I got my radar detector today. Spent like two hours installing the thing. Partly cause I had to run to the auto store to pick up a part. They wanted me to splice into a pre-existing cable and install it that way. No alternative to wiring it directly into the fuse box. So I have to buy a part that allowed me to do that. I bought a device that plugs into where a fuse would go and has a wire coming out of it. I just spliced into that wire. The hardest part was grounding the thing. I only found one place where I could ground and its on the very bottom of the dash behind the steering wheel. I installed the speaker it came with as well under the main console which doesn’t degrade the sound at all, which I thought it would at least a little. It just sounds like the car is talking to you. Which it does, a voice message comes over the speaker and tells you which band it has detected. Drove around a little bit with it on (First radar device too) and passed two cop cars and nothing happened. I was getting pissed. Then said fuck it and drove by the police station, the thing went ape-shit for the longest time, couldn’t figure out why…, signal just got stronger and stronger, then I get passed by a cop that was in my blind spot. Followed him for a while and the STi stayed constant. I have a mute button mounted right behind the steering wheel too so no reaching across the dash.

Now I will perform the final test tomorrow driving around on post. However I am not sure how well it will work if I out run the MP’s before the radar reaches me, again. I guess I will keep it below 100 on post for now. Speeding tickets go right to my 1SG on post.