Late to the dance

[BrownOut]

Hello from the Foothills of NC. I am a newb to the site but a fellow junkie. I currently run a Sti-R/08 civic coupe since 08 and revised .855 to .894 V1/YaV1 as my setup for my other vehicles. I've been active on the other sites and come realizing that I am late to dance. I hope to help where I can and learn along the way. With work, traveled many miles and have been in most of the US and parts of Canada. Thanks for the knowledge source you provide.

[kimberdan]

Welcome Brownout.... We are all here to help each other...we can help you with all of Your C/M needs.
I have a question, You have an STIR+? Where did you out the Ant for it, I have a 2011 civic and cant find a good place to put.

[curmudgeon]

Welcome to RALF. Glad to see you found us.

[RedRocket]

It's never to late,you'll just have to run a lil faster to catch up in the short term.Glad you found us & Welcome to the Forum.

[FJR1300]

Welcome aboard.

[BrownOut]

322932303231 I run in Va. and wanted it totally stealth. It's a beast even behind the WS.
Welcome Brownout.... We are all here to help each other...we can help you with all of Your C/M needs.
I have a question, You have an STIR+? Where did you out the Ant for it, I have a 2011 civic and cant find a good place to put.

[BestRadarDetectors]

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I must say that is a very sweet install! :thumbs2:

[RedRocket]

I must say that is a very sweet install! :thumbs2:Ditto !

[oddpedestrian]

Hey BrownOut glad you found us. Welcome from Alaska!

[BrownOut]

Welcome Brownout.... We are all here to help each other...we can help you with all of Your C/M needs.
I have a question, You have an STIR+? Where did you out the Ant for it, I have a 2011 civic and cant find a good place to put. Sorry sent the pictures but missed the question about the unit, it is the "O" not the + 2,5,8 on RDR off. I tucked it up there for Va. traveling and has saved me enough to buy boatload of "stingers". The original rocks as we all know and the ci is getting ready to with band segmentation. Hope the pictures helped.

[curmudgeon]

Sorry sent the pictures but missed the question about the unit, it is the "O" not the + 2,5,8 on RDR off. I tucked it up there for Va. traveling and has saved me enough to buy boatload of "stingers". The original rocks as we all know and the ci is getting ready to with band segmentation. Hope the pictures helped.

Very impressive install :thumbs2:

[Salty]

322932303231 I run in Va. and wanted it totally stealth. It's a beast even behind the WS.

Damn, that is sweet. The O up that high must be an absolute BEAST. Welcome to the forum and thanks for showing us your install pics!

[kimberdan]

brownout.... Your killing me, I have done some crazy s**T but that takes the cake... So can you PM me with how you did that? Did you pull the head liner down to put that in there? I have questions now LoL....
I plan to pull everything out of my car this weekend and re due everything since i am now adding the HiFi with the switch for the BT Module and i have also just added the Ci and i never tucked the wires for the V1....
Its going to be a long but fun weekend LoL

[BrownOut]

brownout.... Your killing me, I have done some crazy s**T but that takes the cake... So can you PM me with how you did that? Did you pull the head liner down to put that in there? I have questions now LoL....
I plan to pull everything out of my car this weekend and re due everything since i am now adding the HiFi with the switch for the BT Module and i have also just added the Ci and i never tucked the wires for the V1....
Its going to be a long but fun weekend LoL

I did not have to cut anything other than the light fixture in front and I used a dremmel tool for that. I took the lens covers off the overhead light and then removed the light fixture 2 screws. pulled it down and unplugged it. The head liner already is shaped in front of the RVM so I inserted the STI R antenna and then took the light fixture and figured how much had to be removed for the back of the antenna to fit. Set the mounting bracket on the unit not tight drilled holes in the roof support and mounted then leveled the unit and tightened it up. I noticed that the unit when placed caused a slight gap on either side so I then took a couple pieces of foam cut them in a long wedge made sure they closed the visual gap then bought a piece of black felt(WalMart $2.00) and glued it to the face of the foam and put them on both sides of the antenna so visually it looked factory. Ran the antenna lead down the door pillar and hooked up to the fuse box and ground. I did change the amperage on the fuse in the fuse box to 20 amp to avoid any electrical interference but left the in-line fuse as is for the unit. PM me so I can help. I also can give you a simple switch idea for your daytime driving lights. I don't know if the headliners are the same also the little wrap around the head is grey weather stripping then colored with magic marker. I also used a piece of felt above the unit to block visual and it reduced laser falsing.

[kimberdan]

This is why i think my CI is getting killed... and also why i want to move it, I was planning to put it in the honey cobm part of the grill but it is too long and will not fit ......
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[Salty]

This is why i think my CI is getting killed... and also why i want to move it, I was planning to put it in the honey cobm part of the grill but it is too long and will not fit ......
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Whenever you move it, flip the receiver. The way you have it now is upside down.

[BrownOut]

Thanks Salty, going to point that out and how do you have that stabilized? If you could flip it and move it one slot up on the grill it might save a full pull. It should help it a bunch make sure it's firm and level. If you want to go the other way I'm here to help.

[kimberdan]

Wow ok so i will flip that over and move it up 1 slot, I have to cut the bumper to move a slot but it might be worth it..... I guess ill move the ANT out a little more as well, I just like to keep thing stealth LoL guess i blew it if you look at my front bumper LoL

[Yellowcab]

Welcome to the forum. I look forward to your participation. Very impressive installation.

[dinkydi]

Welcome from down under

[BrownOut]

Wow ok so i will flip that over and move it up 1 slot, I have to cut the bumper to move a slot but it might be worth it..... I guess ill move the ANT out a little more as well, I just like to keep thing stealth LoL guess i blew it if you look at my front bumper LoL Don't understand why you have to cut the bumper you haven't blown a thing don't feel that way, let me know why you feel you have to cut. And just trying to get that unit maxed, the band segment coming will make it beastly. That position might work just fine so moving the head out a little and leveling it out could give some real gains.

[BrownOut]

Thanks all for the warm welcome everybody, I see a lot of familiar faces that have given strength to the community and have helped me and others through reading your posts across the forums thanks for that I hope to contribute when I can.

[kimberdan]

Don't understand why you have to cut the bumper you haven't blown a thing don't feel that way, let me know why you feel you have to cut. And just trying to get that unit maxed, the band segment coming will make it beastly. That position might work just fine so moving the head out a little and leveling it out could give some real gains.
LoL no i blew it from being stealth, I have the 2 alps and the 2 zr4s and ci head LoL so there is NO way to hid my things .. I am going to move the head up 1 slot in a little while. The reason i have to cut is because the slot above has a plastic back to it.... so in order to get it to fit i would have to cut...
Brownout thank you for the help
I will post a video of the speed sign range if its still there.

[Tman]

Nice to be protected , specially in Canada . from which i welcome you.

Stealth is key 1.