Where is the cheapest place to get just the footrest (part that connects to both fenders, thing you put your foot on, ect. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img])? As thick of plastic as those are, I have no idea why/how mine cracked, but it somehow busted in half. I am afraid to contact polaris, as they will probably be really high. I haven't found any for sale yet either.

Do you know of any reason why clearcoat won't stick to the body? I am thinking of getting mine clearcoated, but I want to be sure that it will stick first.

This was the forum that made my final decision on getting the sportsman over any of the other atv's, but I didn't even have a chance to come back and give my opinions of it before the footrest busted, which is truely beyond me how that happened. I never really considered my field to be dangerous territory. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

 

I bought one from the dealer, busted one to. It wasn't cheap $131.00. Not something you want to buy very often.

 

I really hope someone knows of a place cheaper than that, as there is just no way I can go that much.

I found a complete body (abit, less the footrests, of course) for $60, so I didn't figure they would be that much.

 

This is the cheapest place I've seen them:

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They carry both the left and right side. I don't think you'll find it cheaper than this. Search their items on ebay and you'll see other stuff...

the top link is for the left hand, here is the right:

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dave

 

keep an eye on ebay, i see them on there pretty often. thats usually a good place to do some low price shopping.



Luke

 

check out the stuff they have for the 2005 Sportsman, cheaper than Polaris and the dealers:

2005 stuff

 

I don't think clear coat will work on plastic, because the plastic bents and the clear coat will crack. Not sure but if anybody would know it would be an autobody shop that specializes in plastic bodies.

 

They have rubberized clear coat now that won't crack, however I wonder if it will stick to the paint.

Would a foot rest off of a 400 polaris sportsman be the same thing? It looks exactly like it, and I figured all of the sportsmans had the same body, but I want to be sure first.

 

welcome to the forums, I have seen then on ebay for alot less than $131. you could probably make some out of steel then beadblast them and use that black ceramic high temp engine paint made by duplicolor. that stuff works great on almost anything. or better yet get them sprayed with linex/rhino liner/herculiner. as far as your clearcoat goes, I would not mess with it unless you don't do alot of trail/woods riding then it might stay but you'd have to use an adhesion promotor and flex agent to get it to work. why would you want to clearcoat your plastic? why not just wax the hell out of it.