P1000 The Making Of Pete

PioneerPete submitted a new Garage Item:

The Making of Pete

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Trying to document Pete's transformation. So far he has a hard roof, popout windshield, warn winch, brushguard, rear fender flares, and pyle 500w tube. Almost forgot the control arm guards. Second battery, isolator, pdm, light bar, and cubes to come next weekend. Damyou @JACKAL !! LOL

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[Delton]

It was really meant as a joke, but I probably don't need it taking up space in my shop! I'm in Chattanooga, TN. where are you located?

Winchester, bout an hour away. If you ever decide to sell, let me know your price. Really wish I'd kept all that tubing we threw away when plant shut down lol.

 

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[PioneerPete]

Winchester, bout an hour away. If you ever decide to sell, let me know your price. Really wish I'd kept all that tubing we threw away when plant shut down lol.

My wife went to school in Winchester. We were over there at her grandparents for Christmas. Of course I brought my new toy and gave it some work in the fields across from their house!
I'm sure we can work something out on the bumper. They're having an open ride over here at Aetna Mountain Adventures this Saturday. I think its like $22 to ride all day. Think you can make it over the mountain and give that new ride a workout?

 

[Marine660]

My wife went to school in Winchester. We were over there at her grandparents for Christmas. Of course I brought my new toy and gave it some work in the fields across from their house!
I'm sure we can work something out on the bumper. They're having an open ride over here at Aetna Mountain Adventures this Saturday. I think its like $22 to ride all day. Think you can make it over the mountain and give that new ride a workout?

This Saturday hu? Mind if others come to this open day? What time will you and others be showing up?

 

[Delton]

My wife went to school in Winchester. We were over there at her grandparents for Christmas. Of course I brought my new toy and gave it some work in the fields across from their house!
I'm sure we can work something out on the bumper. They're having an open ride over here at Aetna Mountain Adventures this Saturday. I think its like $22 to ride all day. Think you can make it over the mountain and give that new ride a workout?

Nothing I would like more but I work weekend nights at Nissan plant. As much as I love spending time in the seat, those 13.5 hour shifts suck the life outta me lol. She has already gotten 2 good workouts on Keith Springs mtn ( known as Iron Gap). I need to post vid I took going up really steep rocky hill last Thursday. It was her first true outing. She ate hill up and was begging for seconds lol. That powerplant is AWESOME!!!!!

 

[PioneerPete]

This Saturday hu? Mind if others come to this open day? What time will you and others be showing up?

Would love to have another Honda to ride with. I'm not sure on time, but AMA is only about 5 minutes from my house, so I can be there on short notice. I may have my boys with me (5 and 3yr old).

 

[PioneerPete]

Nothing I would like more but I work weekend nights at Nissan plant. As much as I love spending time in the seat, those 13.5 hour shifts suck the life outta me lol. She has already gotten 2 good workouts on Keith Springs mtn ( known as Iron Gap). I need to post vid I took going up really steep rocky hill last Thursday. It was her first true outing. She ate hill up and was begging for seconds lol. That powerplant is AWESOME!!!!!

Man that's a rough work schedule. I've worked nights before and understand the life sucking part! Would love to see that video. Just let me know when you want to come pick up that bumper. I'm home most weekdays after 5.

 

[Delton]

Man that's a rough work schedule. I've worked nights before and understand the life sucking part! Would love to see that video. Just let me know when you want to come pick up that bumper. I'm home most weekdays after 5.

Man that's a rough work schedule. I've worked nights before and understand the life sucking part! Would love to see that video. Just let me know when you want to come pick up that bumper. I'm home most weekdays after 5.

Maybe Thursday evening? Picking up extra shift on Wed but nothing planned for Thurs. I told wife if I picked up 2 extra shifts a month, it'd pay for my new utv habit lol.

 

[Marine660]

Started conversations with you @Delton and @Marine660 not sure if you get a notification or not.

Yup, replied.

 

[PioneerPete]

Finally got time to do a little more tinkering on Pete. Added in the light bar on front, and cubes on the back. Also got everything mocked up under the hood for the second battery, isolator, and pdm, but haven't finalized that stuff yet.

 

[PioneerPete]

Also got around to mounting up the trail armor today. This stuff seems pretty bombproof.

 

[Fullthrottle]

Also got around to mounting up the trail armor today. This stuff seems pretty bombproof.
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What does bottom have for protection from factory?

 

[PioneerPete]

What does bottom have for protection from factory?

it has a much thinner plastic that only covers the center of the machine. I'm pretty sure I could bust the factory skid guard with a hammer. the trail armor is a full half inch thick and covers the entire undercarriage.

 

[JACKAL]

What does bottom have for protection from factory?

just a 1/4" thick strip down the middle section leaving driver & passenger floorboards exposed among several other things sticks could get into.

Here is OEM:

Here is the full UHMW skid just like above, same angle:

 

[JACKAL]

it has a much thinner plastic that only covers the center of the machine. I'm pretty sure I could bust the factory skid guard with a hammer. the trail armor is a full half inch thick and covers the entire undercarriage.

Actually I used my OEM skid to make my switch plate, I simple scored it with a razor blade and it snapped like plexiglass when I flexed it broke off nice and clean. If you are taking your machine in lots of rocks an UHMW skidplate and A-arm guards are highly recommended unless you want to beat up your frame tubing underneath.

 

[PioneerPete]

Actually I used my OEM skid to make my switch plate, I simple scored it with a razor blade and it snapped like plexiglass when I flexed it broke off nice and clean. If you are taking your machine in lots of rocks an UHMW skidplate and A-arm guards are highly recommended unless you want to beat up your frame tubing underneath.

Thanks for the detail on how to cut the OEM skid plate.lol I was planning to borrow your idea there too, and had been actively considering how best to cut it out. How about the actual switch holes? Did you just score and pop those out too?

 

[JACKAL]

Thanks for the detail on how to cut the OEM skid plate.lol I was planning to borrow your idea there too, and had been actively considering how best to cut it out. How about the actual switch holes? Did you just score and pop those out too?

Use a Dremel tool with rotozip bit, and practice on scrap pieces first, LOL

 

[joeymt33]

For the switch holes, I marked the outline of the switch and then punched on the line with a chisel and hammer. I thought it was a good idea but I still had to use the Dremel to clean it up.

It might be worth making a metal rectangle the exact same size and heating it to melt a hole.

Just throwing crap against the wall to see what sticks.

 

[PioneerPete]

Shot of the Pyle sound system. It took some experimenting with the supplied nylon straps to get it to hang correctly, but I think we got there. One day we'll get some sunshine around here and I'll get some better pics.lol

 

[PioneerPete]

Can't have a p1k without owning one of these too! Thanks for the link @Hondasxs!

 

[PioneerPete]

It looks like it might hit your bumper if pulling to the sides or at an angle....I think they are usually mounted on the outside of the bumper. Might want to double check that. I'd hate to have your bumper get messed up!

@Hometeam you called it. the first time I wanted to use the winch was a sharp vertical angle to pick the front wheels up so I could mount the trail armor skid guard. it wasn't going to work without scraping the bumper so I had to go ahead and switch the fairlead to the outside. Sometimes experimentation leads to better results, other times it causes more work!lol oh well, at least it happened in the barn and not out on the trail.