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Rear View Mirror Wiring Diagram on the JT to connect a radar detector.

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Anyone know if the rear view mirror wiring diagram is the same for the JT & JL? If so, can you provide the wiring diagram? I haven't looked inside the JT yet, but assume its either a pink/green+ or red+ and black- wire to tie in a radar detector wiretap? Any other radar detector wiring harness suggestions that run along the top of the windshield that have easy access would be appreciated as well. Just needs to be close enough to tie into and drop the connection clean from the mirror housing to the detector. Not really interested in going to the fuse box for ignition voltage on this one. If anyone knows yet, please share. Thanks in advance!

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I run mine off a switch and my radar uses a standard RJ 11 fone jack which plugs into the side, makes it easy to take in/out.

Valentine 1, been running it since 1990, just had it updated, they still the same magnesium case, it is almost undetectable when on even in Virginia where I made that I 95 from Ft Monroe to the Pentagon-run almost every week and the HP would pull you over if you used a Radar Detector. One time that I did not drive up in my car I had some of my staff with me and the guy a radar and we got pulled over. What they do is give you an option either a BIG ticket $$$ or they give you a hammer and you destroy your radar with HP officer watching...based upon the $$$ of the ticket almost everyone opts to take the hammer to it.
 

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I run mine off a switch and my radar uses a standard RJ 11 fone jack which plugs into the side, makes it easy to take in/out.

Valentine 1, been running it since 1990, just had it updated, they still the same magnesium case, it is almost undetectable when on even in Virginia where I made that I 95 from Ft Monroe to the Pentagon-run almost every week and the HP would pull you over if you used a Radar Detector. One time that I did not drive up in my car I had some of my staff with me and the guy a radar and we got pulled over. What they do is give you an option either a BIG ticket $$$ or they give you a hammer and you destroy your radar with HP officer watching...based upon the $$$ of the ticket almost everyone opts to take the hammer to it.
LOL, smash it with a hammer, did Hillary Clinton advise on that policy? Maybe should just offer to wipe it with a rag or something.
 

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Anyone know if the rear view mirror wiring diagram is the same for the JT & JL? If so, can you provide the wiring diagram? I haven't looked inside the JT yet, but assume its either a pink/green+ or red+ and black- wire to tie in a radar detector wiretap? Any other radar detector wiring harness suggestions that run along the top of the windshield that have easy access would be appreciated as well. Just needs to be close enough to tie into and drop the connection clean from the mirror housing to the detector. Not really interested in going to the fuse box for ignition voltage on this one. If anyone knows yet, please share. Thanks in advance!

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I finally got around to this and finished over the weekend. Spliced the electrical into the pink/green wire for positive and black for negative. A blendmount unfortunately will not fit the Gladiators incompatible plastic mirror neck, so I bought a 3M VHB Escort Windshield Mount Bracket off of Amazon (see link below). It came with grey 3M tape. I swapped grey tape with black 3M VHB tape so it matched everything else black color wise on the windshield. The mount seems to be holding fine and strong on the windshield. Would have rather used a mirror mount, but couldn’t find anything compatible that would fit the Gladiators thick plastic mirror neck or offer enough room to adjust the mirror once installed. Time will tell, but so far the windshield 3M mount is working fine.

Anyway, project complete and moving on to the next mod. Hope this help anyone trying to mount a radar detector on the Gladiator.

Semi-Permanent Escort Car Windshield Mount Bracket for The Beltronics & Escort Rad... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JGGVZGB/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_i_HnsiDbFBSRVT9

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I finally got around to this and finished over the weekend. Spliced the electrical into the pink/green wire for positive and black for negative. A blendmount unfortunately will not fit the Gladiators incompatible plastic mirror neck, so I bought a 3M VHB Escort Windshield Mount Bracket off of Amazon (see link below). It came with grey 3M tape. I swapped grey tape with black 3M VHB tape so it matched everything else black color wise on the windshield. The mount seems to be holding fine and strong on the windshield. Would have rather used a mirror mount, but couldn’t find anything compatible that would fit the Gladiators thick plastic mirror neck or offer enough room to adjust the mirror once installed. Time will tell, but so far the windshield 3M mount is working fine.

Anyway, project complete and moving on to the next mod. Hope this help anyone trying to mount a radar detector on the Gladiator.

Semi-Permanent Escort Car Windshield Mount Bracket for The Beltronics & Escort Rad... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JGGVZGB/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_i_HnsiDbFBSRVT9

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Thanks for the write-up. I have a 9500 as well, so I just purchased the mount you used. What mirror tap did you go with?
 
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Thanks for the write-up. I have a 9500 as well, so I just purchased the mount you used. What mirror tap did you go with?
I already had a mirror tap from a previous car and didn’t want to buy another one. I used the below similar mirrortap. This was a 15” and probably could even have taken a 20”. I couldn’t get the tap prongs to connect though the mirror connector plug for some reason. Never had that problem before on other vehicles, but the prongs were either too tight, wrong ones or not deep enough for the connection. So I went old school and just spliced them in by hardwiring and used standard electrical tape to wrap. Then added a tie wrap around the mirror neck & wire in case the mount does fail at some point. Don’t want it pulling out with a dangling detector.

MirrorTap, MT-4015, 15" Radar Detector Power Cord with 2AMP Inline Fuse, BMW Tap S... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OQQWHLO/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_i_XvtiDb71JPVW8
 
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I already had a mirror tap from a previous car and didn’t want to buy another one. I used the below similar mirrortap. This was a 15” and probably could even have taken a 20”. I couldn’t get the tap prongs to connect though the mirror connector plug for some reason. Never had that problem before on other vehicles, but the prongs were either too tight, wrong ones or not deep enough for the connection. So I went old school and just spliced them in by hardwiring and used standard electrical tape to wrap. Then added a tie wrap around the mirror neck & wire in case the mount does fail at some point. Don’t want it pulling out with a dangling detector.

MirrorTap, MT-4015, 15" Radar Detector Power Cord with 2AMP Inline Fuse, BMW Tap S... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OQQWHLO/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_i_XvtiDb71JPVW8
This mount below comes with black VHB tape and blends in better visually IMO. I swapped it out from my original purchased mount and would recommend it at this time. It’s been holding fine in the heat so far.

New Escort Permanent Windshield Mount for The Beltronics/Escort Radar Detector https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ATTRLJE/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_i_-pDmDb9WJ88D1
 

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I have a basic prism mirror on mine, is there any wiring I could hook into behind the trim by the mirror? Or do you have any suggestions on where to run the wiring to.
 

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Spliced the electrical into the pink/green wire for positive and black for negative.
How were you able to pop off the cover to expose the wiring? I was having some difficulty. Then again, I have the ACC package big rear-view box which might be complicating things.
 

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I have a basic prism mirror on mine, is there any wiring I could hook into behind the trim by the mirror? Or do you have any suggestions on where to run the wiring to.
Any update on where to connect for power for us non powered mirror guys
 

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How do you get the wire from below the dash to up by the mirror?
You'll have to run it behind the glove box, which is removable, and up the pillar and across the top of the roll bar. This is what I'm looking at to power a dash camera.

Quadratec has a stealth light bar they sell for mounting inside at the top of the windshield. The installation instructions for it show how to run wiring up the pillar.
https://www.quadratec.com/p/quadratec/stealth-led-interior-mount-50-inch-light-bar-jeep-wrangler-jl
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