Jordan from ArcticFX designed these custom graphics for our race sleds.  I don’t have them all on yet but wanted to show how it looked so far.  I think they came out really nice and look good on the XP.

I installed our billet wheel spacers in place of the plastic stock spacers.  These strengthen the rear axle and really tighten against your rails to lock the axle in place.  These fit most Skidoo sleds and you can order them online for $17.50 each.

Vortech Manufacturing set us up with these rear racks.  I really liked the design so we are not setup as a dealer for them and stock their racks for 137″, 146″, and 154″ XPs.  These racks come standard with 5 cross bars that can be located where you want.  The cross bars keep you stuff up off the heat exchanger.  One other benefit of these racks is that they strengthen your rear tunnel so you can carry more weight.

I was pretty worried about protecting the belly pan area of our sleds for this race.  The chain case and brake areas are hanging down just waiting to get taken out by rocks and stumps.  Plus the A-Arm area is vulnerable.  I looked around at the other skidplates out there and didn’t find one that covered these areas.  I even played around with making my own guards for the chain case and brake but that wasn’t the best solution either.  I found RPM Composites on Dootalk and sent then an email seeing if they wanted to get involved with our team.  Raffi Peterson the owner of RPM Composites called me back and he set us up with his fully body Carbon Fiber skid plate that also has layers of Kevlar in it.  I have to say I was skeptable about it even after talking with Raffi about it protecting a direct hit from a rock on the chaincase at speed.  Well after getting one and installing it on my sled I’m not worried about rocks taking out anything under the sled.  This skid plate is like armor for your sled.  It even protects the drive clutch and A-Arms.  It’s really a nice piece and fits like a glove following all the contours under the sled.  Here is a picture of how the two piece skid plate comes in. 

This picture shows the two pieces joined together.  Raffi did a good job with the instructions as they have pictures showing each step.  All you need to do is drill out a few existing rivets and use those holes to bolt in on with stainless steel hardware. 

Here is a bottom view of the skidplate. 

Front view of the A-Arm protection. 

Around the A-Arms. 

This is the area I was really concerned about because if you land on a rock and hit the chaincase your done.  Not an issue with the skidplate installed. 

Raffi even had me ship him our lower A-Arm brace kit to make sure his skidplate would work with the brace.  No problem, lots of clearance.