Side by sides / Offroading

[NightForceFan]

Yep. Works great.

 

[TX03RUBI]

Mines an older one I bought in early 18’ before the original Lonestars even hit the floor, so it’s not nearly as nice. However the best additions I made to it were the Tough Country bumper and S3 HD springs. The bumper had paid for itself 10X over, and the S3 springs ride so much better plus allow it to clear 32s although I’m only running 30s.

 

[Lunch Box]

You mean this? I have the under seat gun rack in the front and rear seats as well. I added their center mount molle panel so I can run the Garmin Tread when we take it out west. You should check out the products from MarqCAD as well, I have his short throw straight shifter to coincide with the center panel, his longer beefed up door straps, the A/C line guards and his gate stopper/latch upgrade. Thumper Fab makes great stuff too, I love their slime line rock rails, I've already put them to use on the rocks in Ingram.

Thank you for the new leads!

I spoke with Mykal, owner of Trail Icon today. Great person, has several new products coming soon.

 

[TX03RUBI]

You mean this? I have the under seat gun rack in the front and rear seats as well. I added their center mount molle panel so I can run the Garmin Tread when we take it out west. You should check out the products from MarqCAD as well, I have his short throw straight shifter to coincide with the center panel, his longer beefed up door straps, the A/C line guards and his gate stopper/latch upgrade. Thumper Fab makes great stuff too, I love their slime line rock rails, I've already put them to use on the rocks in Ingram.

I haven’t seen that Trail Icon dash mount. That’s legit. I think I’m going to snag it, and another ball mount for it. I’ll run one of my IPads for GPS. I’ve got a steel roof now, and my Starlink Mini is in a magnet mount. I can toss my Starlink on the roof, and use my IPad for anything and everything the same way I do in my 250. Thank you!

 

[Mister Bevilaqua]

I haven’t seen that Trail Icon dash mount. That’s legit. I think I’m going to snag it, and another ball mount for it. I’ll run one of my IPads for GPS. I’ve got a steel roof now, and my Starlink Mini is in a magnet mount. I can toss my Starlink on the roof, and use my IPad for anything and everything the same way I do in my 250. Thank you!

I plan to use it for the Garmin Tread but I'll likely put the phone on a mount there as well. I haven't considered the Starlink on the SxS but that's an interesting idea.

 

[Winterized]

So many cool Can Am Defender mods in this thread now that I'm almost speechless.

I've been wanting to make a few mods to mine and now the fordtremor.com effect has asserted itself and I find myself confronted with thou$ands in must have mods I didn't know existed 24 hours ago.

Since may of you have taken the time I didn't and already done the research, I'd like to ask for insight into one more thing; have any of you installed or stumbled across sun visors for front/side/both suitable for the Defender, enclosed cab in particular? Tint's now a given to reduce glare but probably won't be enough to fully mitigate the glare from a low in the sky sun.

 

[Mister Bevilaqua]

So many cool Can Am Defender mods in this thread now that I'm almost speechless.

I've been wanting to make a few mods to mine and now the fordtremor.com effect has asserted itself and I find myself confronted with thou$ands in must have mods I didn't know existed 24 hours ago.

Since may of you have taken the time I didn't and already done the research, I'd like to ask for insight into one more thing; have any of you installed or stumbled across sun visors for front/side/both suitable for the Defender, enclosed cab in particular? Tint's now a given to reduce glare but probably won't be enough to fully mitigate the glare from a low in the sky sun.

Sadly they can get more expensive than the trucks if you try lol. If you aren't running an overhead stereo system then I'd look at the DWA Visors, they are pricey but very nice. DRT makes a very similar one as well but I have no experience with it.

 

[Winterized]

Sadly they can get more expensive than the trucks if you try lol. If you aren't running an overhead stereo system then I'd look at the DWA Visors, they are pricey but very nice. DRT makes a very similar one as well but I have no experience with it.

No stereo so I can straightaway take a look at the ones you mentioned, thanks for this.

 

[TX03RUBI]

I plan to use it for the Garmin Tread but I'll likely put the phone on a mount there as well. I haven't considered the Starlink on the SxS but that's an interesting idea.

A 60+ Watt 12V cigarette adapter will easily power the Starlink without any additional modiciations. If you don’t want to do that, a power bank can easily handle it as well. I’ll likely just power mine from the Can Am, and throw in a smaller Anker 300 watt hour power bank in for power in case I decide to sit somewhere long term and don’t want to leave the can am running.

 

[TX03RUBI]

So many cool Can Am Defender mods in this thread now that I'm almost speechless.

I've been wanting to make a few mods to mine and now the fordtremor.com effect has asserted itself and I find myself confronted with thou$ands in must have mods I didn't know existed 24 hours ago.

Since may of you have taken the time I didn't and already done the research, I'd like to ask for insight into one more thing; have any of you installed or stumbled across sun visors for front/side/both suitable for the Defender, enclosed cab in particular? Tint's now a given to reduce glare but probably won't be enough to fully mitigate the glare from a low in the sky sun.

I’d likely go with eyebrow tint on top of the typical window tint. I run it in all our vehicles, and for the most part I rarely use our visors anymore.

 

[majorbison]

there's a kit to run a starlink from a milwaukee m18 battery available as well

 

[Fozzy]

I’m going to try this mount on my X3 and boat with Axis Alloy universal roll bar clamps. Depending on the height I might change out the mount on my truck to match so it’s a little easier to swap between vehicles.

Starlink Mini Quick Release Mount

Quickly and easily mount and remove your Starlink Mini without the need for tools or any complicated process. Simply pull the red knob and your dish separates from the mount. Designed extremely tough to withstand gusty highway winds and nasty road vibrations. Designed to be bolted to any flat...

www.savageutv.com

 

[TX03RUBI]

there's a kit to run a starlink from a milwaukee m18 battery available as well

You can run them off a standard Milwaukee Top Off inverter and USBC cable. I’ve ran mine a few times that way. For me the battery doesn’t provide enough run time. I can get 12+ hours out of my small power bank, and 36+ out of my large one. The small bank is barely any larger than a 8.0 battery and Top Off though

 

[Lunch Box]

Anyone have experience and/or recommendation on LED headlight bulbs for a Can am defender. Part #if you have it. Thank you!

 

[quad racer]

Our Kawasaki Mule that we use around our property. Had it for 8 years and have put it through its paces. Not fancy but it can seat 6 comfortably or 3 and a fairly large dump bed with a quick slide of the rear seat. Hell it’s been loaded down with more than 10 teenagers at a couple of the girls birthday parties when they were young.

 

[Winterized]

Our Kawasaki Mule that we use around our property. Had it for 8 years and have put it through its paces. Not fancy but it can seat 6 comfortably or 3 and a fairly large dump bed with a quick slide of the rear seat. Hell it’s been loaded down with more than 10 teenagers at a couple of the girls birthday parties when they were young.



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Had one of those for a number of years and found it useful and reliable. Needs changed so I replaced it with the Can Am or I'd still cheerfully have it. Solid machines.

 

[DwnSth]

Had one of those for a number of years and found it useful and reliable. Needs changed so I replaced it with the Can Am or I'd still cheerfully have it. Solid machines.

Nothing fancy about a Kawasaki however, way more dependable over some of the others

 

[quad racer]

This machine has been nothing but fantastic. Only time it’s let me down was my fault and the result of too much fun. It’s by far the most versatile machine I found. A perfect mix for fun and work.

 

[Mister Bevilaqua]

Anyone have experience and/or recommendation on LED headlight bulbs for a Can am defender. Part #if you have it. Thank you!

This is the kit I am using, it has been great. I have the 15,000 lumen option.

2025 Can Am Defender & Lonestar LED Headlight Upgrade Kit Plug & Play

Pictures are of actual leds installed on customers and personal machines (tested by many miles on our personal powersports) This kit converts your stock halogen bulbs to LED Cross 219800149 & 715900653 to LED Fits: 2025 CAN AM DEFENDER If it had halogen bulbs in from the factory. Doesn’t fit...

ledpowersport.com

 

[NightForceFan]

This is the kit I am using, it has been great. I have the 15,000 lumen option.

2025 Can Am Defender & Lonestar LED Headlight Upgrade Kit Plug & Play

Pictures are of actual leds installed on customers and personal machines (tested by many miles on our personal powersports) This kit converts your stock halogen bulbs to LED Cross 219800149 & 715900653 to LED Fits: 2025 CAN AM DEFENDER If it had halogen bulbs in from the factory. Doesn’t fit...

ledpowersport.com

Damn you. Lol