do any of you have any pics or vidoes of a honda recon going through a mud pit and how did it handle

 

I don't have any pics, but I took mine through deep mud and water all the time, and with a little work it would go through almost anything.

 

i was looking at your pics.those were somenice rims on your recon. what type are those and how did you put the wire in brush guard on?what else did you do to it? what type of tires did you pt on it

 

The front rims are ITP steel wheels, powdercoated silver-chrome. The front tires are 22" carlisle trail wolfs, and the rears are 22" maxxis sur-tracs mounted on the stock wheels. This was a perfect tire combination, they hook up good, and the sur-tracs are still easy to slide around the corners and throw some roost when you want to. If you ever saw "Fisher's ATV World" on tv you know who Brian Fisher is. He's the guy I bought my recon from, and he set me up with that tire combo. I highly recommend this combo, in the 2-1/2 years I had those tires they didn't wear out much at all, and never did I get any flats or even slow leaks. I wish I could say I was that satisfied with my warrior's tires.

It may sound redneck, but the wire grille was cut from an old satellite dish. I made cardboard patterns, then carefully cut the grille with some tin snips, then spray painted it silver and zip-tied it in. The screen is the same thing as the custom grille material you can buy at auto parts stores for import cars. If you want some more pictures PM me with your email address and i'll send you some pictures with different angles.

 

my email is nemmich@netzero.com and cant wait to see your pics. how much would those wheels cost if you know?

 

The wheels weren't too expensive, I think they were about $35 or 40 each. They come with gray paint, but I got mine powdercoated chrome-silver because my uncle gets stuff powdercoated for free. Those wheels may also be offered in chrome from the factory, i'm not sure though. I'll get some of my better pics together and email them later.

 

thats not a bad deal on rims.would the dealer be able to power caot the rims for me?

 

The dealer wouldn't be able to powdercoat them, usually only specialized facilities can do powdercoating. The pics are being sent right now.

 

does it matter what size the rim is like id i wanted a 12in rim on all four tires. Also would itp mudlites be a good all round tire? and could i put the itps rims on all four rims and still have enough power to push the extra weight?

 

The stock size wheels worked really good for me, I wouldn't go any bigger. Big wheels like 12's will get banged up easily, and the only tires you can get for rims that big are huge heavy 4x4 tires, that would really kill your power.

I don't know how well the mudlites will work, but I know for a fact that my tire combo was amazing on the recon, and if I would ever get another utility quad that's the tire combo i'd get. I'm even thinking about getting a set of sur-tracs for my warrior, I think they were a much better all-around tire and even sportier than my shredders are.