Rear trailing arms are the part of a KRX nobody thinks about until one of them gets folded. They sit at the back of the machine, low and exposed, and they absorb the hits a skid plate never sees — the stump on the inside of a tight turn, the rock that comes up between the wheels, the ledge you did not quite clear. Bend one and a trail weapon turns into a tow-strap problem, because the rear wheel is no longer pointed where the chassis thinks it is. The SuperATV High-Clearance Rear Trailing Arms for the Kawasaki Teryx KRX 1000 are built for that specific job, and they run $934.95.
Where the clearance actually comes from
SuperATV is direct about the design goal. In their words the arms are made with heavy-duty steel plating and strengthened mounting points, and the bend design moves them up and away from most trail debris. That bend is the whole idea behind a high-clearance arm. A flatter arm is the first thing to find an obstacle when a rear wheel drops into a hole, because it is the lowest point back there and it is moving through the terrain edge-on. Lifting the midsection of the arm does not change your ride height or your suspension geometry. It simply takes the lowest part of the arm out of the line of fire and gives the rock somewhere to go.
It is worth being clear about what that does and does not buy you, because this is where people get the wrong idea about the word "high-clearance." SuperATV's own tire chart lists these arms at a 33-inch maximum tire on OEM A-arms, the same as OEM. They are not a lift, and on their own they are not a bigger-tire kit. They are a toughness-and-ground-clearance upgrade for the arm itself.
The steel, and where it is thickest
- 1/8-inch steel alloy plating through the body of the arm, built to handle intense rides on rough terrain
- A full 1/4-inch thick around the hub and radius mounts
- Glossy black powder coat that prevents rust and corrosion
- Tapered boxed shape
- Removable SuperATV logo plate — unscrew it and paint it any color to match the machine
The doubled thickness at the hub and radius mounts is the detail worth paying attention to. Those are the two places where load concentrates. The hub end is fighting cornering and braking loads through a short lever, and the radius rod mounts take every bit of the fore-and-aft abuse the rear end sees on a rough trail. An arm that is thick everywhere is just heavy. An arm that is thick in the two spots that actually tear is a better answer, and it is the kind of detail you only notice when you are the one welding the stock part back together.
The removable logo plate is a small thing, but it is a nice small thing. Powder coat is hard to match once you start customizing a machine, and being able to unbolt one plate and spray it the color of your cage beats masking off an entire arm.
Fitment — check which KRX you have
- Kawasaki Teryx KRX 1000: 2020 and newer
- Kawasaki Teryx KRX4 1000: 2023 and newer
The two year ranges are not the same, and that is what catches people shopping for a four-seat machine. A two-seat KRX is covered from the first model year forward. A KRX4 has to be a 2023 or newer. Check the badge and the year before you click buy.
Maximum tire size depends entirely on what else is under the machine. SuperATV publishes it as:
- OEM A-arms: 33 inches (same as OEM)
- 1.5-inch forward offset A-arms: 34 inches
- 4-inch GDP portals: 35 inches
- 6-inch GDP portals: 37 inches
- 8-inch GDP portals: 41 inches
Who it is for
If you ride a KRX in rocks, roots, or anything else that bites back, these are the kind of part that pays for itself the first time they shrug off something that would otherwise have ended the day. The honest case for them is not performance — a trailing arm does not make the machine faster — it is that they move the weak link somewhere else. Whether the thing you are building is a rock crawler on portals or a bone-stock KRX that just sees hard miles, the rear arms are a known failure point, and this is the heavy version of them.
The owner these are not for is the one shopping purely for tire clearance. On stock A-arms you are still at a 33-inch tire, same as you have now, so if bigger meats are the goal you are looking at offset A-arms or portals first and these arms second. And while the arm is off the machine, look at the bushings, the radius rods and the hub bearing before you bolt the new one in. A fresh arm hanging off worn hardware is a short-lived fix.
Order it at SxS Outpost
The SuperATV High-Clearance Rear Trailing Arms for the Kawasaki Teryx KRX 1000 are $934.95 and are backed by a lifetime warranty from SuperATV — in their words, "you don't have to hold back when SuperATV has your back." It is a genuine SuperATV part, shipped direct from SuperATV with their warranty. Browse everything else that fits in the Kawasaki Teryx KRX 1000 collection, see the full SuperATV lineup, compare options across Suspension, or go straight to the trailing arms themselves.