[sxsiowa]

I have an opportunity to purchase the Can-Am side nerf bars for $200 and am curious if others think they are worth that price or if you'd spend the $200 and build your own? I'm not a fan of drilling holes in the side plastics to be completely honest but after looking at it some, I'm not sure I can build anything different that wouldn't require holes anyway. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

 

[sxsiowa]

I was hoping Ody would chime in on this one to give me his two cents after having bumped his nerfs out a bit.

 

[Flyingbryan]

Sounds like a good price, and even if you buy them only to modify them like Ody's that would be easier than starting scratch. I might have to do the same thing some day.

 

[Odyknuck]

Mine came on the "X" so I used what I had and extended them out to get them away from the body and to accomadate the 2" wheel spacers. If I had the "XT" I would probaly make my own out of 1 1/2" .095" wall DOM tubing. The factory bars are on the light duty side and will not hold up well. When they are toast I will be making a new set.

 

[sxsiowa]

Thanks for the feedback guys ... guess its off to autocad to deign some and run some tests on them Does anyone have thoughts on how to mount these without drilling holes in the plastic? I have been thinking long and hard about running a rail down underneath from front to back and through the box channel in the rear to tie it from side to side, but I'm not sure if I can make it happen

 

[Odyknuck]

I personally do not like that the OEM bars mount to the side of the square tube frame. I will also be redesigning the way they mount and look into something similar to your thoughts. Tiein the two side rails together adds quite a bit of strength to the frame

 

[Magellan]

I personally do not like that the OEM bars mount to the side of the square tube frame. I will also be redesigning the way they mount and look into something similar to your thoughts. Tiein the two side rails together adds quite a bit of strength to the frame

When you make a set please let me know. I would easily pay 300 for a good set. I will not be using wheel spacers.

 

[akfj40]

I installed the factory ones on mine and to make it easier I heated a punch and ran it thru from the backside so the hole was piolet hole was perfect, made it much nicer to get a clean tight fit when you use the hole saw. keep in mind anything lower is just gonna hang you up.

 

[Odyknuck]

I will be looking at tieing them together on top of the skid plate by adding tubing between the rails.

 

[Wyoming T/A]

thats a good price--my new 1000XT had them installed before i made the deal and they were priced at $259.00