Outerwear filter instead of no lid

[shane071489]

i seen where someone made a lid with an outerwear fliter and their stock lid where they cut the center out and made aluminum pieces to hold the outerwear will that cause me to lose hp instead of running without a lid period? kinda shying away from the no filter thing

[MOTORIDER68]

i guess it could restrict air flow a little but not enough to hurt it in my opinion. i run an outerware on my filter and the velcro outerware top instead of a lid. for mx i would jsut go no lid but for everything else i like to run something to help keep the mud/dirt out.

[shane071489]

yeah i may just run the filter with an outerware over it like your saying

[MOTORIDER68]

yeh it has worked well in the past for me. you'll need to clean your airbox more but thats it. if you do race/ride in the woods you may look into the outerware that takes the place of the lid. they are under 20 bucks and good extra assurance the dirt/water is staying off your filter. good luck

[shane071489]

really where do i find them? the outerwear lids for like 20. cause i trail ride a lot and its wet a lot of times

[MOTORIDER68]

i got mine from my local dealer. they should be able to order you one through parts unlimited or rocky mountain atv. you take your lid off and place velcro around the top where your lid mounted then you place the outerwear onto the top of the box. they are not the ones like on ebay but work very well esp. if you run an outerware on your filter also.

[shane071489]

hows the revalved shocks by the way? and how much did it run you?

[grantmi]

I ran last XC season with no lid....no issues with water in the box.

However, I clean the filter after every race which is needed w/o the lid.

I tried the Velcro outerwear setup and had issues with the Velcro pulling up. I plan on cutting the lid and making my own outerwear lid setup.

[shane071489]

yeah one of my friends is a master fabricator so i think im gonna get him to make me an aluminum bracket that can bolt over top my lid and will bolt the outerwear filter down onto it theres a thread in the how tos on doing it

[MOTORIDER68]

Originally posted by shane071489
hows the revalved shocks by the way? and how much did it run you?

i havent updated that forever, i loved the shocks i have fox floats now and dont care to much for them. i guess i dont have them adjusted right.

[MOTORIDER68]

Originally posted by shane071489
yeah one of my friends is a master fabricator so i think im gonna get him to make me an aluminum bracket that can bolt over top my lid and will bolt the outerwear filter down onto it theres a thread in the how tos on doing it

that sounds like the way to go. i run all last year without a lid also with no problems but picked up the velcro lid for this season. if it gives me problems i will probably cut the lid and put the outerwear to it also.