SGTCap
Adventurer
Thank you
Lexus GX470 Expedition build
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Thank you
I have had great luck with my uv5r plus. It is not quite as user friendly or as feature rich as some Kenwood and yaesu options, and that leaves me feeling the little radios are minorly limited. That said, you can buy them for less than some FRS radios and do tons more. They can (illegally) talk into FRS/gmrs frequencies and commercial bands. Handy in an emergency which is the only time that would be legal. Used as a handheld to repeat to a base station in a vehicle is an awesome use. Also nice in high loss risk environments. If you lose it, so what. I do recommend a different antenna the one that comes with it is not nearly getting the radio to potential.
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Marten,
Great thread! Signed up just to keep up to date with what your doing to your GX470.
Congrats to you and your family! That said, looking forward to the trailer buildup and wanted to see what hitch coupling you plan on using. From the masters in off road trailers, here is a list of the most common from down under...Couplings
Great thread! Signed up just to keep up to date with what your doing to your GX470.
Congrats to you and your family! That said, looking forward to the trailer buildup and wanted to see what hitch coupling you plan on using. From the masters in off road trailers, here is a list of the most common from down under...Couplings
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Wh1t3nukle
I gotz dis
Good choice on the mobile and the handheld. Will you later be adding the APRS option to the mobile?
I've got a Yaesu ft-60 and 2 of those baofengs as loaner/backups.
Still contemplating b/t the Kenwood d710 and the Yaesu FT400. Crazy stuff!
I've got a Yaesu ft-60 and 2 of those baofengs as loaner/backups.
Still contemplating b/t the Kenwood d710 and the Yaesu FT400. Crazy stuff!
boo471
Adventurer
Im going to spend some time on the driveway this weekend and look over the car on what needs to be done in the near future. I also spent some time yesterday sketching on some design changes for the front bumper to give it some flavor. Any thoughts? My only problem will be to be able to open the hood if going down this route. Which is kind of a big one...
I'll keep you posted on upcoming fabrication plans.
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Weekender41
Ready to Learn
Oooooooh ************! If that could be made where opening the hood is no problem you'd be set! Your front bumper write-up is what got me making my own bumpers. The rear is nearly done so I'm excited to follow some tips from your write-up and start my front. Yours always look so cool!
boo471
Adventurer
Here is a link to my bumper build thread. It has the cost breakdown
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/117556-Front-bumper-build-Step-by-step-guide?p=1455970#post1455970
boo471
Adventurer
Im glad to here that my write up was of help! Nice build you have there!
I think I need to chop of the front of the hood to get this done. Might be worth doing. We will see. First I need to focus on the rear bumper and swing out. And rear storage. I'll have a look at your swing out to see if I can get some ideas
//Marten
boo471
Adventurer
Thanks glad you like it!
Thanks! Not sure on hitch coupling yet. Or when to start the camper build. There is just not enough time
Need to finalize some work on the truck first then I will move on with the camper build. I will never get anything done if I do two things at the same time.
SGTCap
Adventurer
Im going to spend some time on the driveway this weekend and look over the car on what needs to be done in the near future. I also spent some time yesterday sketching on some design changes for the front bumper to give it some flavor. Any thoughts? My only problem will be to be able to open the hood if going down this route. Which is kind of a big one...
I'll keep you posted on upcoming fabrication plans.
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Am I seeing this right? Looks like the plan is to get rid of the tubing that makes up the hoops and replace it with plate that forms new hoops. Sketch looks awesome, just trying to follow.
Btw, what program or app are you using to draw that? Looks like it would be very helpful in the design stages.
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I like that a lot! The hoop follows the GX grill opening which is wider at the top vs other offroad bumper hoops that mimic the 4Runner grill IE: wider at the bottom.
Darklight777
New member
Your sketch is pretty good looking but I really like the way your current bumper looks as is. Is there a functional issue with the current design or just want to switch it up? BTW I think I am heading to Richland Gap trail on March 22nd with some folks from Tacoma World.
Looking at the sketch again it does look pretty bad ********!
Bobby
Looking at the sketch again it does look pretty bad ********!
Bobby