400ex mod piece by piece

well, i decided to make a thread for my quad.
first off i'd like to say im 15, and not made of money.
im buyin for all the mods. no help from mom and dad. so this will take a while
the bike is 2007 400ex. ive had it for 3 months now and here is when we first bought her



and how she sits at the moment















she has
-moose skids all around
-moose nerfs with pegs
-moose bumper
-powermadds(hence my screen name)
- and a billet exhaust tip jus for a throaty sound till i get an exhaust
and heres wat i plan on gettin in the future
-ironman exhaust
-suspension(idk what kind, jus watever i get a good deal on) i do like the fox floats tho
-A arms +1's or +2's(idk wat kind, jus a good deal)
- maxxis razr mx tires
-LSR adustable axle
-omf airscoops and a fan(this is an aircooled engine and does overheat quite a bit)
-handlebars(fasst if i get a good deal)
-white maier of fullbore plastics
-hiper beadlocks
-roll +1 steering stem
-possibly a sparks timing key after warranty is gone.

i gotta make this quad a mx machine.
i figure the next thing ill buy is either suspension or exhaust. im not gunna screw around with internal engine work till LATER.
i do all my own maintenaince (my father does supervise[sp]) and we are scared of messin with the internal stuff
i will probbly be added mods to this list quite a bit
tell meh wat u think guys! open to any suggestions

nice quad bro ;-)

Doesn't sound like you need any advise, you got it all figured out.

thanks man
ive had a long time to think about this list. i was plannin a mod list for this quad since i had the 250ex.
if u see anything on the list that you've had problems with please reply
and if you see anything that might work well and/or look good on this quad reply.

the big choice is the exhaust.

i got the exhaust picked out, the hmf ironman. is tuned to suit the needs of mx
the biggy (for me) is the suspension. everyone on exriders is sayin get 450r rebuilds. im not a fan of them because u have to scrape away at the shocks to get it to mount. im talkin to a guy that has some fox floats for sale so we'll see how that goes.
elkas are to damn expensive to buy, peps are nice but not alot of used ones out there. from wat i heard works shocks sucks. axis's are awesome but even more than elkas. fox are pretty cheap used, but not a whole bunch of them either. im sorta in bewteen a rock and a hard place here.

DO NOT put 450R shocks on it. They are good for stock but that is what I really want to replace.

exactly im not spendin 200 bucks on stock shocks. eventually i would want to replace them or revalve them but revalving is 300 or so

ok...i've got my 400ex I used to do mx with now I do harescrambles.

I have a DRD (Dubach Racing Development) exhaust on there and LOVEEEE the power it gives me. I also have a little bit experience with the shocks.....

I had the stock 400ex ones on there until my husband bought his 08 450 shocks...then I swapped them out and put them on my quad cause he got Elka's for his. About a month ago I sent the stock 450r shocks to Hygear Suspension, which is a local shop that rebuilds stock OEM shocks and I LOVE THEMMMMMMMMMMMM. My husband said he wishes he never bought the Elkas, he wishes he got them rebuilt by Hygear instead. Plus, it would have saved us some money!!! I believe he spent almost 1300 on the two front Elkas, and I spent 588.00 getting the stock ones rebuilt. So, even if you have to purchase stock ones, which are on ebay listed all the time, and you spend 200 bucks on them and then get them rebuilt/revalved, you're still saving about 500 bucks by not getting brand new shocks and everythign from a company like Elka.

Just a suggestion....do what you want with it :)

and...HYGEAR SUSPENSION is where you can get some sick rebuilds on stock shocks!

looking good. Nice