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Question on Scanner Dimensions

Post by JJSoCrazy » Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:20 pm

Hi, I have a 2005 Chevy Malibu Maxx, and I was wondering the dimensions of a scanner to put in the front of the car. If anyone could help me out, it would be appreciated!

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Post by pbryant_knight » Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:05 pm

you can get a variety of different scanners with different dimensions.

What i'd suggest is to get one of the cheap ones you can find on e-bay or most good motoring shops with dual bars, so you can use 1 or 2 bars depending on the size of your grille, and if it's too small you can make a seperate lens from red clear perspex :)

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Post by Jay_n1 » Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:52 pm

Can ya post a pic of your car? Maybe it'll help.

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Post by JJSoCrazy » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:05 pm

I have the same exact car except in silver. It's dark out and I can't take any pics so this should help.

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Post by pbryant_knight » Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:17 pm

yeah the cheap twin scanner should be perfect, and at least if not, you haven't wasted a fortune. you could mount one of the bars under each section of the grille :)

each bar is approximately 15mm in width

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Post by JJSoCrazy » Mon Aug 07, 2006 7:22 pm

Thanks guys, do you mean this type because I think it is really cheap looking:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Knightrider-knight- ... dZViewItem


How about this, would it work?:

http://cgi.ebay.com/FUTURISTIC-FLASHING ... dZViewItem

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Post by pbryant_knight » Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:49 pm

It looks cheap from the box but the LED output isn't bad, its about the same if not brighter than the second as when the bars are together there's 2 led's per square inch instead of one

The second one is a JC Whitney which i currently have in my replica and i doub't very much it would fit in your grille.I had the cheaper one in my last replica and there's not much difference. i made my own lens for both so they fit under the TA hood perfectly.

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