Here's what I did in my daily drivers.
I used the hardwiring kit, and then use a Radio Shack phone extension cord with the female "boxed" end. It came in white, so I sprayed it black. This was emblem taped to the very top of the windshield by the headliner.
Then, I made a short phone cord pigtail to go between the V1 and this "box". If the V1 is removed, simply unplug at the box and leave the pigtail on the V1.
The V1 is now suction cupped to the very top of the windshield, which is the best place for it. I next installed the remote display in the console of the Cobra, and by the instrument cluster in the Ex.
On the Cobra, the V1 looks just under that matrix portion of the window...it's hardly visible from the outside. However, as well as the matrix stuff shields it from view...it also keeps the suction cups from sticking. I cut a piece of plexiglass from a license plate cover, and emblem taped that to the windshield.