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Offline Skunksmash

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Ever thought of hooking up one of those fancy shmancy mirrors?
« on: June 20, 2009, 12:11:13 am »
Yall seen those rear view mirrors (interior) that are like a compass? They tell you what direction you are pointing, and what temperature it is outside. Like this one out of a dodge...

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Anyone ever considered one of these for your truck? Be kinda nice to have something that belongs in something newer, serving you in your old ride. Kinda wonder how hard it would be to hook it all up. Oh and pay no attention to that guy's price, he's full of it. You can get em for much cheaper than that. Thoughts? Opinions?
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Offline howlinwolf

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Re: Ever thought of hooking up one of those fancy shmancy mirrors?
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2009, 08:14:12 am »
ive seen it done a couple of times at another site im on bstuff.com.
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Re: Ever thought of hooking up one of those fancy shmancy mirrors?
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2009, 08:22:56 am »
Get a GPS
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Re: Ever thought of hooking up one of those fancy shmancy mirrors?
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2009, 09:53:52 am »
I think you could. hide the wiring up above the headliner maybe so its nice and clean/
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Re: Ever thought of hooking up one of those fancy shmancy mirrors?
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2009, 03:05:28 pm »
Quote from: VileZambonie on June 20, 2009, 08:22:56 am
Get a GPS

Thought about that too, but with this you can sorta pass it off as factory. Like it just might have came that way, were the truck not so old. That's kinda the theme i am going for with my truck.
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Re: Ever thought of hooking up one of those fancy shmancy mirrors?
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2009, 12:14:09 am »
Should get an inline fm modulator to hook an ipod up to. Then you can listen to ipod through a stock am/fm 2 post radio

Couple more ideas are 60/40 seat from say a late 90s pickup, 3m molding/trim on the outside from late 90s pickup and maybe a couple cup holders but would probably have to custom fabricate something
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Re: Ever thought of hooking up one of those fancy shmancy mirrors?
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2009, 09:48:14 am »
We need a gps with a built in radar detector that can pinpoint speed traps :D When are these coming out? lol
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Re: Ever thought of hooking up one of those fancy shmancy mirrors?
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2009, 01:41:38 pm »
Speaking of radar detectors, i like the valentine one. It's expensive, but it is supposed to be the best. My grandad has one, it even has little arrows that point to the direction of the signal.
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Re: Ever thought of hooking up one of those fancy shmancy mirrors?
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2009, 02:56:24 pm »
Quote from: Skunksmash on June 21, 2009, 01:41:38 pm
Speaking of radar detectors, i like the valentine one. It's expensive, but it is supposed to be the best. My grandad has one, it even has little arrows that point to the direction of the signal.

How does it work with laser? LOL.
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Re: Ever thought of hooking up one of those fancy shmancy mirrors?
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2009, 05:57:24 pm »
It says that it does pick up laser. But if i remember right it's like a $450 radar detector. Not sure if it's a ripoff or if it really is what they claim though. They do say that if you get a ticket, they will pay it. So maybe it's worth it.
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Re: Ever thought of hooking up one of those fancy shmancy mirrors?
« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2009, 04:17:26 pm »
What a rip off on that price.  You could buy it directly from Dakota for about 10 more, OR you could get it from me for about $30 less..
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