to hood or not to hood???

[trailrider894]

should i keep it like it is or put a hood on like in the picture at the bottom??


http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo17/trailrider894/DSCF2331.jpg

http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo17/trailrider894/DSCF2333.jpg

and here is xrxmmxcx's quad thanks for the picture hope you don't mind. i like the hood but i don't know if it would look good on a quad like mine??

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d177/xrxmxcx/001.jpg



please voice your opinions and feel free to post pictures of what you've done so i can get some good ideas!!!

[Pipeless416]

hood with trailtechs. only if you can get your hands on a quadtech.

[rob_990]

would you keep your lights?if you did that might look pretty cool but if not i would'nt cause you got sweet light covers and they dont make em any more.

i never thought that hoods looked good on the 1st gen ex's, no matter how cleanly they were mounted

[trailrider894]

i love it looks now but i love the look the hoods give it. maybe i'll get another set of front fenders to try it out on those. idk?? but i would have to make sure the shade of red matched the rear plastics they are faded signifcantly. this atv is awesome goes through prolly 8hrs of mean riding every week. so it is extremely well used!!!

[hypersnyper6947]

hood all the way, i will eventually get a hood too. i love how they look

[hypersnyper6947]

Originally posted by hondarider11
Not to put you down or not becuase that is not why I am posting but xrxmmxcx's quad is just like the sickest 400ex I have ever seen and I think a hood looks good on a built 400 like that. I do not think it would good on a stock quad like yours.

Yea i kinda agree with you hondarider11. Having +2s really set the hood off for some reason. Im still going get one

[trailrider894]

what if i told u i have a set of +2's on the way to my house and acerbis handguards??

[400ex28]

Leave it how it is

[elasesino]

I guess it's personal opinion. I say no hood, I like the stock look. As a matter of fact, I bought mine and it has race cut fenders. I went to the dealer today, and found out I can buy new front fender for $118. I'm going back to the full stock look.

[shawn3389]

i love the looks of the hoods and i have one on the way:)

[trailrider894]

wow that helps :rolleyes: one guy says don't do it another says do it so what am i supposed to do?? i think i'll prolly save the money for now and buy some air shrouds. maybe i'll put it on there after i get everything else done.

[trailrider894]

yeah i plan on have my 450 stockers rebuilt after i get my arms.

[iownatoyota]

well if u go with the hood... id love to buy this nacs covers of u.

[trailrider894]

i'll let you know if i do.

[turboed]

second on the light covers if i ownatoyota doesn't buy them

[rcatvrider]

I say hood if you don't need headlights. I would love to throw a 450 hood on my ex but need the headlights and don't have the money for aftermarket lighting.

[MtnEX]

I think both ways look good... but I have seen better looking hoods. I'll try to find the others....

Anyways, I think which way to go depends...

If you NEVER need lights, I think the hoods are OK.

But otherwise, I just don't see the point. If you use lights, I see no reason to do a hood, then some other type of lights to put on it.

[Pipeless416]

i actually went kind of backwards. i found a nice set of lights that i wanted, and then the hood came afterwards. i llllove the lights compared to stock.

[trailrider894]

pipeless416 can we see a picture???

[trailrider894]

dang this is a hard decision. i don't use the headlight often. i have two other atvs that i use for all of my night time stuff. i guess i could always figure up some way to mount the old headlights temporarily if i ever needed them? and what do you think would be the best looking hood?? if we could pictures that would be awesome!!

[Pipeless416]

Originally posted by trailrider894
pipeless416 can we see a picture???

sure thing. the hood is a quadtech and the lights are trailtech torch lights. oh, the picture was taken with my phone.. so.. sorry

[MtnEX]

What kind of light, what kind of power draw, and what kind of price for those lights?

My Polaris 400 needs help in the lighting department.

[deathcorefan2]

Originally posted by MtnEX
What kind of light, what kind of power draw, and what kind of price for those lights?

My Polaris 400 needs help in the lighting department.

dude if its a sport just buy a scrambler ligt and hood and do it like a scrambler.

thats the only difference between sports and scramblers.

[MtnEX]

OH, and here's that picture of one of the better looking trimmed and hooded EX's I've seen.

[trailrider894]

k pipelss 416 you quad is pretty sick and the spitting image of what i want mine to look like somday!!! idk guys?? the hoods are pretty sick looking. i just don't know if i should stay with the awesome stock look and be a little different than the crowd of nice 400ex's or go with that 12,000 dollar quad look?? so many things aid in making it look good though. like the taller bend handlebars and +1 steering stems. and cool shocks and tires,a-arms and you have to have cool handguards. they tend to look a little weird without those things.

[turboed]

does that mean you're keeping the nac covers?bummer

forget about looks do the go faster mods first...then make it look pretty

[deathcorefan2]

Originally posted by speedyquad
forget about looks do the go faster mods first...then make it look pretty

i disagree, i always go look good, then performance. cause if you decide to stop, you will have an ugly good running quad. not many people will buy one, but a good looking stock one. people will go nuts for, lol trailblazer is a perfect example, stock everything, seat cover, custom painted plastics, decals, and painted stock rims, and i got a 400ex for it lol

[trailrider894]

i've always been a looks before power guy. besides for every thing you do to make it look better it gains a couple horses right? :) but i just don't know if i have the money for anything right now. :( stupid economy.

[rcatvrider]

I agree with performance mods then looks. For most it's more fun riding than it is staring at the quad.

[trailrider894]

. i'm gonna do the spal fan on the oil cooler and air scoops,crf timing chain and curtis sparks advance keys.so really there isn't a-lot to do performance wise. that's all i'm doing to my quad performance wise. i'm really planning on turning it into a hybrid somewhere down the road so i'm not gonna put a crap load of money it the engine just to sell it in a year.

[powermadd400ex]

agree with speedy and rc, i did suspension first, and im just now getting started on minor engine mods, and by the looks of it it'll be awhile before i start on my cosmetic stuff. what good is a sick looking quad that is getting smoked and left behind by everyone else? :p
trailrider, i think your quad looks pretty sick as it is. i wouldnt put a hood on it. i love the nacs headlight cover :D

[trailrider894]

well guys you won i'm not gonna hood. sorry to all you guys you wanted my headlight covers. if i ever decide to sell them i'll give you guys first pick. i think powermadd400ex really kinda put it all into perspective. i mean a sick looking slow 400ex isn't better than a stock looking fast 400ex. i still get looks anyway. actually had a kid on 450r at the local riding place drooling. lol don't know what his deal was. he kept coming over and talking to me about it. then he was like folowing me around watching me ride. it was kinda strange i think that he has never really seen someone who r knows how to ride before. ;)

[iownatoyota]

u made the right choice, the stock 400 front plastic/light setup is *****n. you wont be disappointed.

[stringbean]

Dude definately a hood! Really brings the 400 alive.

I am working on making some fiberglass replica's of the quadtechs. Unfortunetly since it is soooo cold the fiber glass is taking forever to set up.

Anyone know where I can get the grills made at?