He told me the 06 Editions only had the wheel/tire package and the bumpers. He said that on any of the new left over 06 Cats that is was a 2 year warranty. Didn't make much sense to me either. You would think they would want to move the 06's. They have a leftover 06 H1-LE too and it doesn't have a winch. Maybe they are taking them off and selling them....LOL. I have til Monday to make up my mind now and really don't know what to do.

 

go with the 07 i personally would like to have the 1 more year of warranty. so in that last year if you drop a motor or tranny it will be worth it.

 

Those are SE models that is the same thing as the LE minus the winch. If you dont like the wheels and are planning on a change then go with the 07 you can get the bumpers for 20% below what the acc. book has around $130 for the front and $103 for the rear. The winch that is on the LE is a 2500 warn and is not sealed the only 2500 sealed warn winch is the new xt and rt series. but get the 3000lbs. winch for the extra $ it is worth it. As for the paint think about how you car would hold up if you took a branch and drug it across the hood wouldn't look pretty. It's auto paint. to many people have complained about the paint scatching, chipping, and cracking the plastic under it is holding up, but not the paint. IMO I would stay away from the paint. And the difference in a 2 and 3 year warranty if you decided on the orange tell them only with a 3year.

 

i have had my winch under water and mud and steaming and then submerged it and it has never even gave me a hickup. i hook the winch hook on the top of my rack cause when i need it the winch is submerged and i don't have to reach in the mud and water to get the hook. i have had 3 other atv's other then this one that have had winches on them with the same results. i have abused the bajesus out of them so that whole thing with them not being sealed and will give you problems is falsified.

 

I agree. My Venom2500Xt has been under water ALOT! I havnt had a single problem with it

 

I would get the LE one at that price. Anything that goes wrong will withing the first year (for the most part) so that extra year of warantee doesn't mean much to me. Sure you can buy the bumpers for around that price, but those rims are expensive. I love them. True that the paint won't hold up as well, but if it does flake that is actually a warantee issue and many people have gotten all new plastic out of it. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

weez440 and v2rider maybe you should read the statement that I made I said not a thing about them giving any problems I just stated a fact straight from Warns web site that is that the only 2500lbs winch that is sealed is the new xt and rt series so there for it is not falsified it's a fact. If it were myself and I was going to have to go out and buy a new winch I would get the 3000lbs. little more power never hurts more line speed.and when both are pulling the same weight the one with the least amount of power has to draw more power from somewhere. just some things to think about. I've been stuck in a jeep that took 2 9000lbs winches one with a block on it for a total of about 27000lbs of pulling and was wondering if we where going to get it out. we would have burnt a single 9000lbs winch up on something that only weighs a 3rd of the rate of the winch. So I think more is better.

 

 

Well considering I still haven't bought one I don't see how you have helped me out. I still hadn't decided on which one to buy and from where, but you just made my where to buy decision much easier. When I do decide to buy though, I will be sure and let you know where I bought it from and let everyone else know why it did not come from Route 119 Powersports in Danville, WV. Hope that helps you sleep even better.

 

I am thinking about a 700 myself. So did you buy and where? Who gave you the best deal?? Thanks J.