upcoming mods, advices welcome.

[somewhereinla]

Okay, so I need a couple of advices for upcoming mods.

I have an appointment on Friday to get my windows tinted. I live in South Cal., I don't want to go too dark, but I do want privacy. Any advice on tint colors? I will be using the Madico Charcool products, which from my research seems to be one of the best brand, it is a non-metalic (ceramic I think) film, which will not interfere with radio?phone or GPS signal. I had a very hard time finding Madico Resellers on the web, so I called the Distributor in California, and got the name of 3 resellers. I was quoted between $160 and $220. I am going with the $160 quote, not so much because it was the cheapest, but it also happen to be recommended by my BMW dealership dealership and one other source. Of course I will take before/after picts.

Second upcoming mod is to permanently mount (hardwire) my radar detector (V1). I am planning to leave the radar on the driver side sunshield, have the power adapter wired in the center console (where the sunroof button is) and have the concealed display in the ashtray, which mean I will need to run a wire from the upper center console to the ashtray.

Any ideas would be welcome.

I will be sure to document every steps.