Sundowner seat swap question

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Mar 5, 2009 | 04:57 PM

yso191

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Sundowner seat swap question

I bought my FXD in July, and had the local dealer put the sundowner seat on it. My wife only rides maybe 20% of the time, and I like the looks of a solo seat better, so I want to do a detachable backrest, and be able to just swap out the sundowner for the stock solo seat.

The question is that the dealer stuck 6 rubber pads on the rear fender, I assume to protect the paint. I don't want to ride around with those nasty black warts showing, but don't want to ruin the paint when the sundowner is on.

I'm guessing someone here knows the solution to this...

Steve

Mar 5, 2009 | 04:59 PM

bosken

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Maybe you can put those pads on the (under) seat insted of fender? same position....

Mar 5, 2009 | 05:00 PM

Hammy

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You can line up the rubber bumpers and expoy them to the bottom of the sundowner seat. However depending on how long they've been on there can really suck to take off without ripping. Easiest way is to remove them with wd-40 and buy new bumpers from HD dealer and epoxy the new ones to the bottom of the seat.

Mar 5, 2009 | 05:00 PM

bberck

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ya the guys that swap seats will just stick the pads to the seat instead of the fender.

Mar 5, 2009 | 05:02 PM

ratt196635

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I glued mine to the bottom of my seat well at least the four on the back part, I also use a piece of closed cell foam under the seat to help keep the rubber from hurting my paint.

Mar 5, 2009 | 05:46 PM

2007fxdc

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Same situation as you. The rubber pads should come off fairly easy and with enough sticky on them to put on the bottom of the seat instead of on the fender. If not, you can buy a set of seat bumpers at a dealer store. I have 2 2-up seats and a solo. The solo has felt on the bottom. The 2-up seats have the bumpers stuck to the bottom of the seats rather than on the fender. I also added the detachable backrest and got a seat screw that is knurled and I can turn it with my fingers. I can go from solo to 2-up or back in about 1 minute flat.

Mar 5, 2009 | 08:21 PM

ackman1968

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I used weather strip adheasive to stick my original pads to the seat. Works great and I haven't seen any paint damage yet. Kepp the fender waxed and clean it and the pads before swapping the seat and you should be good.