My new Take Home 2007 CVPI

[tiawah466]

Now that I have become a full time Deputy I have a take home car. Its a 2007 CVPI, right now all it has is a 45" Legend, Smart Siren, Wig-Wag, and some Sho-Me microlights on the rear deck.


Pretty much the only thing that is staying is the Legend bar. I am going to swap the Smart Siren for a Unitrol Touchmaster Delta with the dual mode amp modification. Basically this is a UTMD slaved with a 80K amplifier. 400 watts of Unitrol. The Rumbler from my Tahoe will be going in. On the rear deck I am going to add a pair of red/blue dual Vipers either side of the 3rd brake light. The tint is very dark on this car so I will probably do a cut-out for them. On the dash I am going to put 1 red dual Viper and 1 blue dual viper. The mirrors will be getting a set of the Soundoff Interesctors on them. I am adding a push bumper and it will have a set of KC Daylighters on it, and a pair of red/blue dual chameleons on the front and a pair on the side. I have several sets of red/blue Led hideaways that will be going in different spots, probably the front corners and the reverse lights. 6 head 90 watts strobe kit to be added somewhere, and also a taillight flasher. I am planning on getting one of the Whelen LED upgrades for the spotlight at some point in time also.


The small Jotto Desk console that is in it now will be replaced with a larger one. It has one VHF radio right now and I will be adding a Motorola CDM 1550 to it as a secondary radio. A Uniden BCT15 will be added also. My Toughbook will be on a docking station mounted to a Ram Mount laptop stand. I will make a Rifle/Shotgun mount for the rear of the passenger seat for my Rock River AR-15 and my FN SLP shotgun.


I should be able to pick the car up today or tomorow to start work on it. I will post up the in progress photos as I go. Here is what it looks like outside the Sheriffs Office right now.

 

[cory y]

Dont put a Taillight flasher and a hideaway in the same light housing... they wash each other out

 

[tiawah466]

Dont put a Taillight flasher and a hideaway in the same light housing... they wash each other out

I was planning on putting the LED hideaways in the reverse lights, and just have the taillight flasher on the taillights. More than likely I won't even put in the taillight flasher and I will just go with all hideaways in the rear, some strobe and some LED.

 

[cory y]

taillight flashers usually just alternate the Backups vs the brake lights...


If you put strobes in the taillights, use the Lower unused portion of the lights, and if you put 2 tubes in each light (the housing has 2 unused spots in each housing) the light will be nice and bright,.


also are you putting 2 full dual vipers on the Dash itself?


I dont know if you have radar and a camera, but that dash would be getting too cluttered for my tastes...

 

[tiawah466]

taillight flashers usually just alternate the Backups vs the brake lights...

If you put strobes in the taillights, use the Lower unused portion of the lights, and if you put 2 tubes in each light (the housing has 2 unused spots in each housing) the light will be nice and bright,.


also are you putting 2 full dual vipers on the Dash itself?


I dont know if you have radar and a camera, but that dash would be getting too cluttered for my tastes...

I am planning on putting 2 of them on the dash, I don't have a camera but I do have to add a radar. The radar is a Decatur Genesis II with a remote head so the remote can go pretty much anywhere.

 

[TheGatekeeper]

2 dual Vipers on dash?


What's the rationale behind it? (I'm a bit like Cory, I like my dashboard as clean as possible)

 

[tiawah466]

2 dual Vipers on dash?
What's the rationale behind it? (I'm a bit like Cory, I like my dashboard as clean as possible)

Pretty much because I have them.

 

[chono]

I would suggest not putting them on the dash The legend is already bright enough and the vipers will only get in the way.


Also why remove the smartsiren? Should just dual siren with the touchmaster

 

[tiawah466]

I would suggest not putting them on the dash The legend is already bright enough and the vipers will only get in the way.

Also why remove the smartsiren? Should just dual siren with the touchmaster

I don't like the smart siren, and I currently use a UTMD, and the UTMD will be a dual amp setup. The Smart Siren brain will stay in the car and connected. All I have to do is run the serial cable from the lightbar from the trunk to the console and move the interface. I have a spare cable set for the interface. This way when I switch out cars, the Smart Siren will be able to be reconneted quickly. In all reality I will be the last person in this car and it will be sold with no equipment on it when I am done with it. But I am going to do it this way in case I have to reconnect everything. As for the Vipers on the dash, I am like having 3 levels of lighting. The lightbar, the dash light with the intersectors, and whatever I put on the push bumper. If I don't like them there, I can always take them out.

 

[RL1]

Congrats on the job and getting such a new car. If you wouldn't mind, take some more before and then lots of after pics.


I would prob put the dual red/ dual blue Vipers in the rear and just do a single red/blue in the front, but do whatever makes you happy.

 

[Jasen Hatfield]

congrats on the job and the take-home, they are a nice perk to have. look forward to seeing some pictures with the near equipment in it.

 

[fireman616wfd]

man o man if we could run radar at my Sheriff Dept!

 

[RL1]

man o man if we could run radar at my Sheriff Dept!

You can't run radar?!?

 

[Rofocowboy84]

You can't run radar?!?

I don't know about him, but here in PA, only Troopers can run radar, no local jurisdictions can...

 

[RL1]

Wow...

 

[ParkPiggy]

I don't know about him, but here in PA, only Troopers can run radar, no local jurisdictions can...

Wha wha what!?!

 

[Luismariadarlene]

Looks good

 

[tiawah466]

I got the car tonight, it's a good thing I have more than a week till I have to use it. I have to get new tires and a new windshield. When I went to get it the battery was dead. It's charging now, but it is the original so a new battery will be put in also. when I started testing everything I found that the only thing that works is the headlight flasher and the rear deck lights. So I guess I have a day of trouble shooting tomorow.

 

[dcb]

REFERENCE: Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes


THE VEHICLE CODE (TITLE 75) PART III. OPERATION OF VEHICLES CHAPTER 33.


RULES OF THE ROAD IN GENERAL Subchapter F - Speed Restrictions. § 3368. Speed timing devices.


Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3), electronic devices such


as radio-microwave devices (commonly referred to as electronic speed


meters or radar) may be used only by members of the Pennsylvania State


Police.

 

[aberfitchguy2472]

So if no radar, what systems do you use to clock people? Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but this stuff is outside my realm of knowledge. I know blinkies and woo woo's lol...oh and medical and fire equipment but that's a little different lol.

 

[Rofocowboy84]

So if no radar, what systems do you use to clock people? Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but this stuff is outside my realm of knowledge. I know blinkies and woo woo's lol...oh and medical and fire equipment but that's a little different lol.

They have various speed traps, though most are pretty easily noticed on the sides of the road...

 

[RL1]

I know VASCAR is big in PA, but I forgot about only troopers having RADAR. Can you guys use LIDAR?

 

[Jasen Hatfield]

I read earlier this year that state lawmakers in PA were trying to get House Bill 1539 thru that would allow municipal police officers to use radar for traffic enforcement, however i believe the bill stalled and will probably die. i believe the city and county agencies can use other means for measuring speed such as vascar, etc. maybe PA will adopt what ohio courts have taken judicial notice on and all we have to do is look at a car and determine if it is speeding without any radar/lidar verification!

 

[Tlandreth22]

If you have the light bar, I say no to the thought of the dash lights. I also think the KC daylights are not necessary. My thoughts are to put the chamelion grille lights, some LED HAWs in the front and 2 dual vipers, as well as 2 LED HAWs in the rear.

 

[tiawah466]

If you have the light bar, I say no to the thought of the dash lights. I also think the KC daylights are not necessary. My thoughts are to put the chamelion grille lights, some LED HAWs in the front and 2 dual vipers, as well as 2 LED HAWs in the rear.

the reason for the KC lights is we patrol Mostly rural areas. If I can see Bambi earlier that's better.

 

[Jasen Hatfield]

the reason for the KC lights is we patrol Mostly rural areas. If I can see Bambi earlier that's better.

the alaska state patrol uses KC lights on the pushbumpers of their cars. i personally think the idea is a great one and if i had a pushbumper on my cruiser i would have a set of those badboys on there.

 

[tiawah466]

the alaska state patrol uses KC lights on the pushbumpers of their cars. i personally think the idea is a great one and if i had a pushbumper on my cruiser i would have a set of those badboys on there.

they are the only reason I am getting a push bumper.

 

[Stendec]

the reason for the KC lights is we patrol Mostly rural areas. If I can see Bambi earlier that's better.

I'd way rather have decent fog & driving lights that would get used every night and during adverse weather than a bazillion grille LEDs that are essentially pointless out in the sticks anyway. If it were my call the cruisers would be lit like rally cars.

 

[FireEMSPolice]

the reason for the KC lights is we patrol Mostly rural areas. If I can see Bambi earlier that's better.

Yup..or you get this

 

[pdk9]

Yup..or you get this

i nearly $h@t my pants when i saw that :lol:


any progress with the install yet? i'm dying to see a vid of the finished product w/ all the chameleons, vipers, etc

 

[FDNY 10-75]

I like the set up, but I would throw the vipers on the back deck...


Any plans for an arrowstick?

 

[tiawah466]

I should have some updates on the car tomorow. I did go through last night and pull all the trim and rear seat out to get ready to put stuff in and run wires.

 

[Fast LT1]

I don't know about him, but here in PA, only Troopers can run radar, no local jurisdictions can...

Damn i need to move there, i could speed almost 24/7 :twisted:

 

[Fast LT1]

I don't know about him, but here in PA, only Troopers can run radar, no local jurisdictions can...

Damn i need to move there, i could speed almost 24/7 :twisted:

 

[Fast LT1]

Oh 1 more thing, i would do both hideaways and a tlf, but only run one at a time, during the day use the TLF and at night use the hide aways! If you have a couple reds and a couple whites you should put more than one in each housing, say 2 or 3 in each housing will really make a nice effect!

 

[tiawah466]

After the last 2 nights I have had some more progress on the car. The old Legend had several bad LEDs in it so I just replaced the whole bar with a new Legend. I got the hideaways put into the reverse lights. I also have the rear strobes mounted into the turn signals. I forgot to take any pictures of the install process, but everyone has seen hideaways put into a CVPI before. I will not have a chance to work on it again till Saturday after noon. I am under a timeline to get it all done before wednsday night which is my first shift. I think that the only real problem that I will have is with the intersectors on the mirrors.

 

[tiawah466]

Got my 800 Phantom Elite mini shark fin mounted.





And I got the dual Brookings T.R.I. LED hideaways put into the front side marker lamps tonight. I went with dual blue on the passenger and dual red on the drivers side. I am wiring them so that the pairs will both flash at the same time. I started with just one in each side, but I went with 2 to get it a little brighter and to completly drown out the amber when they are on.

 

[THEFLASH]

Nice! Can't wait to see the completed install...

 

[tiawah466]

I was correct, the intersectors have been the most difficult part of the install so far. All the shims, curved mirror brackets, and just dealing with the way that they have to be wired is a pain.

 

[tiawah466]

I now have all the lights in, and the cable in place. Now all I have to do is make all the connections, and clean up all the wiring. Here is my work inspector doing his part.