2019 | 08:07 PM
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I searched for a long time and was unable to find anything compatible with the Mercedes Rearview mirror. I thought about experimenting with some of the "universal" mounts to see what I could modify to fit.
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Old Sep 21, 2020 | 07:42 AM
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Take that little windshield box off that behind the mirror and make 2 holes to hold your version of radar detector holder. Make sure it's precise and keep in mind they aren't too close to the clips. It will sit perfectly under the mirror out of the way of that box. Run the wire through the back of that box , up the mirror and you can either tap the mirror , passenger visor or use a special fuse on driver side panel (video on YouTube for tapping ). The wire should be ran along the windshield. You'll never even see it. It will turn on and off with the car. Good luck
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Old Sep 21, 2020 | 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Mindy Lala
Take that little windshield box off that behind the mirror and make 2 holes to hold your version of radar detector holder. Make sure it's precise and keep in mind they aren't too close to the clips. It will sit perfectly under the mirror out of the way of that box.
I looked at this as an option also. But my escort redline 360c is really heavy My concern is that it will rip this plastic cover form the clips.

Max
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Old Sep 21, 2020 | 08:20 AM
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I have a hardwired Uniden R3 and “ velcroed “ the angle mount to the dot matrix next to the mirror. Using this stuff for years and have never had the Mount come loose on any vehicle:

Amazon Amazon

it allows you to tuck the detector up high between the mirror and the visor. You actually have to tug pretty hard to separate this super “Velcro”
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Old Sep 21, 2020 | 10:59 AM
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I have a hardwired Uniden R3 and “ velcroed “ the angle mount to the dot matrix next to the mirror. Using this stuff for years and have never had the Mount come loose on any vehicle:

https://www.amazon.com/Dual-Reclosab...dp_4_401521011

it allows you to tuck the detector up high between the mirror and the visor. You actually have to tug pretty hard to separate this super “Velcro”
That's great stuff, you could also use one of these mounts and that 3M stuff that termite shows:
https://www.amazon.com/Improved-Permanent-Windshield-U3M-Detectors/dp/B07GCSY8FB/ref=sr_1_22?crid=CQDKV4AWVYY0&dchild=1&keywords=uniden+radar+detector+mount&qid=1600700176&sprefix=uniden+radar+detector+mount%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-22 https://www.amazon.com/Improved-Permanent-Windshield-U3M-Detectors/dp/B07GCSY8FB/ref=sr_1_22?crid=CQDKV4AWVYY0&dchild=1&keywords=uniden+radar+detector+mount&qid=1600700176&sprefix=uniden+radar+detector+mount%2Caps%2C223&sr=8-22

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Old Jul 27, 2023 | 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Mindy Lala
Take that little windshield box off that behind the mirror and make 2 holes to hold your version of radar detector holder. Make sure it's precise and keep in mind they aren't too close to the clips. It will sit perfectly under the mirror out of the way of that box. Run the wire through the back of that box , up the mirror and you can either tap the mirror , passenger visor or use a special fuse on driver side panel (video on YouTube for tapping ). The wire should be ran along the windshield. You'll never even see it. It will turn on and off with the car. Good luck
Looking for a way to mount a V1 Gen2. Using that plastic box is a good idea.

Can u tap the mirror for power?
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I found an articulating ball joint mount that double stick tapes to windshield on Ebay - see pic below

Stuck to black part on W/S just to left side of Mirror.
I can tuck it up high just below tint band on glass.
wired around to passenger side - under glovebox - into center console under ashtray thingy.
inside there is 12vdc switched power I found link in another thread in this section on that one very clean and hidden.
think it ties into power feeding cig lighter thingy.

I loved it so much did same to wife,s Volvo except wiring a little different as it has fuse panel on driver side which is much easier to get to.


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