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I asked some questions on here for info for the install of these boards on my 09 cat and got some help, but I thought I'd give a little more in depth info for anyone else looking at these. The Better Board Rep helped me out with further information on install, as well as sending me additional rivets....so great support but this install is allot of work. There are allot of options out there for the 09-11 m-series, hopefully these work well for the epic install time required. I expected a fair amount of cutting, which proved to be the easy part, the time consuming part is removing a thousand rivets and getting everything to fit back together. Set aside a whole day on this install if you have done them before, if it's your first time maybe more. They should be super stiff which might make these different than some other brands performance wise.
So here is the short of the long install, you have to remove the stock tunnel support bracket and the whole outer rail, then cut everything out, grind it flat, then figure out how to reinstall it all back together with everything sitting an 1/8th inch higher. Make sure to get additional rivets from better boards as you will need around 100. And word on the street is that the powder coated boards are the only ones that work against snow sticking.
First ride is next weekend so we'll see how they do.
So here is the short of the long install, you have to remove the stock tunnel support bracket and the whole outer rail, then cut everything out, grind it flat, then figure out how to reinstall it all back together with everything sitting an 1/8th inch higher. Make sure to get additional rivets from better boards as you will need around 100. And word on the street is that the powder coated boards are the only ones that work against snow sticking.
First ride is next weekend so we'll see how they do.
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