Sun shade

Haboob

No, it's a hassle having to remove and replace it every time.

From the outside you can't really tell it's there, TBH. It being so dark inside w/a black interior.

I had to get a Blendmount as the suction cups always failed and there wasn't a way to mount it to the headliner or vanity shades like on my previous car (shades are too thick and don't provide rear visibility for the rear detector.

So it was Blendmount, suffer, or spend $2,000+ to get it hard wired and placed into the mirror w/laser shifters.

I don't park much out in the open anyways - car is in a secure covered garage at work and in my garage when at home.

Fuzzzy

No, I haven't found a way to use both easily. I have a temporary "solution" that I'm too embarrassed even to describe. I'm still undecided about my long-term route as I really like both the Blendmount and this particular shade. I will probably end up going with a more flexible sun shade that I can "unroll" or easily bend to get it underneath the Blendmount.

It seems that this particular sunshade could have worked with the Blendmount IF it had more vertical folds (especially in the center) or one horizontal fold. I may try to crease it horizontally prior to ordering a different sun shade, but I'm not to that point yet. And I'm not sure that it would still stay in place if it were creased.

Yes, this is one of the big attractions of the Blendmount to me. Plus it seems to position the radar detector almost optimally. I considered using a visor clip, but that position looks as if it would be really poor in the Z.

Haboob

What if you unfolded part and slid it behind from the side of the detector and continued unfolding from there. Would that work?

Just curious.

Fuzzzy

Can't be done. Or at least I can't do it. The folds in the shade are too wide to fit between the windshield and the Blendmount/radar detector. That is what I meant above when I said it might work if the vertical folds were closer together, especially in the center.

It's hard to visualize without actually doing it. I was convinced it should be able to work like that even after the first couple of times I tried, but I have not been able to get it to. The way this shade is designed it almost has to be unfolded horizontally, the bottom placed against the base of the windshield, and the top of the shade raised to the windshield.