Fender eliminator help
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RE: Fender eliminator help
[quote]ORIGINAL: stephygee
Yeah, all you ended up with was a new mount for you blinkers? You still have the two holes that the stock lights came off of. Why not just do what Blackdog said and mount it to the flap like i did. I used my stock holes for my blinkers and still have my trunk...Also, do you have a tag light?
ORIGINAL: FastCRX
I bought that one off Ebay and put it on my bike. First off, the picture is not how it will look after you're done unless you have an existing fender eliminator kit. It's basically just a bracket to mount your license plate to.
It took me a good four hours and a lot of elbow grease to mount this thing. First, I took a hacksack to that mud flap on the back. Since I wanted to keep my trunk, I cut just below the keyhole. I then had to drill two holes in my trunk to mount the bracket under the tail, and then had to hacksaw a piece off the mounting bracket so it could slide around the trunk lock mechanism.
After all that, I filed the edges of the remainder of the mudflap to give it a clean look. I'll post pics tomorrow after I take photos in daylight. I usually document my mods with photos, but it was so time consuming and frustrating, I just wanted to get it over with. No pics of the actual job...just the callouses on my hands to prove it.
I think I'd have done better by going to Home Depot and buying a bracket; it's about the same quality. Oh...the bracket does not come with installation instructions, so I had to wing it, but fortunately everthing turned out okay.
If you decide to go with a full undertail kit, make sure you get an ABS plastic one. Over time, the fiberglass version starts to crack, and unlike plastic, it's not as flexible and durable.
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I bought that one off Ebay and put it on my bike. First off, the picture is not how it will look after you're done unless you have an existing fender eliminator kit. It's basically just a bracket to mount your license plate to.
It took me a good four hours and a lot of elbow grease to mount this thing. First, I took a hacksack to that mud flap on the back. Since I wanted to keep my trunk, I cut just below the keyhole. I then had to drill two holes in my trunk to mount the bracket under the tail, and then had to hacksaw a piece off the mounting bracket so it could slide around the trunk lock mechanism.
After all that, I filed the edges of the remainder of the mudflap to give it a clean look. I'll post pics tomorrow after I take photos in daylight. I usually document my mods with photos, but it was so time consuming and frustrating, I just wanted to get it over with. No pics of the actual job...just the callouses on my hands to prove it.
I think I'd have done better by going to Home Depot and buying a bracket; it's about the same quality. Oh...the bracket does not come with installation instructions, so I had to wing it, but fortunately everthing turned out okay.
If you decide to go with a full undertail kit, make sure you get an ABS plastic one. Over time, the fiberglass version starts to crack, and unlike plastic, it's not as flexible and durable.
Pics posted 9/3/06:
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RE: Fender eliminator help
ORIGINAL: FastCRX
when you say "alot of prep work" what was involved? was it a pita?
when you say "alot of prep work" what was involved? was it a pita?
RE: Fender eliminator help
ORIGINAL: Fly5150
Yeah, all you ended up with was a new mount for you blinkers? You still have the two holes that the stock lights came off of. Why not just do what Blackdog said and mount it to the flap like i did. I used my stock holes for my blinkers and still have my trunk...Also, do you have a tag light?
Yeah, all you ended up with was a new mount for you blinkers? You still have the two holes that the stock lights came off of. Why not just do what Blackdog said and mount it to the flap like i did. I used my stock holes for my blinkers and still have my trunk...Also, do you have a tag light?
I moved my lights from the stock position closer to the license plate because no, I don't have a tag light. Between my blinkers and taillight, illuminating my license plate is good. I've passed the LAPD test (haven't been pulled over yet).
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RE: Fender eliminator help
ORIGINAL: stephygee
Yeah, I wasn't too keen about the extra light holes and thought of putting black mirror covers over it. I've those on order. It'll have to do until my ABS plastic undertail kit is ready. I figure by the time the kit gets here, and I put it in the shop for painting/mural to match the rest of the bike, my bracket setup won't really matter. I just had to get rid of that flap...it was killing me
I moved my lights from the stock position closer to the license plate because no, I don't have a tag light. Between my blinkers and taillight, illuminating my license plate is good. I've passed the LAPD test (haven't been pulled over yet).
ORIGINAL: Fly5150
Yeah, all you ended up with was a new mount for you blinkers? You still have the two holes that the stock lights came off of. Why not just do what Blackdog said and mount it to the flap like i did. I used my stock holes for my blinkers and still have my trunk...Also, do you have a tag light?
Yeah, all you ended up with was a new mount for you blinkers? You still have the two holes that the stock lights came off of. Why not just do what Blackdog said and mount it to the flap like i did. I used my stock holes for my blinkers and still have my trunk...Also, do you have a tag light?
I moved my lights from the stock position closer to the license plate because no, I don't have a tag light. Between my blinkers and taillight, illuminating my license plate is good. I've passed the LAPD test (haven't been pulled over yet).