I'll snap some pics tonight to show you how convenient the remote silencer is.

 

Here are few shots of my Passport 8500 from different angles - especially from the outside. It's completely stealth

 

And a few more....

 

And last but not least...

 

Thanks for the pics Speed. I guess I can see how the smart cord controller may come in handy in that location.

 

Believe me, it does...

 

where would you handwire it to? what does it look like?

 

hey speed, your radar doesnt get in the way of the visor? lol do you even use your visor?

 

Fuse box - located by the dead pedal.

 

Yeah, that's the only downside: you can't really use the visor. But that's what I have sunglasses for...

 

where in the fuse box? which wire goes what and where and how and why and about and...and....

 

oh...duh!

 

after stumbling across this thread, it made me go out in the garage and grab my hardwire cord for my escort 8500. I mounted it like i had it in my ole 02 boosted specV. top left of the windsheild with the detector portion of it just below the tint. ran the cord down the apillar, through the dash and down to the fuses where i hooked it into a fuse like sedanman07 did.

then i popped the hood and hooked up my sunauto Hyperground voltage wires and voltage stabilizer box. should help the electronics alittle.

One interesting thing was that there is a very large pure copper ground wire that runs from the timing cover to the driverside inner fender....grounding wires are starting to show up from the factory now to help the cars run better.

 

Actually mine is hooked onto the visor and I can stilll put it down most of the way and use it. As far as the detector goes yes it is now pointing straight up. But it can still pick up some reflection and in most cases the visor is only down a few minutes at any one time.

Here are some pictures of my 4600 including one with visor down.

 

I should have been clearer on the visor. The visor IS usable in my setup, I just don't bother with it.

I simply unhook the visor from the right snap on, pull it about 1/2" backwards and bring it down. That way I have the Escort still fully functional and the visor down if I need it - It's just that usually I don't bother with it. My sunglasses combined with the tint strip are more than enough.