A RZR XP 1000 is a hard machine to give up in November. The riding is better — the ground is firm, the dust is gone, nobody else is out there — and the only thing standing between you and another two months of season is that your hands stop working after forty minutes and you cannot see through the windshield. Fogging is the part people underestimate. Cold glass plus two people breathing equals a windshield you are wiping with a glove while still moving. The Moto Alliance FIRESTORM Cab Heater for the Polaris RZR XP 1000, Turbo and S solves both halves of that at once, and it is $399.99.
How it makes heat
There is no fuel burner and no extra battery draw of any consequence here. The FIRESTORM pulls heat out of coolant your engine is already producing: Moto Alliance describes a highly efficient heat exchanger capable of up to 18,000 BTU from your radiator at 0-125 CFM. The engine is making that heat whether you use it or not, and this is the kit that routes some of it into the cab instead of out the front of the machine.
The install is plumbed, not improvised. The kit includes custom installation brackets and hose lengths specific to your Polaris RZR, automotive-grade radiator hose rated -40 to 120 degrees C, high performance alloy radiator Y connectors, and a built-in shutoff valve. That shutoff valve is not a small thing. It means you can close the heater out of the coolant loop in July without pulling hoses, and it is also what makes the system serviceable instead of permanent.
What is in the box
- Heat exchanger rated up to 18,000 BTU at 0-125 CFM
- Custom brackets and hose lengths cut for the RZR
- Adjustable temperature setting and fan speed, with 360-degree vents
- Two defrost vents aimed at the windshield
- Dedicated driver and passenger vents
- Built-in shutoff valve
- Automotive-grade radiator hose rated -40 to 120 degrees C
- High performance alloy radiator Y connectors
- All installation hardware and instructions
The finished result, per Moto Alliance, is a custom OEM look with no visible heater core. If you have seen a side-by-side with a heater core zip-tied under the dash with hoses looping across the footwell, you know exactly why that line is in the description.
Fitment — and two things that will stop you
- 2014-2018 Polaris RZR XP1000
- 2016-2018 Polaris RZR XP1000 Turbo
- 2014-2019 Polaris RZR 1000 S
Now the fine print, because this is the kit where it matters: it will not work with Ride Command or an OEM wiper kit. Those are not warnings about a difficult install, they are hard incompatibilities. If your XP 1000 has a Ride Command head unit in the dash, or the factory wiper kit fitted, this is not your heater. Check the dash before you check the model year.
Who it is for
This is for the owner who already rides in the cold and is tired of being bad at it, and especially for anyone running doors and a full windshield. A heater and an enclosed cab are a package deal; a heater in an open car mostly heats the county. If you have the doors on and you are still cold, this is the missing piece.
It also earns its keep for anyone whose winter riding is work rather than fun — plowing a drive, running a trapline, hauling feed. Those jobs put you in the machine at low speed in the worst of the weather, which is exactly when clear glass and warm hands stop being luxuries.
For what it is worth on the support question: Moto Alliance notes that FIRESTORM heaters are engineered by Motoalliance, were first to market nearly ten years ago, carry a fully registered USPTO trademark, and that all instructions are written in English by American engineers who install the original prototypes themselves. They also state they are available for tech questions before, during and after the purchase, which is the part you remember at 9pm with the dash half out.
Order it at SxS Outpost
The Moto Alliance FIRESTORM Cab Heater for the Polaris RZR XP 1000, Turbo and S is $399.99, ships direct from Moto Alliance with their warranty, and includes all installation hardware and instructions. Confirm your year and model — and check for Ride Command or an OEM wiper kit — before ordering. See what else fits in the Polaris RZR XP 1000 (2014-2023) collection, start in Polaris RZR S 1000 if that is your car, compare the rest of the Cab Heaters category, or browse the full Moto Alliance lineup — and the heater is here.