4 seat speed UTV

[LargeOrangeFont]

I just wanted to see how many paragraphs you would write.

I'm between meetings right now

 

[mash on it]

Back to for speed or against.

I’m for. Black magic what ya got. Lol

I believe he has a '78 Jeep. @Blackmagic94
Mines a '79.
Completely American made.
And exist.

(With car alarm)

It's actually my wife's Jeep.

I'm just top mechanic and chauffeur.

Dan'l

 

[pwerwagn]

All I know, is I am kicking myself for not buying in when my intuition told me to. Oh well...

 

[riverroyal]

I didn’t go to the show. I heard it was good overall. I also heard the firebird race way show was joke.

on a side note I did get shock therapy springs installed last week. Now for a tuning session in a few weeks. Full load of beer to make the weight is correct

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

I didn’t go to the show. I heard it was good overall. I also heard the firebird race way show was joke.

on a side note I did get shock therapy springs installed last week. Now for a tuning session in a few weeks. Full load of beer to make the weight is correct

Hit me up if you need a copilot to turn the little knobs for you. Car should be much improved.

 

[riverroyal]

Hit me up if you need a copilot to turn the little knobs for you. Car should be much improved.

Absolutely. I spoke with shock therapy this morning to get a starting point. Great customer service.
we did blast down a wash for few miles Sunday morning. Without any tweaking it felt more predictable. Just not as smooth on the chop as I was hoping For. But that was with zero turning of the screws and from the talk this morning it’s way off.

 

[DLC]

I am AMAZED at his much negativity in the last 15 -20 pages! You would think it’s in the middle in winter with a cold Frt snow storm headed directly to Havasu !
It’s middle of September water is still good…. Relax it’s a sxs!

Robby got 4 cars out they are basically display “ Mock Up “cars ! RG is a race car driver, Do you actually think production cars will have these glitches?

every brand has issues
can am
you need to spend $3,000 plus to fix weak areas radius rods, lower A arms, upper rear shock tabs, Frt shock mounts

polaris rzr’ s
they caught on fire and burned up not that long ago, the stock cage is designed to crumple down on a roll over

while I wish speed great success in the new car! I more excited to see what impact the speed car has on ENTIRE market and the improvements made from brand to brand.

Healthy Competition Accross Brands is a Good Thing for the Consumer !

 

[DLC]

I also think RG should of started out with a 2 seat model and then expanded into a 4 seat. Or the 4 seat 1st and then the 2 seat.
He has to design FROM Scratch 2 cars!

While they are very similar to each other They are very different. He also has to adjust the assembly line from the 2 to 4 seat cars.

while I think This can be done it’s just more time with out car production

 

[Blackmagic94]

It’s just stupid to keep doing that shit.. and before we go with the “he started it”. I’d like to point out some of the “mature” comments that were made.

it takes two. If someone is poking and prodding me I just say “ok”. I find it saves a lot of time and makes them feel relatively small in the process.

Back to for speed or against.

I’m for. Black magic what ya got. Lol

Sand limo 4 seater
CJ7 v8
Hmmwvs
M1083
Lots of motorcycles
1200 hp turbo mustang
Two boats
2 ram 2500s

 

[RVR SWPR]

We could be gearing up for the best RDP Winter threads ever this year.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

I also think RG should of started out with a 2 seat model and then expanded into a 4 seat. Or the 4 seat 1st and then the 2 seat.
He has to design FROM Scratch 2 cars!

While they are very similar to each other They are very different. He also has to adjust the assembly line from the 2 to 4 seat cars.

while I think This can be done it’s just more time with out car production

What was cool is that RG addressed some of this awhile back. I think the short wheelbase Baja Bandit 2 seater is still a ways off. Those folks will be waiting another year, or they may just kill that model.

The longer 2 seat El Diablo and the 4 seat are like 95% the same. The roof, cage, chassis, plastics behind the door, and bed are different. But the 2 even share the same wiring harness, and there is supposedly an area on the 2 seater where the harness serpentines to take up the extra length so they only have 1 main harness for all models.

Suspension is the same, shocks will be the same with different springs and valving.

The rational for doing the long wheelbase 2 seater and the 4 seater at the same time was the development costs were cheaper, but the expense was extra time.

 

[Cobalt232]

I was actually wondering how you guys were feeling after that SXS show this weekend? I know @RiverDave mentioned he was uncomfortable a few times with the crowds and you mentioned it also Ashley. How ya guys fairing this week? Kinda kept me away from it knowing how crowded it was gonna be!

One of the reasons we went on Sunday is we figured less people in the Speed area. Not for Covid, just being able to get close and hands-on. Also got to talk with Robby and Todd. Was great.

I spent at least 12 hours in a rental car 3 weeks ago in Florida while my middle kid was just getting Covid and I'm sure contagious at that point as symptoms were just starting to show. He gave it to his new wife about 4 days later. My immune system must be good. We are all vaxxed though, but they still got it.

 

[SKIDMARC]

The thing I noticed the most from the pictures other than the welds, enough has been said about those, was the back seat. Doesn't seem and big as I thought it would be. Although I would never site in the back seat if I owned one I do think of the wife and kids back there. The RZR back seat is super cramped even for a smaller person.

 

[Todd Mohr]

I didn’t go to the show. I heard it was good overall. I also heard the firebird race way show was joke.

on a side note I did get shock therapy springs installed last week. Now for a tuning session in a few weeks. Full load of beer to make the weight is correct

Do you tune for the morning (full load of beer) or the afternoon (empty cooler)?

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Do you tune for the morning (full load of beer) or the afternoon (empty cooler)?

Tune for lunch.. Half full cooler and full stomach.

 

[RiverDave]

I was actually wondering how you guys were feeling after that SXS show this weekend? I know @RiverDave mentioned he was uncomfortable a few times with the crowds and you mentioned it also Ashley. How ya guys fairing this week? Kinda kept me away from it knowing how crowded it was gonna be!

Honestly I'm feeling fine, but Covid literally scares the shit out of me. I know 2 gym rats with no health conditions that have been teetering on whether they were gonna make it or not. Weirdly I know others that aren't healthy that are fine.. Thing doesn't have any rhyme or reason.

If you were gonna get it though the speed booth was flipping packed.

RD

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

The thing I noticed the most from the pictures other than the welds, enough has been said about those, was the back seat. Doesn't seem and big as I thought it would be. Although I would never site in the back seat if I owned one I do think of the wife and kids back there. The RZR back seat is super cramped even for a smaller person.

This car is not as long as a Can Am, it is not going to have a huge amount of back seat room those cars do. It has a more than a 4 seat RZR XP/ Turbo/ Turbo S, but not quite as much as a Pro XP or Can Am (The Pro XP RZR has more back seat room than a Turbo S, less than a 4 seat Can Am).

I can tell you it is cramped but was not uncomfortably cramped like a RZR. The front seat has a lot of travel rearward so especially if you are 6'0 or below as a driver, there is likely enough room back there to not feel shoehorned in. Two 6'2 people front to back might start getting uncomfortable.

 

[SKIDMARC]

This car is not as long as a Can Am, it is not going to have a huge amount of back seat room those cars do. It has a more than a 4 seat RZR XP/ Turbo/ Turbo S, but not quite as much as a ProXP or Can Am (The Pro XP RZR has more back seat room than a Turbo S, less than a 4 seat Can Am).

I can tell you it is cramped but was not uncomfortably cramped like a RZR.

Its the rear seating stadium style like the RZR? I couldn't really tell in the picture. That is one thing I do like over my Can Am. My kids are still small so they say they can't see. LOL. That's why my daughter loves sitting shotgun.

 

[HALLETT BOY]

On RZR forums , they say these are the welds on the Speed car ?

 

[RCDave]

On RZR forums , they say these are the welds on the Speed car ? View attachment 1051986

Maybe someone slipped some LSD into the welders ice tea? WOW

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Its the rear seating stadium style like the RZR? I couldn't really tell in the picture. That is one thing I do like over my Can Am. My kids are still small so they say they can't see. LOL. That's why my daughter loves sitting shotgun.

Slight stadium yes, maybe 1-2 inches higher in back? With the tall doors, you are gonna have the same problem with these, maybe even worse.

I don't know how old your kids are, but I have both my 5 and 9 year old in these PRP booster cushions now. It helped with visibility and getting the harnesses in the right spot on their bodies.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Maybe someone slipped some LSD into the welders ice tea? WOW

Welding robot was hacked

 

[SKIDMARC]

Slight stadium yes, maybe 1-2 inches higher in back? With the tall doors, you are gonna have the same problem with these, maybe even worse.

I don't know how old your kids are, but I have both my 5 and 9 year old in these PRP booster cushions now. It helped with visibility and getting the harnesses in the right spot on their bodies.

Oh right on I haven't seen those! My son is 11 but on the smaller side and my daughter is 7. This will probably help my daughter. I do adjust the harnesses but this will definitely help. Thanks!

 

[OLDRAAT]

This shit talk keeps up, RG gonna turn the dogs loose on you chumps.

 

[DWC]

I didn’t go to the show. I heard it was good overall. I also heard the firebird race way show was joke.

on a side note I did get shock therapy springs installed last week. Now for a tuning session in a few weeks. Full load of beer to make the weight is correct

I’ll be out there this weekend and next for test runs.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Welding robot was hacked

Were they built by Demenion

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Were they built by Demenion

Tubes would be deleted and extra tubes added in the middle of the show if that was the case.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

I’ll be out there this weekend and next for test runs.

This weekend you say?? Me too.

 

[DWC]

This weekend you say?? Me too.

Absolutely, heading up when i get back Thursday. Got the whole family coming up the following week for our 28th anniversary Got some yard work, window washing, boating and sxs’ing to squeeze in. When are you heading up?

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Oh right on I haven't seen those! My son is 11 but on the smaller side and my daughter is 7. This will probably help my daughter. I do adjust the harnesses but this will definitely help. Thanks!

They make 4 different ones. 2 sand car cushions and 2 UTV cushions. They make each type with a back and bottom, or bottom only.

Products Archive

www.prpseats.com

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Absolutely, heading up when i get back Thursday. Got the whole family coming up the following week for our 28th anniversary Got some yard work, window washing, boating and sxs’ing to squeeze in. When are you heading up?

Friday night, boating Sat and Sun. I’ll text you!

 

[Icky]

The thing that bothers me is for this scale of manufacturing it had to have been drawn cad. 3d model, laser cut and cnc bent tubes etc. Obviously some tweaks here and there need to be made in the model for production runs, but that should've been addressed the first few tubes that were shit out. They would've been better off hand fitting some if these tubes that were extended with bolts, other tubing etc. Some of the welds could've been ground down and filled with bondo and painted over for the show.

I assume they have a model that was hand built here in the US that they build their jig from. Why he didn't have the people that build his TT fabricate the first few baffles me. He's got some bad ass fabricators and welders on his payroll that could've fixed some of this shit easily.

When I was an apprentice, there was a maintenance manager at a plant we worked for that didn't give a shit if something worked or not, he wanted it to look good and be clean. Cause at least if it didn't work, it looked good sitting there broken.

 

[RCDave]

Maybe the welder was practicing the 6' social distancing rule when making those welds! HAH

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

The thing that bothers me is for this scale of manufacturing it had to have been drawn cad. 3d model, laser cut and cnc bent tubes etc. Obviously some tweaks here and there need to be made in the model for production runs, but that should've been addressed the first few tubes that were shit out. They would've been better off hand fitting some if these tubes that were extended with bolts, other tubing etc. Some of the welds could've been ground down and filled with bondo and painted over for the show.

I assume they have a model that was hand built here in the US that they build their jig from. Why he didn't have the people that build his TT fabricate the first few baffles me. He's got some bad ass fabricators and welders on his payroll that could've fixed some of this shit easily.

When I was an apprentice, there was a maintenance manager at a plant we worked for that didn't give a shit if something worked or not, he wanted it to look good and be clean. Cause at least if it didn't work, it looked good sitting there broken.

It seems that the tube fit up looks largely OK. They did EXACTLY what you are saying with the hand built tube fit up and fixture checking for verification. The gusseting is where the bolt ended up, and to me that is an easy fix to adjust a gusset for mass production, and get the compound angle and tube intersection welds a little cleaner.

They are clearly capable of decent quality welds out of the robots, as the straight joints look nice.

 

[merc_400r]

It seems that the tube fit up looks largely OK. They did EXACTLY what you are saying with the hand built tube fit up and fixture checking for verification. The gusseting is where the bolt ended up, and to me that is an easy fix to adjust a gusset for mass production, and get the compound angle and tube intersection welds a little cleaner.

They are clearly capable of decent quality welds out of the robots, as the straight joints look nice.

Are you looking at the same pic as the rest of us? That tube fit up is horrible. Any bigger of a gap on that and they would have to use a bolt to fill it. That's why the tube welds look horrible too because the gap is so big. If you don't have proper fit up then the weld can never look good and will never get a good joint. These are major problems that I am seeing and its not the robot welders.

 

[Bigbore500r]

Maybe the welder was practicing the 6' social distancing rule when making those welds! HAH

 

[riverroyal]

I’ll be out there this weekend and next for test runs.

Pearl jam this weekend
Next trip is october something for the London bridge bday concert deal

 

[Lunatic Fringe]

If you guys are all so concerned with how we spent $1500 of our dollars all of a sudden, we will bludgeon you with the results... well I will at least. Dave will probably be more subtle about it. If the Speed cars suck, I will sell it for a profit and buy a new RZR. I am fine either way.

Please sir, I beg of you not to bludgeon me with my own stupidity.
I'm just a simple man with a simple question.

How do you pull off the above without being the same level douchebag that sold 2FORCEFULL his latest Cheetah?

Will you be the only one aware they are pieces of crap?
If so, you're going to sell something you know is a piece of shit, at a profit, to some poor unsuspecting soul who must have scraped together his pennies to try and purchase fun for the family?

I don't really need an answer. I'm just entertaining myself here.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Please sir, I beg of you not to bludgeon me with my own stupidity.
I'm just a simple man with a simple question.

How do you pull off the above without being the same level douchebag that sold 2FORCEFULL his latest Cheetah?

Will you be the only one aware they are pieces of crap?
If so, you're going to sell something you know is a piece of shit, at a profit, to some poor unsuspecting soul who must have scraped together his pennies to try and purchase fun for the family?

I don't really need an answer. I'm just entertaining myself here.

Warranty. I’m pretty sure it’s not going to fall apart or not function. How annoying are the little problems, is it reliable is the question.

I’m 80% confidant I’ll be overall happy with the car.

 

[Lunatic Fringe]

Warranty.

That must be one heck of a good warranty.
I've never seen one that buys back a SxS from the purchaser and gives them a profit to boot.

Do you get to keep the 8x10 glossy of Robby?

 

[Groper]

Please sir, I beg of you not to bludgeon me with my own stupidity.
I'm just a simple man with a simple question.

How do you pull off the above without being the same level douchebag that sold 2FORCEFULL his latest Cheetah?

Will you be the only one aware they are pieces of crap?
If so, you're going to sell something you know is a piece of shit, at a profit, to some poor unsuspecting soul who must have scraped together his pennies to try and purchase fun for the family?

I don't really need an answer. I'm just entertaining myself here.

I've been busy selling a Boat and purchasing another one, did I miss a tread about Olé Steven getting taken on a Cheetah' purchase really ?

 

[Lunatic Fringe]

I've been busy selling a Boat and purchasing another one, did I miss a tread about Olé Steven getting taken on a Cheetah' purchase really ?

Allegedly. Depends on the point of view.

 

[Groper]

Allegedly. Depends on the point of view.

Since we're on topic was it under Warranty ? LOL

 

[Lunatic Fringe]

Since we're on topic was it under Warranty ? LOL

As they say, the warranty was "Outta sight".
When you're outta sight, you're outta warranty.

 

[ultra26shadow]

I was wondering the same, Ashley is definitely not a little guy lol

Ashley is a guy? This thread is confusing

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

That must be one heck of a good warranty.
I've never seen one that buys back a SxS from the purchaser and gives them a profit to boot.

Do you get to keep the 8x10 glossy of Robby?

You know how people can sell their 2 year old used trucks for more than they paid for them? It’s the magic of supply and demand.

 

[white tortilla]

This thread hurts my brain. Just the last few pages completely useless and a waste of time. I’ll stick to riding a dirt bike.

 

[Taboma]

Ashley is a guy? This thread is confusing

 

[2Driver]

On RZR forums , they say these are the welds on the Speed car ? View attachment 1051986

I know a stack of dimes
A stack of dimes is my friend
That sir is not a stack of dimes.

 

[Joker]

I'm not sure if I'm more hesitant about the vaccine or the speed car at this point.