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Workshop => Body and Controls => Topic started by: broken1 on January 22, 2021, 12:17:31 AM
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I have 3 known years of OEM plastic & have noted some differences between them that seem to make them year specific. One main obvious difference is 88 has red plastic so I'm not going over that one. I only have 86's & no other year frames to make comparisons but I'm pretty sure the 87-89 frames are slightly shorter than 86 frames. The 87-89 fuel tanks are also shorter than 86 fuel tanks but both the front & rear fenders are the same length on all 4 years. Here's some pics of the differences I've found so far that can be used to identify specific years. The 86 tank on the left, 89 tank on right:
(https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/89/6b/d8/83f07b1367465372.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/83f07b1367465372)
The 86 tanks have 2 round rubber protectors on each side, 87 tanks have one & the 88-89 tanks have none:
(https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/e1/c8/8e/f86d551367465302.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/f86d551367465302)
The 89 front fenders have a guide ridge on the inside that the rubber tank protector strips butt up against but the 86-87 plastic does not have this since the rubber strip is mounted to the tanks:
(https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/6f/f9/2e/d30c5d1367456599.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/d30c5d1367456599)
The 88-89 fronts also have a notch in the center of the hood mount channel where the retaining tab from the hood slides in, 86-87 front plastic does not have this since the 86-87 hoods have screws in that location instead of tabs:
(https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/80/18/ac/79102a1367456581.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/79102a1367456581)
Only OEM front plastic has the open slots in the scallops on the sides as far as I know:
(https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/99/05/8c/aac6781367456571.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/aac6781367456571)
For the rears the 86-87 plastic is easy to identify because it has no holes for the front seat mounts & the 89's do:
(https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/9f/38/f5/e3c2ea1367456561.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/e3c2ea1367456561)
Also the 86-87 plastic has molded in tire info on the left side while 89 uses a sticker:
(https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/0b/46/8a/beee011367456549.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/beee011367456549)
The 86-87 & 88-89 hood differences are obvious however I have OEM smooth hoods that have a part number & other info molded into them & some with no markings anywhere so I'm not sure if the hoods with no markings were originally from actual quads & the ones with numbers molded in were purchased as replacements from the dealer or if Honda started adding these numbers in 87 regardless if it was on a quad or bought as a replacement. I got my 86 in 88 & know for sure it has the factory original hood & it has no marks anywhere but than I have an OEM 88 hood & it has a part number molded into it. This hood was in a parts lot so I don't know where it came from but it has numbers:
(https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/2a/d1/e3/8b852c1367465267.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/8b852c1367465267)
This painted hood was original to my 86 & it has no marks:
(https://thumbs2.imagebam.com/9c/33/d5/57d0dc1367462925.jpg) (http://www.imagebam.com/image/57d0dc1367462925)
If anyone has any other information about the differences in plastic please post what you have found.
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Wow! That's a lot of info! Thanks Kevin. I have little experience with OEM plastic but from what experience I do have and seen on Kevin's 250R's, the fit is second to none.
No after market plastic fits nearly as well as OEM.