Motor Serial#99-36857
Mod#1341274
Serial#0050454
Vin 4XABA38C7Y2141970
Sticker Date: 08/07/1999


Is this thing a 1999 Sport 400 or a 2000 Scrambler 400 2X4 ???????????

Thanks!

 

I called Polaris and they told me the VIN is a 2000 model, but the motor is a 1999????????????????
WTF????

 

Polaris model years ussally start in Sep. And since your born on date is in Aug., it should be a late 99 model. But they have released models early, so it could be a early 00 model. As for the engine being a 99, it shouldn't matter, they didn't change anything in the 400 2stroke. But the best way to tell is, what is written on your atv (Sport was a 99-Scrambler was a 2000) or the color (Sport was yellow-Scrambler was red).

 

Well one way to tell may be the rear shocks and Tie rods.

In 2000 polaris switched to the Hiem style outer tie rods vs the bal and socket units on previous models.
Of course the Tie rods would have probably been changed by now anyway.

The easy way to tell is the Rear Suspension. In 99 the sports only had 8.2 " of travel and had a Fox shock with out a reservoir and a single stage spring

The 2000 models had 10.2" of travel and had a fox shock with reservoir and a 2 stage spring.
The rear swing arm is actually different so it would not be as easy as bolting on a newer style shock if you have a 99 model.

 

Thats not true, early 2000 had the ball and socket. Me and 3 of my friends had that style.

 

Hmmm
Must have been early production, Well, Im sure they are bad if you haven't changed them [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

Well Buba you are 100% correct on that. They only lasted a couple of months, when we went to replace them the dealer said we had to buy the upgrade kit to the new style.

 

Here's a tip on reading VIN's to tell the year model:

the 10th character of the VIN is the year model (this became official for all makes in 1981)
B=81, C=82, D=83, E=84, F=85, G=86, H=87, J=88, K=89, L=90, M=91, N=92, P=93, R=94, S=95, T=96, V=97, W=98, X=99, Y=00, 1=01, 2=02, 3=03, 4=04,.............

There are sometimes differences in the Title year and VIN, usually this occurs when the Dealer is trying to get rid of late year end models, passing them off as new year models.

Also, anything '96 and up should have a title with it - the banks were tired of loaning money on non-titled "toys", thus the reason for titling a Quad.