Honda Fender Extensions

[Demonical]

I could not find aftermarket fender extensions for my 450 Honda Foreman. Because I have aftermarket tires and rims, the tires stuck outside the fenders 2-3 inches.
In spite of being a 'gutless' Honda, this thing was a mud flinging bastard!

So I decided to make my own.

I took the stock fenders off, traced them onto cardboard to make templates, to trace the fender pattern onto the plastic. The plastic is from empty oil drums that I snagged at work. It took 2 drums to build these.

When I laid out the templates on the plastic, I decided to take advantage of the rib that's built into the barrel, to give the fenders a bit of extra stiffness.
The ribs ended up kind of flowing together, front to back.

They are far from perfect, I was in a helluva a hurry actually, when I built them. But now that I have done this once, I can see where improvements can be made, and I have these rough fenders that I can work off, if I decide to make more.

Because the plastic is so thick, I decided to secure them with carriage bolts. I know that's not really the best. I will hafta be careful not to hammer them into too much stuff, or I'll bust up the yellow plastic body of the quad.

I can see where small mudflaps, inserted in between the rear edge of the front fenders and then in front of the rear fenders, would knock down a lot more mud.

I'm really looking forward to testing these out over the next week, when I am bear hunting.

 

[beaarthur]

Well done!

 

[burnt_servo]

the drums you used are like plastic 45 gallon drums , roughly 1/4 " thick ?

btw good job , i may be doing something similar to my rubicon .

 

[Demonical]

the drums you used are like plastic 45 gallon drums , roughly 1/4 " thick ?

btw good job , i may be doing something similar to my rubicon .

Yep. They had compressor oil in them. The plastic is pretty thick, like you say, about 1/4".

If you make fenders like this, just allow for the thick plastic, when cutting it. You actually need to make the fenders just a bit longer, due to it, as it won't form to the fender contour like the thin stock fender.

 

[Demonical]

After trying the Honda out this weekend, I was pretty happy with the way these performed. I did bang them off some stuff and they flexed and gave not too bad; better then I thought they would actually.

BUT: They do need some mods, tweaks.

When laying these out, the front fender needs to extend down lower. Basically to the length of the stock fender lower mudflap. But because this plastic is so stiff, I don't think it is the right stuff for the mudflap. I think I will go to Canadian Tire and buy some rubber mudflaps and insert them in there.
I got ZERO mud on the top of my front fenders, where usually the whole front end would have been covered by mud flying up off the front wheels.

And with a small mudflap, behind the front fender, there would be nothing on the rear fenders either. All the mud on the rear fenders was from the front tires spraying mud onto the rear fenders, by that small area, not covered with the wider fender. Not nearly as much as I'm used to, so a vast improvement.

I had thought about putting a small mudflap in front of the rear fender, but it doesn't look like that is necessary.

I am going to fashion a bracket, to hang a couple of bigger mudflaps behind the rear tire, off the back fender. I pull a trailer a lot, I found that there is still a pile of mud being hucked all over my trailer.

I'll post up more pics, once I get that done.

 

[Grizzlypeg]

Nice job!

 

[homer_]

holy great job!

 

[canadian hunter312]

nice job

as far as im concerned all atv's should come with over fenders from the factory. even with mud lite xtr's (sling mud like crazy) i barely get any mud on me at all and really only get dirty when turning the wheels trying to get traction.

in our group im the only one that has over fenders and im always the cleanest even though i go through the worst spots.

 

[Jeepguy]

that looks pretty decent but the rubber idea may be better. are there any old conveyor belt around as that stuff would be choice. use the family scrounging abilities

 

[Demonical]

^ Matt the plastic worked really well. I did bounce off a few trees and things and that plastic flexed and gave better than I thought it would.

Tonight I finished mods to the fenders. I added rubber mudflaps at the back/bottom of the front fenders and then I made a bracket to mount a couple of big mudflaps off the back. That's mainly to keep all the mud and #### off my trailer. Wish I coulda had them on for my trip on the weekend.

I got finished too late to take pics.

 

[Jay]

Necessity... The mother of invention... GOOD JOB!

Cheers
Jay

 

[bcsteve]

I like the log bumper!

 

[Demonical]

I like the log bumper!

That's not a bumper! See the slot cut in it? That's my chainsaw holder/bracket thingyamee.

I ran into a guy 2 years ago, while bear hunting, that carried his saw in a piece of log a bit like that and I adapted the idea. Slide the saw in, put the bar guard in place and secure that, then one strap around the handle and the saw rides solid as can be. Frees up my front rack for gas... or bear hides..

 

[Demonical]

Here's the pics of the finished fenders with mudflpas now added. Maybe I will finally come home clean!!

No allegiance to Chev, just what was available in the size I wanted... XXL. These should keep my trailer clean!

These front mudflaps line up with the fender, so I'm hoping to have ZERO spray off the front tires now.

I left the stock Honda lower fender in place, cuz it wraps in along the side of the machine.

There's still one thing I might do, and that is to add another mudflap in front of the rear tires. I hate that Swan Hills loon s**t!!

 

[lemon hart]

Backing Up

Good job but you may want to consider doing something to make sure that you do not back up over the mud flaps when in reverse. I had made similar mud flaps but would loose them when backing up.

 

[Logan_Lamothe]

What no ###y lady profile mudflaps?