my grizz has 30hrs on it,i thought this would enough time to get use to it being so tippy-top heavy ,would wheel spacers help??what size would iuse 1'' or 1 1/2''tnks.

 

id go 1.5

 

tnks hozed , do you think with 3" my 27" bugs won,t rub my wheel wells.

 

do they now? i thot a grizzly could take upto a 28 w/o rubbing...

 

no they do not rub, but there inside the wells,the rear moved out 1 1/2" puts the tire outside the well ,looking at it, i think it will clear but when the suspension travels what happens??[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img]

 

o ya.. wasnt thinkin that... in that case they might...
you could try to shave your fenders a little bit... other than that i aint sure.

 

Yes, spacers will help with the handling. Adding some ITP C-Series wheels the next time you want to put a different set of tires on will do the same thing (my C-Series wheels have my 27” 589’s sticking out past the fenders about 2”, making the quad nearly 4” wider overall), and yes they will rub during suspension compression, enough so where you will have to trim the lower front of the rear fender (the black part). At least that is the way it is on my ’02 model. Also on the down side you will get muddy, those tires sticking out past the fenders will throw mud everywhere (and all over the top of the quad and you). A solution is to add over-fenders (a fender extension, available as an accessory), something that I haven’t gotten around to doing yet…

 

Would there be a noticeable differance from stock with 1" spacers? I want to keep stock wheels.

 

You mentioned that you want to keep stock wheels with 1” spacers which would effectively make the stance 2” wider overall (but you didn’t mention what size tires you have on them, which is 25” if they are stock too). Even that little bit will have a positive effect on the stability of the machine. However the tires will probably still stick out past the fenders a little, but I’m not sure if they will rub or not (that is with 27” tires or larger). When you are only going out an inch the closest point on the fender to the tire will actually be over a lower portion (the outer part) of the tire so you may not rub at all.

My first experience with wheels that were spaced out wider than stock were with 27” 589s mounted on them. I quickly found out that those tires rubbed the rear fenders even when going over the slightest bump, therefore I trimmed the fenders enough so it only barely touches when it compresses a lot (hitting something substantial when riding pretty fast). Then a little later I acquired some 25” ATR Holeshots also on C-Series rims. They didn’t touch at all, at any speed after having trimmed the fenders to accommodate the 27” tires, so I don’t know if the 25” tires (stock size) would have hit the fenders without trimming or not (in spite of sticking out past the fenders 1 ˝ to 2 inches).

I just mounted some 26” Dirt Devils on it today and took it on a short test ride. They never touched the fenders at all, but I didn’t have time to give it a good workout (maybe tomorrow).

Bottom line moving the tires out by only 1” may not end up touching the fenders because you are still pretty close to the edge of the tire (which is usually sloped down on utility quad tires). It will however throw more mud around than it did before…

 

2TV,
Thanks for your help. yes it is 25" tires. I may go with 1" spacers. I just want to be able to tell a differance in stability.