Ask The Editors: Make My Quad Narrower
There are many ways – but one is easier than the others.
There are several ways to accomplish what you are looking to do, but none easier than simply purchasing narrower wheels.
We field this question a lot but it’s normally the opposite request – how to make a machine wider for racing stability. The answer is by running wider axles, A-arms and many cases different shocks to compensate. The opposite also works but rather than reinventing the wheel, all you need to do is purchase four new rims, each an inch narrower than stock.
What is stock? The Outlaw came equipped with 21x7R-10 / 4+1 offset in the front and 20x10R-9 / 6+2 offset in the rear.
Your front wheel is 7″ wide and your rear is 10″. A set of 6s up front and 9s in the rear should accomplish the results you’re looking for without requiring any additional modification (just make sure to buy wheels with the same bolt pattern as stock – Front wheel bolt pattern: 4/156 and rear wheel bolt pattern 4/110.
Polaris did offer a 5.86″x10 OEM front wheel in fact if memory serves that should work for the front.
If you’re feeling lucky, you may even be able to accomplish what you seek by buying slightly narrower tires and mounting them to the stock wheels but this is always a gamble as sometimes, depending on the pliability of the carcass, it’s impossible to get an improper tire size to seat.
Your best bet is to simply buy a set of narrower aftermarket wheels with the correct tires for them and view the stockers as spares/ perhaps swap back if you ever decide to part with the machine.
Lastly offset is another valuable tool and essentially determines the distance between the hub the lip of the rim. Here is a handy guide to teach you everything you need to know on the subject.
