Ice Cooler for storage box
#11
01-07-2010 | 02:04 PM
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Do you have any carpentry skills? I custom made my own front and rear boxes using 3/4 plywood,fiberglass for re-enforcement and coated them inside and out with hurculiner bedliner. Total cost about $60 for both boxes. Have had alot of interest in them from other riders. They all thought they were store bought units.I built the rear to accomadate up to a case of your prefered beverage with ice and a few other things. The front is about 2/3 the size of the rear and holds a gods plenty of tools with room to spare. Get yourself some L&R brackets and your all set.
Yes, actually Im a carpenter by trade, do you have any pics you could show us?
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#15
01-08-2010 | 01:11 PM
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#16
01-10-2010 | 09:49 AM
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No problem Badazzpred.
The brackets that came with the "quick connects" would not fit properly so i had them cut and redrilled to fit by a local shop. They even powder coated them for to!
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01-11-2010 | 07:37 AM
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RM,
YOU DID IT! Good job man, I like those fab'd boxes. Okay how much to you sell them for? lol..lol. Seriously cool! Nice color on your quad. I think sometimes we see the newer quads so much we forget the older look of the Sportsmans. I like some of the older styling and color schemes better. Like those Badland tires on some, your SILVER (assuming its stock?) and a short time ago, I seen a older really nice Blue and Silver with Alumn rack ext. etc. it looked sweet. When my cuz and I bought our Sportsmans in 2006 he got a 2006 SP800 SILVER Anniversary edition, haven't seen them again but nice too!
Also, I a question about the total cost of your boxes. Did you have the wood already and it was the cost of the Hercules Bedliner? I was wondering how much that stuff is and how much would I need to spray coat my front and rear racks? If $60 was for the wood, hardware, paint, fiberglass spray and Hercules, please let me know where to get all that. I like doing these types of projects too!
Thanks RM!
Cool,
R'
YOU DID IT! Good job man, I like those fab'd boxes. Okay how much to you sell them for? lol..lol. Seriously cool! Nice color on your quad. I think sometimes we see the newer quads so much we forget the older look of the Sportsmans. I like some of the older styling and color schemes better. Like those Badland tires on some, your SILVER (assuming its stock?) and a short time ago, I seen a older really nice Blue and Silver with Alumn rack ext. etc. it looked sweet. When my cuz and I bought our Sportsmans in 2006 he got a 2006 SP800 SILVER Anniversary edition, haven't seen them again but nice too!
Also, I a question about the total cost of your boxes. Did you have the wood already and it was the cost of the Hercules Bedliner? I was wondering how much that stuff is and how much would I need to spray coat my front and rear racks? If $60 was for the wood, hardware, paint, fiberglass spray and Hercules, please let me know where to get all that. I like doing these types of projects too!
Thanks RM!
Cool,
R'
#20
01-11-2010 | 08:48 AM
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Yes my quad is original in color (gun metal grey) and it's all stock. Everything you see on it I've made myself. I don't believe in spending my hard earned cash on somthing I have the skills and tools to build. Be sides that you take a little more pride in it that way. As for the boxes I had a leftover sheet from the bath remodel and put it to use. 3/4" AC plywood: cost about $20 (any lumber yard), Fiberglass resin and matting about $20 (at advanced auto parts) (Did just the inside) Hurculiner roll-on 1 quart can about $40(wal-mart) Misc hardware maybe $5 (local hardware shop)I even made the latches from a couple of pieces of scrap steel (I love my plasma cutter) and an old rubber bungie cord. So I guess if you had to buy everything you'll have about $80-$90 in them. Later today I might get some more pic's loaded of the other stuff I've made for it.