Veil GuyOver the years, the Veil Guy has pioneered a unique reviewing style of radar detectors, laser jammers, gps detectors, Veil, and other speed trap countermeasures.
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The Veil Guy has used radar detectors for nearly three decades and his experiences should be considered before making an informed radar detector or other countermeasure purchase. The opinions expressed by the Veil Guy are solely his own and not necessarily representative of speedtraphunter.net.
I received my m-25 blinder and i think the instructions really are not the best. I made copies of the blinder support pages and when u try to read the wiring diagram it is blurry. if u try to make it larger it just get blurrier.
Anyway i have been using the search tab to find out about 2 things: first is there any reason why on my Z06 C5 vette i have to use the brackets and drill the 8 holes in my air duct system when it seems [ if i have them level and distanced properly ] commercial VELCRO should work fine!! a 1 1/2 by
3 1/2'' piece is very tacky. Also i searched for front bra and found nothing! Would a front thick black CALGON bra with plastic license cover help in any way to resist a laser hit. My vehicle as u might know is fiberglass. it is glossy black and very streamlined. If anyone has any good info. on the velcro and bra please chime in! thanks much Greg O.
The C5 should be very nicely "stealth profiled," as long as you don't have your iceburg headlights up. You really shouldn't need a bra.
Certainly, a front plate would cause a tremendous PT concern, but I don't imagine that you have one?
If you are really concerned about things, go a step farther, and VEIL the exposed front-end lighting elements.
With the Blinder heads, 3M Automotive Trim/Molding tape will effectively hold them "permanently" (while still allowing for fully residue-free release, at a later date, if-desired, with no damage to the vehicle finish, provided that the vehicle finish in the mounted area and immediate surroundings were not damaged at or before the time of application, to begin with). Pay good attention to initial prep (cleaning the area, as well as with proper consideration for surface temperatures), and you'll be fine.
Shimming the heads can be achieved with any number of different methods, and is limited only by your imagination.
Remember to get the heads as level and square as you possibly can - obsession here really counts.
The C5 should be very nicely "stealth profiled," as long as you don't have your iceburg headlights up. You really shouldn't need a bra.
Certainly, a front plate would cause a tremendous PT concern, but I don't imagine that you have one?
If you are really concerned about things, go a step farther, and VEIL the exposed front-end lighting elements.
With the Blinder heads, 3M Automotive Trim/Molding tape will effectively hold them "permanently" (while still allowing for fully residue-free release, at a later date, if-desired, with no damage to the vehicle finish, provided that the vehicle finish in the mounted area and immediate surroundings were not damaged at or before the time of application, to begin with). Pay good attention to initial prep (cleaning the area, as well as with proper consideration for surface temperatures), and you'll be fine.
Shimming the heads can be achieved with any number of different methods, and is limited only by your imagination.
Remember to get the heads as level and square as you possibly can - obsession here really counts.
Why didn't i think of that. i got an entire roll left over from some Body side mouldings i attached. that stuff is great!! today and tmorrow i am going to get the blinder 25 installed. I also have the Veil!! In Md. the troopers and locals are very assiduous about NOT having the front tag attached where it is visible. in fact they want it placed in the factory position. My nephew was ticketed. it was[ only temporary ] standing up in his windshield .so i have to keep it there.But a thought just came to me. Ecklers, a popular corvette catalog co. has a hard shell transparent plastic cover that is NOT flat but contours to the shape of the car. Very similar to the original cover. I will try later to post a pic. if that is possible on the forum. Doesn't that sound better than the flat laser plastic ones??? If i veiled the plate and the cover i would think i could get the ultimate coverage, of course in conjunction with the 2 head jammer. I want to thank TSI+WRX;2636
for the excellent advice. If u or anyone have any info on the curved plastic plate cover please chime in, I'm a newbe and all ears
thanks again Greg O. [RADARB8]
Why didn't i think of that. i got an entire roll left over from some Body side mouldings i attached. that stuff is great!!
There you go.
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I also have the Veil!! In Md. the troopers and locals are very assiduous about NOT having the front tag attached where it is visible. in fact they want it placed in the factory position. My nephew was ticketed. it was[ only temporary ] standing up in his windshield .so i have to keep it there.
In that case, definitely *do* preserve the proper placement/location for the front plate!
Where I live in Metro-Cleveland, there are areas that tend to enforce our front-plate laws - given that one of my primary concerns is simply not to be stopped in the first place, I also have a front plate on my vehicle, where it's supposed to be.
But like you're planning, I also undertake passive measures, to beef-up defenses at this most vulnerable area.....
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But a thought just came to me. Ecklers, a popular corvette catalog co. has a hard shell transparent plastic cover that is NOT flat but contours to the shape of the car. Very similar to the original cover. I will try later to post a pic. if that is possible on the forum. Doesn't that sound better than the flat laser plastic ones???
Aesthetically, I'd well bet that the contoured one looks much better than the various proprietary, flat, laser-diffusing/defeating units.
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If i veiled the plate and the cover i would think i could get the ultimate coverage....
If you can do the outside of the plate cover, I think that will be plenty of protection - get it professionally done, at a paint-shop, via their HVLP gun, and the surface finish will approximate that of your vehicle's - alternatively, wet-sanding the cover, and then using an airbrush, will also net a more "clear" look to the VEIL, instead of manual application.
^ Look at how absolutely awesome his headlights and fogs came out. (For a comparison, look at his tail-lights, which were manually applied. Look at the difference in terms of "surface" finish smoothness.)
^ sbfuller, another fellow hobbyist/enthusiast and VEIL user, utilized the wet-sanding/airbrush technique on the headlight unit of his hyperbike. Note that this method also produces a smoother and overall "glossier" finish than with a manual brush-type application.
I would be hesitant to VEIL the plate in and of itself, as the two combined may make the plate too dark to properly visualize, and that might irk enforcers. Overall, I'd say that VEIL applied to the cover, alone, would make the most difference - that, plus perhaps the use of a non-retro-reflective plate (such as a replica plate made of a non-metallic substance; but here, be careful that the replica is of sufficiently approximate graphical design as the state issue), or, alternatively, lightly scruffing the surface of the plate to make it less retro-reflective.
And honestly, no need to thank me - I'm just glad to help.
In that case, definitely *do* preserve the proper placement/location for the front plate!
Where I live in Metro-Cleveland, there are areas that tend to enforce our front-plate laws - given that one of my primary concerns is simply not to be stopped in the first place, I also have a front plate on my vehicle, where it's supposed to be.
But like you're planning, I also undertake passive measures, to beef-up defenses at this most vulnerable area.....
Aesthetically, I'd well bet that the contoured one looks much better than the various proprietary, flat, laser-diffusing/defeating units.
If you can do the outside of the plate cover, I think that will be plenty of protection - get it professionally done, at a paint-shop, via their HVLP gun, and the surface finish will approximate that of your vehicle's - alternatively, wet-sanding the cover, and then using an airbrush, will also net a more "clear" look to the VEIL, instead of manual application.
^ Look at how absolutely awesome his headlights and fogs came out. (For a comparison, look at his tail-lights, which were manually applied. Look at the difference in terms of "surface" finish smoothness.)
^ sbfuller, another fellow hobbyist/enthusiast and VEIL user, utilized the wet-sanding/airbrush technique on the headlight unit of his hyperbike. Note that this method also produces a smoother and overall "glossier" finish than with a manual brush-type application.
I would be hesitant to VEIL the plate in and of itself, as the two combined may make the plate too dark to properly visualize, and that might irk enforcers. Overall, I'd say that VEIL applied to the cover, alone, would make the most difference - that, plus perhaps the use of a non-retro-reflective plate (such as a replica plate made of a non-metallic substance; but here, be careful that the replica is of sufficiently approximate graphical design as the state issue), or, alternatively, lightly scruffing the surface of the plate to make it less retro-reflective.
And honestly, no need to thank me - I'm just glad to help.
mounting blinder & front bra 
I received my m-25 blinder and i think the instructions really are not the best. I made copies of the blinder support pages and when u try to read the wiring diagram it is blurry. if u try to make it larger it just get blurrier.
My vehicle as u might know is fiberglass. it is glossy black and very streamlined. If anyone has any good info. on the velcro and bra please chime in! thanks much Greg O.
You really shouldn't need a bra.
Why didn't i think of that. i got an entire roll left over from some Body side mouldings i attached. that stuff is great!! today and tmorrow i am going to get the blinder 25 installed. I also have the Veil!! In Md. the troopers and locals are very assiduous about NOT having the front tag attached where it is visible. in fact they want it placed in the factory position. My nephew was ticketed. it was[ only temporary ] standing up in his windshield .so i have to keep it there.
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