The sides of a Polaris General are exposed in a way that is easy to ignore until the first time you hear rock on plastic. The General is narrow enough to thread tight trails and fast enough to get there with some speed, which means the door skins and rocker area take hits from stumps, ledges and whatever the tires kick up. Plastic does not come back from that. The Kemimoto UTV Rock Sliders and Nerf Bars for the Polaris General 1000 and General XP 1000 put steel between the trail and the part of the machine you cannot buff out.
What they're made of
Kemimoto builds these from high-quality, thick steel with a UV-resistant black powder coating. That combination is the whole point of a slider: the steel takes the impact, and the coating is what keeps the steel from turning into a rust streak down the side of your machine after a season of mud and sun. A slider that rusts where it rubs is a slider you end up removing.
What they actually do on the trail
- Enhanced protection — the nerf bars shield the sides of the machine from impacts, rocks, branches and tough off-road terrain
- Side steps — they double as a step, which makes it easier to get in and out of the machine or reach cargo on the roof
- Sold as a pair — left and right come together, so one order covers the whole job
The step function is the part people underrate. On a General with a roof rack or any kind of cargo up top, having a solid place to put a boot is the difference between reaching your gear and climbing on a tire. It is a protection part that earns its keep on days you never touch a rock.
Fitment
- Polaris General 1000, 2016-2026
- Polaris General XP 1000, 2016-2026
Kemimoto builds these sliders specifically for that fitment range rather than selling a universal bar and hoping. Confirm your year, make and model against the list before ordering — the General family has a lot of variants, and the two covered here are the full-size 1000 and the XP 1000.
Who should run a set
- General owners who ride trails tight enough that the doors are taking hits
- Anyone running larger tires, which throw more rock at the rockers
- Owners with a roof rack, a bed cover or anything else that needs reaching from outside the machine
- Anyone who would rather bolt on steel now than shop for General door plastic later
Order it at SxS Outpost
The Kemimoto rock sliders for the Polaris General 1000 and General XP 1000 are $258.35 for the left-and-right pair. They ship direct from Kemimoto's US warehouse with Kemimoto's standard warranty, which also means they get to you without a long wait. Browse the rest of what fits your machine in the Polaris General and Polaris General XP 1000 collections, or see the full Bumpers & Protection lineup if you're armoring the machine front to back.