Chopping stock fender? Nightster...
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05-14-2013, 07:57 AM
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06-10-2013, 12:41 PM
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Did mine over my weekend. Fun project. Only snag was after the job my check engine light came on. Ran Dtc and found engine temp sensor voltage open code. Turns out it came unplugged in the process some how. Not sure as I wasn't too near the plug ever. But Im rambling so here are some pics.
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01-22-2014, 07:26 PM
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Lights and plate braket
Saw a lot of Q's about lights and bracket.
Here's how I did mine.
Plate bracket was a $4.00 1" L Bracket purchased at Home Depot...I just chopped off a bit and wa'la....see pics.
The lights I bought a 3ft piece of I think it's 5/16's threaded bar and chopped what I needed....see pics.
If you got questions hit me up and if I can remember how I did it I'll be more than happy to help you out.
Here's how I did mine.
Plate bracket was a $4.00 1" L Bracket purchased at Home Depot...I just chopped off a bit and wa'la....see pics.
The lights I bought a 3ft piece of I think it's 5/16's threaded bar and chopped what I needed....see pics.
If you got questions hit me up and if I can remember how I did it I'll be more than happy to help you out.
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01-22-2014, 07:33 PM
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Ok, it wasn't exactly an L Bracket it was an L with another piece...if you follow down it goes a few inches down behind my plate. I found it in the lumber section by all the framing sort of metal pieces. Just wondered around until I found something I could work with.
Has not come off yet - 1k miles WOT.
No, I don't have pics anymore of what it looked like - go to Home Depot or Lowes or whatever and look around.
Has not come off yet - 1k miles WOT.
No, I don't have pics anymore of what it looked like - go to Home Depot or Lowes or whatever and look around.
#147
01-23-2014, 02:04 PM
Saw a lot of Q's about lights and bracket.
Here's how I did mine.
Plate bracket was a $4.00 1" L Bracket purchased at Home Depot...I just chopped off a bit and wa'la....see pics.
The lights I bought a 3ft piece of I think it's 5/16's threaded bar and chopped what I needed....see pics.
If you got questions hit me up and if I can remember how I did it I'll be more than happy to help you out.
Here's how I did mine.
Plate bracket was a $4.00 1" L Bracket purchased at Home Depot...I just chopped off a bit and wa'la....see pics.
The lights I bought a 3ft piece of I think it's 5/16's threaded bar and chopped what I needed....see pics.
If you got questions hit me up and if I can remember how I did it I'll be more than happy to help you out.
) that will be mounted between the struts and the fender. I've got my license plate bracket mounted there right now so that has to come off. I'm looking for something original like what you've done! If you've got any more/other pics of how it's mounted I'd love to see them! Hope that alright with you!Cheers!
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01-23-2014, 08:21 PM
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- I measured the length of the piece of 5/16th rod (maybe 3 in?)
- Applied blue thread locker and screwed in just under 1cm into the turn signal and waited some time for drying
- Put on washer and nut to hold it in place
- Added Bracket and washer
- Through factory hole in rear strut and fender
- Washer and another nut
I added some additional pics of the piece of metal I used for the bracket too...i used some awesome paint skills - the red square is the piece I cut off the bracket. Like I said it was just some random part I found in the lumber section.
#149
01-24-2014, 02:57 AM
- I measured the length of the piece of 5/16th rod (maybe 3 in?)
- Applied blue thread locker and screwed in just under 1cm into the turn signal and waited some time for drying
- Put on washer and nut to hold it in place
- Added Bracket and washer
- Through factory hole in rear strut and fender
- Washer and another nut
I added some additional pics of the piece of metal I used for the bracket too...i used some awesome paint skills - the red square is the piece I cut off the bracket. Like I said it was just some random part I found in the lumber section.
Cheers!
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05-19-2015, 07:23 PM
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Cutting frame
after cutting frame , how did you finish it ? Powder coat or simple Spray paint?
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This is what mine looked like with the struts before I cut the fender.
This is a view of the ECM hole.
The flat side of this hole is what I used for the cut line. I cut the front of the fender off (a little over 11") and rotated the fender forward. In that same pic you can see where the seat bolted just behind the ECM hole. I enlarged this hole and re-used the fender mount bushing here and bolted it to where the fender bolted originally.
Drilled holes in the sides and took the legs off of the turn signals...used the turn signals to bolt the fender on the sides.
...after I cut about 8" off of the frame...
This is a view of the ECM hole.
The flat side of this hole is what I used for the cut line. I cut the front of the fender off (a little over 11") and rotated the fender forward. In that same pic you can see where the seat bolted just behind the ECM hole. I enlarged this hole and re-used the fender mount bushing here and bolted it to where the fender bolted originally.
Drilled holes in the sides and took the legs off of the turn signals...used the turn signals to bolt the fender on the sides.
...after I cut about 8" off of the frame...