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Darryl89
Starting Member
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 Posted - 09/24/2009 : 4:03:50 PM
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Pics of XTZ in progress... should be done in another week. It'll have King Racing Shocks, Beard Super TZ full containment seats, ITP Beadlock wheels with ITP BajaCross 8 ply tires, Fabworx racing cage minus the door bar, 1/4 doors by Fabworx, redesigned spare tire carrier, oh and the seats are lowered 4 inches. And lots of frame bracing too. 13 inches ground clearance with 13 inches wheel travel.
More pics tomorrow..
Side view before bracing is added
Rear shot with some of the bracing tacked in place
Beard Super TZ seat (driver's side) that's replacing OEM Highback seat (passenger side)
Beadlocked ITP Wheels and Tires
Comparison of lowered passenger seat versus unlowered seat
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Farmington, NM - Just a little ways from Silverton Colorado and Moab Utah and some of the greatest 4 wheelin' there is........ |
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Darryl89
Starting Member
USA
77 Posts |
Posted - 09/24/2009 : 8:46:41 PM
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Few more pics of the cage after painting and the lowered tire carrier...
Grab Handles
Lowered Tire Carrier
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Farmington, NM - Just a little ways from Silverton Colorado and Moab Utah and some of the greatest 4 wheelin' there is........ |
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RuralJersey
Senior Member
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Posted - 09/25/2009 : 06:32:15 AM
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| Nice... Huge difference with the cage... |
    
2008 Silver Sport 700 Rhino
27x9x12 Big Horns, Sheave, Full Body Armor, 3500 Viper Max Winch, Trail Armor Doors, HID Lights, Pod Mod Fuelie, Grant Steering Wheel, Trunk Box
Sold my Rhino 450 Sold my Mule 610 Camo 4x4 and Sold my Yamaha Prohauler 700 |
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Darryl89
Starting Member
USA
77 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2009 : 7:43:05 PM
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More pics...It's not done by any means, next comes the ITP Beadlock wheels, 1/4 doors, low windshield with fold out upper, King Shocks which will lift it a couple more inches, and lots of hidden goodies..
Buddy of mine that stands way over 6ft... said it's the most comfortable fit he's ever had.
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Farmington, NM - Just a little ways from Silverton Colorado and Moab Utah and some of the greatest 4 wheelin' there is........ |
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Darryl89
Starting Member
USA
77 Posts |
Posted - 09/27/2009 : 7:20:11 PM
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Couple more photos...
Got the ITP Beadlocks on, just waiting on the King Shocks to give it a few inches lift, and yes, it was rode hard and put away dusty...
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Farmington, NM - Just a little ways from Silverton Colorado and Moab Utah and some of the greatest 4 wheelin' there is........ |
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MT Rhino
Full Member
USA
215 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2009 : 08:27:44 AM
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| Nice ride. I really like the new colors on the XTZ, especially the maroon. |
06 rhino
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Darryl89
Starting Member
USA
77 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2009 : 12:54:39 PM
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Okay, it's almost done... waiting on the Quick Detach Steering Wheel from DragonFire Racing, A-Arm Bracing from UTVCrap and the low windshield from AC. Plus a few other little things that will get ironed out over the next couple of weeks.
King Shocks are mounted now. Gotta love that stance and those shocks...
Sits more aggressive now, but I need to reroute the front brake lines to counter for the increased height.
Remote Res. King Shocks on the rear
Piggyback King Shocks on the front
13.5 inches ground clearance, but I'm going to lower the shocks back down a little..
Even with the additional ground clearance, the roofline of the modified XTZ is still 1.25 inches lower than the stock XTZ.
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Darryl89
Starting Member
USA
77 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2009 : 1:43:53 PM
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Well,
I finally got a chance to go thrash it....
Saturday morning, my buddies and I took his RZR and the XTZ for a ride in the desert southwest, just outside of Farmington, NM. Over 80,000 acres of BLM land with all kinds of trails from sandwashes, hillclimbs, rockclimbing and tight, twisty trails through trees.
Right off the bat, about 2 miles into the ride, we found that the fab shop had allowed the rear diff vent line to lay up under the exhaust shroud. At about 40mph, I happened to notice smoke starting to come out from the engine shroud area. We stopped and proceeded to put the fire out. A small hole had burned in the vent line bellow and allowed some diff lube to spill on to the exhaust and burn. Made the repairs and off we went again.
The front end was a bit stiff between the 8-ply tires and the shocks being cranked up just a little too much. I adjusted them down and inch and thing were much better. I found that the King Racing Shocks did a great job of nullifying the small bumps and taking the hard hits real well. It tracked quite well and pretty quick I found myself alone on the trail as the RZR was bouncing and twitching really bad trying to keep up with the XTZ. Once my buddy caught up, we swapped so I could follow the XTZ and see how the suspension was acting from behind. I noticed immediately the RZR felt less confident in the rough stuff and pretty soon wasn't able to focus on what the XTZ was doing, but rather on trying to keep the RZR on the trail and keep up with the XTZ. First chance I got, we switched back.
Then on to a fire road. Running up to 70mph I found that the XTZ had no problem outrunning the RZR as he was bumping his speed limiter at just over 60mph. Sweet, and I still had throttle left.
Then on to the hillclimbing. The RZR sat quite a bit lower than my XTZ, so I was sure he might outclimb me, but everywhere we tried, they came out about even. I did notice the RZR was doing a lot more tire spinning to get up the hills, might've been driver style though.
After that we dropped into a sandwash running up a canyon with steep side walls, kind of felt like running slot cars. The Prowler could out handle the RZR through the tight corners and had more than ample power coming out of them. Our speeds in the canyon were around 45-50mph and the Prowler felt stable and right at home doing this.
Finally, into the tight and narrow trees. My buddy was sure that his RZR would beat me through the tight areas.... not a chance, the ITP BajaCross tires dug in to the corners, the King shocks kept them down and the XTZ turned like it was on a monorail. On even the mid-turn jumps, it felt awe-inspiring, making me feel like a champion driver.
All in all, I really like the mods done to the XTZ. Everyone that drove the XTZ really liked it and wanted more. All the mods work real well together and make this a real desert performer.
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Farmington, NM - Just a little ways from Silverton Colorado and Moab Utah and some of the greatest 4 wheelin' there is........ |
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RuralJersey
Senior Member
1979 Posts |
Posted - 10/21/2009 : 5:17:21 PM
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Nice report!
How wide are you now ? |
2008 Silver Sport 700 Rhino
27x9x12 Big Horns, Sheave, Full Body Armor, 3500 Viper Max Winch, Trail Armor Doors, HID Lights, Pod Mod Fuelie, Grant Steering Wheel, Trunk Box
Sold my Rhino 450 Sold my Mule 610 Camo 4x4 and Sold my Yamaha Prohauler 700 |
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Darryl89
Starting Member
USA
77 Posts |
Posted - 10/22/2009 : 09:31:00 AM
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Originally posted by RuralJersey
Nice report!
I'm 61.5 inches at the rear tires because of the offset of the wheels. But I'm thinking of running spacers for short course racing in Arizona. Give it just a bit more stability. For the King Of The Hammers UTV Race in February, I'll probably run without the spaces for clearance in the rock crawiling sections. BITD races I'll run spacers again.
How wide are you now ?
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