- What's up guys.
I am Chase here at Rocky Mountain ATV MC
and this is our build
for the 2016 Arctic Cat Wildcat X1000.
So when it comes to side by sides these days
it's pretty tough when you're trying to make
that decision on which on you should go with.
There's a lot of different makes and models to
choose from and honestly, nowadays,
they're all so good you really can't go wrong.
But with the Wildcat X1000 there's a couple features
about these that really do make them popular.
First is that in the 1000 sport class of UTVs,
these are probably the most affordable option
there's gonna be and the other, is when it comes
to rock crawling and technical riding.
These actually, you could say, have a cult following
for that and the reason being is they have
the standard 4-wheel drive but what makes them unique
is there's another button you can press
which actually locks the front differential.
So it needs as much grip and as much traction as possible,
that locking front differential makes a big difference
and that's why these are so popular.
In fact, after we had this thing built up,
we took it down to Souther Utah,
we did a multiple day ride.
A lot of rock crawling, a lot of technical riding
and that locking front differential
was actually really nice to have.
So for riders out looking for that style of riding,
this should definitely be a model that
you would put at the top of the list.
So what we did is we took Wildcat X1000,
we put a lot of our favorite after market parts
and accessories on it.
Really, just to build it out so it can handle
whatever we're gonna throw at it.
So I'm gonna walk through, I'm gonna show you
everything that we did to it,
so if you have one of these,
if you're looking to add some parts and accessories to it,
hopefully this will give you a good idea
of some great parts you can throw on as well.
So we'll start with some of the must haves,
things that we always put on our side by sides,
regardless of what we're gonna do to it
and then we'll work our way from there
to help you guys out.
So the first item that I'm gonna cover
is on the bottom which is the gonna be
the Quiet Glide skid plate.
So if you're gonna be doing rock crawling
and technical riding, you absolutely need to have
protection on the bottom of your machine.
Now, the nice thing about the Quiet Glide
skid plate is it's made from UHMW
which stands for ultra-high-molecular-weight.
So this is gonna give full front to back,
side to side coverage and this stuff is unbreakable.
It is extremely durable and what's nice about it
is it really does glide over rocks and logs,
it's not gonna get snagged up like aluminum.
So first thing we did,
Quiet Glide skid plate on the bottom.
From there, moving up, second item
is gonna be the Tusk half windshield.
When it comes to riding, a windshield's
gonna bring a lot of comfort to the riders,
also gonna prevent objects from flying into the cab.
So the Tusk UTV half windshield we have installed on here.
Now, a lot of guys will wonder,
well, how much wind does that actually block?
Now, to give you a frame of reference, I'm about 5'7",
and when I sit in here and we're driving
I get wind touching my face and the top of my head,
but that's it, my entire body is actually blocked.
So these do a great job of protecting the riders in the cab.
From there, a really good combination you can have
with the Tusk windshield is our Tusk UTV sun visor.
We get asked a lot, what are these?
Well these things are actually,
they actually add a lot of functionality to your UTV.
So going along with that windshield,
you can actually use this, obviously,
to block the sun but what you can also do
is you can move it back and forth
and you can actually direct more air flow into the cab.
So if you have dust swirling,
you can direct air flow and keep the cab nice and clean
or you can use it to block even more wind.
So it adds a lot of functionality,
a great inexpensive part to have in your side by side.
From there, moving up to the top,
another must have, it's gonna be a roof.
So we've got the Arctic Cat roof installed on here.
Now regardless of what side by side your in,
I'm telling you right now, you would be very surprised
how for granted you take this shade.
So you need to have a roof on your UTV.
From there, we've got the Tusk 30 inch light bar.
Now, if you're gonna be doing any night riding,
light bar is gonna be a must have.
So the Tusk 30 inch light bar, really good value on these
and these things are incredibly bright.
We have a how-to video as well that's gonna show you
how to get these installed if you do have questions.
From there, we want to make sure this thing was
street legal, so we did the Tusk Hornet signal kit
and we also put the Tusk Alloy mirrors on there.
Mirrors, you know what they're for
but what's nice about the alloy mirrors,
really good value, these things are made
from heavy duty aluminum,
these things are not going anywhere.
Now regardless of whatever UTV you get,
they rarely have storage inside the cab.
For us, we like to have a lot of storage,
to store our accessories, our snacks,
whatever we want to take on our trips.
So inside the cab here we've got the
Arctic Cat overhead bag,
we've got the Arctic Cat lower door bags.
We also did the Tusk UTV cab packs.
We've got plenty of places to store things in the cab
and moving to the back, you can see
we've actually got the Nelson Rigg cargo bag.
Now what I really like about this bag is
you can see where it mounts it actually leaves
the bed of your UTV completely open.
So you still have the option, if you wanted to,
you could put a cooler there, another storage bag,
I just like that it leaves the rear of the UTV open.
So that's the storage that we have on here
and going along with that, we've got
the Tusk rear bumper and cargo rack.
Now these things are absolutely awesome.
They are built rock solid, they mount easily
and this thing, honestly, about doubles
our storage capacity on this Wildcat X1000.
You can see it really, in my opinion,
completes the look of it, but you've got this rack
that is mounted up here on the top
so you could put a cooler, another storage bag
up here and it's gonna give
good protection to the UTV as well.
And what I like most about it is it give you the ability
to carry a spare tire with you
and that for us is a must have,
we never go anywhere without a spare tire.
And to go along with that spare tire, well,
it doesn't do you much good to have one
if you can't get your UTV off the ground to change it,
so we have the Tusk scissor jack installed
up on the top of the roll bar as well.
Now the tire and wheel set up that we're running on here,
we've got the Tusk Terrabites
mounted to the KMC beadlock wheels.
So the Terrabite tire, it's DOT approved,
we needed that to make this street legal.
But the Terrabite tire, what we love so much
about it is we actually designed this
right here at Rocky Mountain.
So we took all the characteristics of a really good
all-terrain tire and we built those into the Terrabite.
And this thing has performed absolutely awesome.
And with the KMC beadlock wheels, for us,
because we do so much rock crawling,
and really just aggressive riding,
it's important for us to have a beadlock wheel.
That beadlock, locks the bead of the tire onto the rim,
so if you're cornering at high speeds
or if you're doing some slow rock crawling,
with lower tire pressure, it's gonna help
the tire stay on the bead.
So for us, beadlock wheels are absolute must have,
especially for the type of riding that we do.
Now, you're gonna notice that in the back of this machine
we have two different fire extinguishers.
And the first is our Tusk UTV fire extinguisher
that has a quick release on it,
so it's very easy to take off if you do need to use it.
And the other one is the Be Safe Fire Suppression system.
These things actually add a lot of piece of mind for us
and the way the work is in the event of a fire
in you engine, it actually has a thermal sensing nozzle
that will automatically disperse a fire suppressant
to help put the fire out.
So those are really nice, just gives
a lot of piece of mind when we're out riding around.
Okay, so two more items that we're gonna cover
them both are gonna be at the front.
And the first one is the Warn Vantage 4000 pound winch
with the synthetic rope that we added.
So if you're gonna be doing any rock crawling
or technical riding, you definitely don't want to be
the guy that's getting stuck.
So you're gonna need a way to get yourself
or somebody else, possibly, out of a tight situation.
And the last item is gonna be our Garmin Zumo
and we had that using the Ram mount.
Now we always like to have a GPS on our rides,
they're actually very convenient to have.
We'll actually use the Garmin software called BaseCamp
and what's nice about it is we can upload routes
to it and just take it right onto the Zumo.
And then that way we can navigate,
you can share those maps with everyone in your group,
they can upload those to their GPS's.
So everyone knows where they're going,
you can keep track of everybody,
you can get back to where you're coming from,
really just a nice accessory to have in your UTV.
And there it is, that is our build
for the 2016 Arctic Cat Wildcat X1000.
So if you guys are looking for some great
after market parts and accessories
that you want to put on your machine,
well hopefully this will steer you in the right direction.
And if you want to see everything that we talked about,
well head over to our website at RockyMountainATVMC.com,
enter the make, the model and the year of your machine,
you can scroll down to see everything
and all the parts that are gonna fit your machine.
If you guys again, have any questions
about all the parts that we talked about,
questions about mounting, well make sure to comment below,
give us a call or chat live online,
we'll get your questions answered.
And don't forget guys, orders over $75
are always gonna ship free.
I'm Chase here at Rocky Mountain
and we'll see you on the trails.