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Old 08-04-2012, 04:37 PM
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Ive been searching for custom fender eliminator kits that people have made and I have only been able to find a few, I decided to attempt to make my own yesterday and it turned out better than I thought and makes the bike look 10x better. I figured I would post it up for other people that are looking for ideas.

Heres how it looked at first
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I took the tag light off and lined up the license plate and drilled holes
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I Bought a 5" LED strip from auto zone and soldered it to the wires from the stock Tag light.
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Cut the plastic which ever way you think it looks best and sand it down, I used a dremel tool to cut then 400 gritt sand paper to make it smooth, mount the license plate, and stick the LED strip on the bottom of your brake light ( I left a few extra inches on the wires for the led strip so if I need to remove the rear fairing I had enough play to move it enough so that I could get to the plug) And this is what it will look like when your done.

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Old 08-05-2012, 10:36 AM
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not bad!!
 
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Old 08-05-2012, 10:57 AM
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I did the same thing on mine awhile ago makes such a difference
 
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Old 08-05-2012, 12:59 PM
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Did the same thing a couple days ago, but watch out for the turn signal wires behind the plastic! I forgot and cut right through them haha luckily it was an easy fix. But I agree on improving the looks 10x. One day I'll get a hotbodies but this looks pretty good till then.
 

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Old 08-06-2012, 08:37 AM
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You got the right idea with the fender "trim". But keep going, take it all off!
https://home.comcast.net/~nstama/undertail.html
 
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Old 08-06-2012, 08:51 AM
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Yeah, I just about did the same thing. Then forked over $130 for an unpainted hotbodies undertail, and painted it myself. Glad I went this route. I am very happy, and it was a pretty easy install! I decided to paint it myself to save the extra $100, and I also wanted to touch it up when it gets rock chips. Now I need the tire hugger. I thought painting it black would not look good, but it looks great!
 
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Old 08-08-2012, 09:39 AM
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Looks good. My 06 had that ugly *** long tail in it too. But never cut it off just replaced everythig.
 
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