Re: Lowrance HDS-8 mounting location?
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 3:44 pm
that's pretty slickNick wrote:Let's try again...
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Lowrance HDS-8 mounting location?
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Re: Lowrance HDS-8 mounting location?
Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 4:06 pm
A bracket like that would be VERY simple to make. Especially with Kelly and his plasma table or Erik & the laser helping out 
Re: Lowrance HDS-8 mounting location?
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 10:26 pm
Lge/cts motorsports in San dimas make a really nice bracket for raptor/ f150s
Re: Lowrance HDS-8 mounting location?
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:47 pm
any updates on this
Re: Lowrance HDS-8 mounting location?
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 3:35 pm
Who's rig is this with the Expedition center console? Can someone tell me the year(s) this model comes out of? I may attempt this while the Bronco is in rehab right now.tcm glx wrote:Expedition Center Console:
[img]http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q207 ... 7a06f0.jpg[/img
This pisses me off, and I want the radio back in the factory hole:
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Re: Lowrance HDS-8 mounting location?
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 3:41 pm
That would be mine..........console is out of 2004-2008 expedition.
Re: Lowrance HDS-8 mounting location?
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 7:08 pm
Thanks for the link Tony.....my Cousin lives in Riverside and grabbed it for me today:
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Re: Lowrance HDS-8 mounting location?
Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2014 7:38 pm
Fantastic!! You will like it.
Re: Lowrance HDS-8 mounting location?
Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:45 pm
Thats a slick mount...I dig that.Nick wrote:Let's try again...
Re: Lowrance HDS-8 mounting location?
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:37 am
They're VERY easy to make John!
Re: Lowrance HDS-8 mounting location?
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:45 pm
I have an HDS 7 on the dash with the stock mount, Works well.
The Rapturd mounts are OK. I have one cheap if somebody wants one
The Rapturd mounts are OK. I have one cheap if somebody wants one
Re: Lowrance HDS-8 mounting location?
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:58 pm
You have a winner there. To be useful and actually use it, you have to be able to see it and be able to reach it.Nick wrote:Let's try again...
Re: Lowrance HDS-8 mounting location?
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2015 5:35 am
The one above sure looks nice. I doubt if it will work for my use in Baja because if the cantilever and excess vibration. However the cantilever sure would make it more user friendly as far as reach from the drivers seat. A strong reinforcement under the flimsy dash is definitely required to minimize the issue. Many of the cool mounts are only suitable for the Mall and undesirable in the desert.
My 7" units present location is now pushed forward to be flush with the radio and I have now reinforcement top and bottom of the dash. Both the reinforcements are shaped 3/8" plywood and the wood is stiffer than the several throwaway aluminum versions that I have tried. The main issue with the wood is to hide the top one to make it look ok. I do not have the desired window cage Vees which I would have preferred for the mount.
A mount I saw recently looks pretty interesting. It is basically a metal box to mount the GPS in and is installed by cutting the dash so as to eliminate the stock am/fm radio. Then the box with gps is lowered into the guts if the dash and somehow bolted to the internal structure underneath. This is the way the Sal Fish unit is mounted in the Toureg, however his gps is a tiny 4/5" model.
My 7" units present location is now pushed forward to be flush with the radio and I have now reinforcement top and bottom of the dash. Both the reinforcements are shaped 3/8" plywood and the wood is stiffer than the several throwaway aluminum versions that I have tried. The main issue with the wood is to hide the top one to make it look ok. I do not have the desired window cage Vees which I would have preferred for the mount.
A mount I saw recently looks pretty interesting. It is basically a metal box to mount the GPS in and is installed by cutting the dash so as to eliminate the stock am/fm radio. Then the box with gps is lowered into the guts if the dash and somehow bolted to the internal structure underneath. This is the way the Sal Fish unit is mounted in the Toureg, however his gps is a tiny 4/5" model.