P1000 Scoop's 2021 P1K5 Deluxe Phantom Camo Build

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Busted ass and got the front SATV A-Arms installed today. Have I told you how much I hate cotter pins?

I think I went a little too aggressive with the negative camber on the rears, so I'll pull the bottoms in a little. I think I got the camber right on the the fronts, but I need to adjust the toe (in) a bit. I was a wee bit tired after a day in the pole barn, so tomorrow it is.

 

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Tablet Launch Screen info:

It is the Agama Car Launcher from the Google Play store (paid edition). It's a 'home screen' for car multimedia systems that run Android.

It's a "front end" that you can customize to run your apps of choice (GPS program, music player for locally stored MP3 files) , radio (e.g., XM, Panorama, Spotify), backup camera software, etc. Just about any program you have on your Android device can be launched. You can adjust the colors and display various things in the center circle (e.g., your GPS speed or turn-by-turn directions for certain GPS apps, a clock, a logo (I use the Honda logo).

You mostly see people running it on aftermarket double DIN radios (that run Android) in cars, but I thought it would make a cool launcher for my tablet in the P1K5.

 

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Hillbilly Brake installed (a job NOT for the fat fingered). (nohomo)

 

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Waiting on my alignment plate setup to get more exact, but as @Remington said, I "hairy eyed" it and adjusted the toe. Still need to do camber all the way around (Monday), but I am super pleased with all the suspension and wheel/tire upgrades I've made over the past couple of months. It's a lot of work, especially for a guy with a robot leg, but if I can do it, anybody can. No excuses!

I want to take this moment to thank everyone on these forums who has provided me with guidance, suggestions, recommendations, and references to other sources of information throughout the last year and a half since buying my SXS. I don't want to name names, as I'm sure I will forget a few, so let's just thank @Hondasxs aka Richard for putting in the thankless hours and effort to run the forum (been there, done that!).

Looking forward to as many group rides as I/we can make, and looking forward to buying a barley pop for anyone and everyone who has helped me through this journey.

 

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Not directly the SXS, but I did get all the eTrack mounted on the trailer and had my bro TIG the spare tire & wheel carrier on it as well.

Erickson tire baskets at the ready. Will likely add a small, triangular aluminum diamondplate box on the tongue for all the straps and such.

 

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I had ~$111 of "RM Cash" from my previous orders, so I ordered the Tusk UTV Billet Fire Extinguisher Kit. Cost me a whopping $15.93 after all was said and done.

 

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Bit the bullet and ordered the Mudbusters in XL (aka Stacy Abrams) size.

I don't know if they will get here in time to install them before we leave next THU for the LaFollette/Coke Oven Cabins ride (they said up to 3 days before they will ship). Hope so!

 

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I've been running the SuperATV side view mirrors for a long while. Just not feeling the love, as I can't even see the passenger side mirror due to their tall/narrow vertical orientation, especially with my CEC enclosure on.

So it's time to try out a horizontally oriented side mirror.

I did not feel like dropping ~$200+ on Seizmik Pursuit (or more $ Photon) mirrors, so I went el Cheapo @ $70 with the kemimoto versions of the same thing.

If I like them and they hold up, great. If I like them and they don't hold up, I'll pop for the Seizmiks. Time will tell.

kemimoto:	Seizmik Pursuit:

 

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Old SATV sideview mirrors (for the Honda Pioneer 1000) removed and kemimoto mirrors installed.

With only one minor gripe, I'm actually impressed with the construction and build of these kemimoto mirrors. They are clearly Seizmik Pursuit knockoffs but appear to be a pretty solid product in their own right, and a good deal for the $65 +tax I paid for them.

The base and housing is cast aluminum (EDIT: Looks like they are actually ABS, but damn they feel like aluminum!), the clamps are steel and the mirrors are convex safety glass. The notched detents are firm, and the mirrors have a breakaway feature to fold them away if you hit something.

I was able to install them without too much trouble, and my CEC enclosure fits. In fact, I even took the opportunity to fine tune the lower half of my SuperATV flip-up windshield. Now when I close it, the top and bottom meet even better than before.

My old SATV mirrors were vertically oriented. I couldn't even see that I HAD a passenger side mirror when my enclosure was installed. Without the enclosure, that mirror was still pretty useless. My view out of the driver's side was useable, but narrow. Those mirrors didn't hold their position very well, either, despite multiple attempts to tighten up the adjustment bolts.

With the kemimotos, I can actually see the entire mirror on the passenger side! The wider angle view is very nice.

My only real gripe is that the inner glass mirror surface is supposed to be adjustable (just like the old car mirrors where you move the mirror up/down/left/right *within* the mirror housing, but these aren't currently agreeing. Either they aren't very adjustable OR they are just super stiff because they are new. There doesn't seem to be a way to adjust that tension, so I will just give them some time and see what happens.

If you're in the market for wide angle side view mirrors and like the Seizmik Pursuits (except for their $200 price tag), you should check the kemimoto mirrors out.




For comparison purposes, here are my old SATV mirrors:

 

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Received the (overpriced) Tenhulzen Automotive 2-wheel Alignment Tool. It's actually pretty solid and a nice design.

I was able to sneak out after work and adjust the camber on the rear wheels. Per the digital gauge, they were both sitting at roughly 1.35 degrees negative camber. I could definitely see this with my (@Remington) harry eye.

After a minor disassembly on both sides (basically removing the lower A-Arm) and shortening up the adjuster threads to the exact same measurement everywhere, all is more better in the world. I was able to get both sides to measure exactly parallel to the centerline at 0.00 degrees.

Tomorrow will be the fronts. I did a quick measurement on those - one is 2.20 degrees negative and the other is like 1.65 degrees negative. Probably leave those with just a smidge of negative camber. Absolutely could see that. Will be checking overall toe as well.

 

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Pleased to report that all the major upgrades I needed to complete before the LaFollette ride next weekend have been finished. Wrapped up all the post-suspension work, including setting camber and toe, this evening.

I really like that tool I bought to get that done. It showed me just how off my old, harry eyes are! Bike tracks straight and true down pavement and simply rides great on the dirt. Night & day difference between the Fox QS3 coilovers and the stock cushions, thats for sure!

RB3 Offroad wide track spacers coming MON and Mudbusters on TUE. Should be able to pop that stuff on and call it ready for our trip down to TN.

Body is sore from the last two weeks of working on this darn thing. Time for alcohol and relaxation.

 

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Link for the alignment tool I purchased: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00PKI0YSU?tag=sxsweb24-20

There are similar ones on there by other manufacturers, but this brand had been around for a long while and everyone seems to rave on it/them.

 

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Putzed around the pole barn a bit this afternoon and managed to get a few things done:

1. Installed Tusk UTV Billet Fire Extinguisher Kit. Not many choices for where to mount it, but I can always move it later.



2. Installed and wired up a backup camera. A toggle switch on the dash turns it on and off. I didn't want to use the reverse/backup light power, as it would shut the camera off as soon as I came out of R, I might be doing a multi-point turn, and it takes it about 10 seconds to come alive and broadcast its SSID after turning it on.

The Samsung tablet that I use for GPS/mapping, music, and all that other fun stuff is the screen for when it's in use (direct connect WiFi from tablet to camera).



I made an L-shaped bracket for the camera so it would be UNDER the roof instead of fully exposed.



3. The last thing you can't see, but I ran a 6' audio cable (monaural 1/8" jack to male RCA) from my Anytone AT-778UV mobile radio to a single female RCA to dual male RCA stereo audio (splitter) cable, which then plugged into the right and left AUX inputs on my stereo head unit. Works absolutely great to push the audio from the radio through my stereo system in the buggy.

 

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The wide track kit (1" front, 1.5" rear) from @RB3offroad showed up today. Thoroughly pleased with them after install.

Proud to support American-made and American-owned companies!

First pic is before installing, second (and remaining) pic(s) are after.



Sure hope those Mudbusters show up tomorrow as scheduled! 🤣




While each tire was off, I pulled the valve, deflated, torqued all the bead lock ring bolts, and reassembled. So far, so good.

 

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Oh, I had a pretty scary (but now pretty funny) incident when installing the spacers.

I finished up the driver's side, so I pulled the SXS out to turn it around and back it in (easier to work on this side instead of next to the boat). As I started to pull out and turn the wheel to the left, I heard and felt what I thought was the tire scraping into the Trail Armor skid plate. Got out and looked and it was pretty darn close, so I said, "WTF! Everything is fine, but adding these 1" spacers on front is gonna make these tires rub??!! Why didn't I install those steering stops?!"

I was envisioning having to remove spacers, maybe put the 1" spacers on the rear and leave the fronts without a spacer, but then it dawned on me: It wasn't the tire rubbing anything. I had the buggy in four wheel lock (and in Park) when working on it, and I pulled out and made a sharp turn to turn it around.

What a ma-roon. LOL.

 

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Looks like (hopefully) there's gonna be a little less mud inside the cab of Scoop's ride this weekend. XL Mudbusters installed.




(No, that's not the normal camber. I just set the machine down and hadn't moved it, so the suspension hadn't settled yet)

 

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Zip-tied some pieces of semi-soft rubber tubing to the latches on the dump bed (both sides). Didn't have any black vacuum line or I would have used that. Hopefully, this will keep the rattling noise down for a while.

 

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Ready for my first "event" with some of the HondaSXS.com crew. Kinda feels like the first time I went on a Honda VF/VFR Mailing List group event back in '97. Looking forward to making some new friends (and probably a new enemy or two) ... LOL. J/K. See ya'll in LaFollette.

 

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As a few of you who were @ Coke Oven Cabins last week/end can attest to, my wife gave me the go-ahead to spend some (more) cash on this hobby and the SXS.

With that, I give you: THE STACK IS WHACK!

Have not yet decided on how I'll be mounting the adapters yet. I could mount one to each of the rear seat backs so I can remove the boxes and use the seats quickly. But we really never use those seats. Strongly considering the idea of cutting a piece of plywood or UHMW to the exact dimension of the entire rear floor area and bolting the adapters to that. If I did the latter, I could make my spare tire location permanent (but have to device a more permanent mount than a ratchet strap). I could always remove the floor layer and adapters whenever I wanted to use it as a dump bed around the property.

I doubt I'll run ALL of these boxes at the same time (I may!), but I definitely wanted a few different sizes so I could pack them out depending upon how long a trip will be, what we might encounter, etc. I'm sure I'll be reevaluating my box selections (and other additions) for a while, until I get it just right.

The large box with the white lid is the 40 QT cooler. Also got the XL toolbox, a large toolbox, a medium toolbox, an 11-compartment organizer, and two mounting plates.

I saw some add-ons for the Packout boxes (not from Milwaukee) somewhere online that will let me install a bar across the side of each of the large boxes, then attach the mounts for my Rotopax pack mounts (one 2-gallon fuel and one 2-gallon water). Those will fit perfectly between the back of the boxes and the tailgate. There is still plenty of room around the boxes for things that won't be going in there.

Also found a place that sells an adapter plate that you mount the Rotopax to and it snaps into the Packout system just like the boxes, but I'm not sure if I want my fuel above the other boxes. Water not a big deal.

All I can say is: Scoop won't be having any more crap flying out of the back of his machine like last weekend, so @TripleB won't have to stop and pick anything up for me anymore!



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I ordered Packibletool 2" RAM (rail mount adapters) and Monkey Bars to add to the Packout boxes. I will be installing two sets, one on each XL sized box (on the ends), to which I will mount the RotopaX DLX mount for the 2 gallon fuel and water packs.

Should be oriented something like this once all is said and done:

(RAMs will be black anodized, not raw aluminum like in the picture)

RAM - (Rail Adapter Mount)
Magnetic Monkey Bar - Monkey Bars - Magnetic Tool Rail

A bit pricey, but Made in the USA!