Expedition X Off-Road Baja July Mexico 2022: Customer Prep

[Fast Intentions Inc.]

Expedition X Off-Road, Baja Mexico Prep, July 2022 is underway. This is part one of an ongoing series leading up to our departure on July 28th.

First up, Tess with her 2021 Badlands / 4-Door / Sasquatch. We're excited to install these quality parts and put it all to the test.

Installed and completion video coming soon. Until then, check out this video.

Pro Eagle Jack / Lowrance GPS System / CO2 Tank - We're fabricating / machining a custom mounting solution, that is ergonomic and utilizes space efficiently.

Baja Designs Trail & Ditch Lights - Custom mounting brackets that we are current testing for future production.

ICOM VHF Radio - Will be cleanly mounted in the center console, we the external speaker mounted under the dash board.

Builtright Molle Compatible Cargo Panels / Rotopax Fuel & Water Tanks - These will be installed per manufacturer specs.

If anyone has any questions, or inquire about work like this, please feel free to reach out.


**** UPDATED 8/17/2022 - COMPLETED INSTALL VIDEO ****

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[jasonf]

Aidenjamescustoms has a good floor plate mount for pro eagle jack

or bay area metal fab cage mount

 

[K8GTH]

Nothing about a VHF commercial radio is "CB" in either the US or Mexico.

 

[ShreddySquatch]

 

[Fast Intentions Inc.]

Nothing about a VHF commercial radio is "CB" in either the US or Mexico.

You are correct! VHF "Very High Frequency."

 

[Fast Intentions Inc.]

Here is our recap video of Tess' Bronco: @onebadbronco.




She recently took her Bronco on a 1,000+ mile expedition through Baja California, Mexico and everything worked flawlessly. More content to come from the trip and you check out our picture thread here: Fast Intentions Inc. w/ Expedition X Offroad @ Baja California, Mexico.

 

[351W-Bronco]

Is there no way to replicate the Lowrance functionality on the Bronco display? What about displaying Gaia from my phone on the Bronco display? Of course, an external GPS antenna should help a lot.

Herb

 

[Fast Intentions Inc.]

Is there no way to replicate the Lowrance functionality on the Bronco display? What about displaying Gaia from my phone on the Bronco display? Of course, an external GPS antenna should help a lot.

Herb

It is possible to use Gaia and OnX GPS apps directly over the Bronco screen with the use of CarPlay; however, we have not found a way to utilize Lowrance yet.

 

[351W-Bronco]

It is possible to use Gaia and OnX GPS apps directly over the Bronco screen with the use of CarPlay; however, we have not found a way to utilize Lowrance yet.

Thanks for that, but that's too bad. Right now I use Gaia, but primarily for logging my hikes. It's easy to use, and a lot cheaper than Lowrance. I do realize that Lowrance offers additional features that I don't have on Gaia.

 

[Fast Intentions Inc.]

Thanks for that, but that's too bad. Right now I use Gaia, but primarily for logging my hikes. It's easy to use, and a lot cheaper than Lowrance. I do realize that Lowrance offers additional features that I don't have on Gaia.

Lowrance is also more reliable and has better accuracy than the mobile apps. However, Gaia and OnX would suffice for most "on trail" use. We only found these apps to become problematic at high speeds.

 

[kodiakisland]

Lowrance is also more reliable and has better accuracy than the mobile apps. However, Gaia and OnX would suffice for most "on trail" use. We only found these apps to become problematic at high speeds.

How do the Garmin Overland models compare to the Lowrance?

 

[Fast Intentions Inc.]

How do the Garmin Overland models compare to the Lowrance?

We personally used the Garmin Overland model in our rig during this expedition. The unit worked great; except at high speed the GPS lost track of us a couple of times while going 70+ MPH. For average use and slow crawling / trail speeds I'd highly recommend the Garmin unit.

However, we'll be installing a Lowrance setup in our rig for our next Baja trip due to the high speed nature of the terrain.

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