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10-14-2011, 02:09 PM
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Taillights
Contacted Hotbodies about this undertail and the taillight lenses, and they're reply was, "not one of ours". I want new lenses to replace these. They are faded and burnt. Anybody know who sells this undertail?......Tom
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10-19-2011, 02:09 AM
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Im not sure who makes that one either. Are they led? when you say faded and burnt, are they burned out? or just faded and dull?
if they are only dull. Buy some metal polish in paste form. It will work wonders on the clear lens. It will remove all oxidation and bring the lens back to life. I have to clean my tailight about once a month due to my undertail exhaust quickly tarnishing the clear lens.
I searched a bit and couldn't find anything that was the same. Hotbodies is very close, but as you already know, they are slightly different. Either you have a very early version of what they currently offer, or they never made it at all.
Have you taken it off yet? there may be indentification marks on the inside of the plastic. My concern would be there is a chance that who ever did the undertail on that bike could have modified one from a different bike. It wasn't that long ago undertails were only made for a few different brands. If you remove it, you may be able to see if it was modified at all.
As a last resort, the lights themselves look the same as the ones offered by hotbodies. You may be able to measure your center to center distance of your light and they may be able to match it. If they can, you should be able to swap it out. You may have some modifications to do though.
if they are only dull. Buy some metal polish in paste form. It will work wonders on the clear lens. It will remove all oxidation and bring the lens back to life. I have to clean my tailight about once a month due to my undertail exhaust quickly tarnishing the clear lens.
I searched a bit and couldn't find anything that was the same. Hotbodies is very close, but as you already know, they are slightly different. Either you have a very early version of what they currently offer, or they never made it at all.
Have you taken it off yet? there may be indentification marks on the inside of the plastic. My concern would be there is a chance that who ever did the undertail on that bike could have modified one from a different bike. It wasn't that long ago undertails were only made for a few different brands. If you remove it, you may be able to see if it was modified at all.
As a last resort, the lights themselves look the same as the ones offered by hotbodies. You may be able to measure your center to center distance of your light and they may be able to match it. If they can, you should be able to swap it out. You may have some modifications to do though.
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Thanks for the reply. No, the taillight isn't burnt out but if you look at the lens on the left side, you can just see where heat is cooking the lens right in the middle. Also I think this lens started out red and now it has completely faded off half way down. Doesn't show in the pic. Guess I'll just keep looking for a replacement. I'm up for replacement with a different style, but don't want to get into modifying the tail plastics. Thanks again.....Tom
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