Howdy! I'm brand new here (and to the HD world). I just acquired a 1999 FXDX with some custom work done to it. It currently has a Brawler solo seat on it. I want to put a 2-up on it, plus sissy bar, pad, luggage rack, and saddle bags (not all the time of course). The previous owner had the bobtail rear fender conversion put on it, though.

Question: Should I be searching for wide glide (FXDWG) accessories mentioned above or regular Super Glide accessories? Calls to a couple HD dealers in the state only caused further confusion (I got both answers). Figured I better get to the guys who know....the fanatics! I belong to a couple off-roading forums (truck stuff), so I kinda know the drill. I did do a quick search here with no luck.

For now, I'm just going with standard HD products....easy to find...readily available...used....from ebay, etc. So, what side plates, sissy bars, racks, even seats should I be looking for?

Much thanks!!!

 

If it's just a stock WG fender, pretty much everything is the same except the struts are about an inch longer, and 2 up seats require a longer bracket. sisy bars, sideplates, and all that jazz should be the same. Luggage racks are obviously different with the differnet shaped fenders.

I put a 2002 bobtail fender on my FXD. had to make a longer bracket for my badlander seat to bolt on. The sissy bar and sideplates matched right up (even though i didn't put those back on after the conversion.) My saddlebags worked just fine.

However, now when I'm searhing for rear end stuff, I check for fitment on an FXDWG.

 

OK...sorry for the redundancy. Just super new at this. Did you mean the same as FXDX, or the same as the seat (requiring a different part)?

Dunno if it is a stock WG fender. All I know is he called it a bobtail conversion (all bobtails come from WG's?...again...don't know).

Basically, do I need FXDX sideplates or FXDWG sideplates? Also, I want the Sundowner deep bucket seat, and I need to know if I need the special extra bracket for the FXDWG or not (which fits supposedly perfectly on FXDX without the bracket...so either way, I can order that seat now). The HD sissy bar etc. I'm looking at are the same part numbers either way, so I can order them.

I know I want the bobtail-shaped luggage rack anyway, so no problem there. The sideplates have me confused at this point.

Thanks again everyone!!

 

If you're unsure, do like I do with the bobtail conversion... Order stuff that fits the part your bolting it to.

In yours and my case FXDWG for seats, sissy bars, sideplates, and such.