After reading this thread
P1000 - Major disappointment | The Honda Side by Side Club! I am very curious on whether or not the Honda Heater is worth the money and if its very efficient!? So anyone who has the heater installed on the 1000 please give us a review!! Thanks
Honda finally got the winch mount and winch installed yesterday. I went and picked it up, got home, drove it off the trailer and noticed a rubbing noise coming from the front driveline area. Pulled the floor boards off, and found that one of the heater hoses and an electrical conduit were rubbing the boot on the front driveline. The heater hose /wiring does not have much room to make it around the driveline w/o rubbing. I took it back to Honda for them to fix the issue. We will see what they come up with. At least secure it better than just a couple of zip ties. I'll post a picture, but it may be hard to see what I am describing. The other thing I noticed was how close the heater hoses were to the engine. (main heater assembly is installed in the space under the driver side seat). I might wrap some heat shield around the thin hose in that area, so it seems like I may be prone to melting if it got hot enough.
Anyway, my first impressions of the heater are not so good, for $800. Hopefully Honda is able to fix the rubbing issues, and the actual hoses look pretty thin, so after a few rough trail rides I am sure there will be holes worn through them and need to be replaced. As far as actual heat output, I only had it idling in the front yard, but it seems to be warming up the cab fairly well. It is 20 deg F up here today.
