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That's what we do for my 5 year old so the seat belt fits correctly. My 8yr olds just sit normally. 

How do you fully remove the front plastic on an '18 Defender? I can take the little hood off and the remove the front plastic rivets, but how do you remove it all the way?

Man would I love to have that 12v power post in the front of my 18. 

I ran the power all the way from the battery and mounted the solenoid and the wireless remote receiver underneath the hood. 

Wanting to add an LED light bar to my front bumper. When I added my winch, I mounted the solenoid under the hood and ran the power cables from the battery up through the dash to it. Rather than running the power cables from the light bar all the way back to the battery, can I connect them to the pos/neg battery cables that I ran to the winch solenoid?

20 hours ago, Hkb82 said:

Lights were another must to be added. To be honest I’m pretty disappointed With the lighting on this machine. Both front and high beams and also the lack of a reverse light. For the price this could have been improved. Used some ss to fab up a bracket for the rears. Drilled to fit in the upper door hinge location. I hate to drill holes in a new machine unless it’s an absolute must. Mounted a 12 inch to the xt front bumper. A couple matching toggle switches and fused and pow lights 100% better. 

I have the same front bumper and have been looking for a light bar. Which one is that?

Random question, but wanting to throw it out there. I have a 2018 Defender Max HD8 in Intense Red. The only reason I bought the red color is because I got a great deal on it. However, it is definitely not my favorite color. I'd pay for shipping both ways if someone wanted to swap out the front end plastics. 

Also, does anyone have any suggestions on wrapping or painting?

10 hours ago, zk-315 said:

Sure thing. There’s 4 torx head screws that hold the middle seat bottom to the frame. Flip the seat up and pull those 4 screws out and the seat base lifts off the frame. 

I used the Kolpin Rhino XL clamps on mine, but I’ve seen a couple of styles of Kolpin clamps used. In the pic below, there’s a horizontal bar (1” square tubing if I remember right) that I mounted mine to. Where the green circles are, I’ve seen people mount them on those vertical bars of the seat frame. Either way works, but I had the room on the horizontal one. 

After I had the first one mounted, I then realized there were two sets of mounting screws, so that’s why the one closest to the camera has shorter screws lol. 

Now, on the bottom of the seat bottom that you removed, there’s some plastic ribs that need trimmed. I just used a good pair of dikes to trim it away, but a drimel with a cut-off wheel would work fine too. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pics of where I cut it. But put the seat on and figure out where it needs trimmed and then trim away. It’s still really sturdy and I haven’t had any issues with it yet. 

Thanks!

Where did you guys mounts your solenoids for your winch? I've got a 2018 HD8 Max and just bought a SuperATV 4500lb winch but am having trouble on finding a location to mount the solenoid. 

On ‎4‎/‎25‎/‎2019 at 12:18 PM, zk-315 said:

New here and was going to wait to do a build thread later on, but figured I might as well go ahead and start now. I'm in central Texas and picked up a 2019 HD10 Lonestar edition defender February 2nd this year. When I bought it, I had already had a pretty good idea on 90% of everything I wanted to put on it.

My number one goal in this build is reliability and functionality, but still be a fully capable rig to do almost anything I want it to do. I don't plan to go super huge or make it a show machine. It will get used, but will also get taken care of. I like nice things, but when I can save a dollar here or there, I will do just that. I hunt a lot, do some guided hunts, and like to take my family out to trail ride and get outdoors.

I've already added quite a few smaller things to it which I'll attempt to add pictures of everything throughout this build, in hopes it could help anyone out with anything. I'm a big fan of DIY installs and builds, so the majority of this thread will be directed in that manner. The larger purchases will slowly come, but I tend to add a bunch of the little knick-knacks all the time.

Right off the bat I put the factory glass flip out windshield on it. Everything I have heard about the poly windshields were that it wasn't for me. I go through a lot of brush and didn't want it scratched all to hell (like the poly tends to do), so I spent the extra coin and really glad I did.

Some of the smaller add-ons done so far:

-Removed the factory door netting

-Auxbeam LED cube lights on the back (ordered spot beam on accident and wish I would have gone with the flood beam)

-factory matched rocker switch for the rear lights. I can get a little ocd at times and wanted this to match the rest of the switches

-USB charging port with integrated volt meter (under the "Work, normal, eco" mode switch)

-Seizmik mirrors - bolted through the a-pillar webbing down close to the dash. If I ever get doors, I may have to move these somewhere else.

-Cheap amazon roll-bar led light for a dome light

-Kohlpin Rhino XL gun clamps under front middle jump seat (best mod I've done so far!)

-Rear view mirror (not installed yet)

 

Can you detail how you mounted the Kolpin gun mounts under the middle seats? I want to do the same.  Thanks

I've got the vented windshield from SuperATV and for the money it's a great windshield. 

I just spend the weekend lugging around 4 grown men and gear working on the duck lease in my HD8 Max. Dragging 15' cut cedar trees, working through mud and a couple feet of water, never had an issue. If money was no issue, the HD10 would be my choice, but I don't think I need the bigger engine for my purposes. 

First two years are through Can Am, then the 5 yrs are through aftermarket

I too just picked up a 2018 HD8, and I was able to get the dealer to give me a 5 yr additional warranty for $750. I thought this to be a no brainer. I'm usually not one to sign up for extended warranties, but 5 yrs, on top of the 1 standard and 1 for farm tax exempt, I now have 7 yrs of coverage.