7" Headlight Mounted (fav mod yet!!)
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7" Headlight Mounted (fav mod yet!!)
Saturday I finally got a 7" headlight mounted on my Bob. By far, my favorite mod to date. The one thing that seemed to me to always look a bit off on the whole Dyna line was the ridiculously small headlight. Even from a head on angle, it looked like there was just too much space open between the fork legs. Took me under an hour (not including the time I spent fighting with the original trim ring, but that is a whole separate thread). Headlight I bought was an after-market unit that cost me $60 on Ebay (made by DBI) + $35 to get it powder-coated in gloss black). Anyone considering a similar modification with any questions about how I found to be the easiest way to get it done, feel free to IM me (BTW, no, I didn't have to get to the wiring under the tank to do this). Well, enough of my babble, here are the pics:
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Yeah, wires came through easily, hardest thing was actually removing the wires from the plastic connector. Once you open it, each connector has 2 tabs that hold the metal connector inside the housing, you have to press them in at the same time with a flat object (I used the handle of a small nail file) so you can get the connector out. One thing is that the rubber gasket at the base will not allow the connectors to fit through because the hole is too small. I cut the rubber gasket with a razor the long way so that I could take it off and reuse it. The small seam I don't think will create any sealing issues, but to be safe, I wrapped the part the sticks out from the bottom of the headlight housing with a piece of black electrical tape.
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Also my favorite mod... And i too used the same method to remove the grommet! No problems to date! I replaced the stock bulb (if you can call it that) with a silverstar and it was much brighter than the stock 1990's bulb.
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Saturday I finally got a 7" headlight mounted on my Bob. By far, my favorite mod to date. The one thing that seemed to me to always look a bit off on the whole Dyna line was the ridiculously small headlight. Even from a head on angle, it looked like there was just too much space open between the fork legs. Took me under an hour (not including the time I spent fighting with the original trim ring, but that is a whole separate thread). Headlight I bought was an after-market unit that cost me $60 on Ebay (made by DBI) + $35 to get it powder-coated in gloss black). Anyone considering a similar modification with any questions about how I found to be the easiest way to get it done, feel free to IM me (BTW, no, I didn't have to get to the wiring under the tank to do this). Well, enough of my babble, here are the pics:
Thanks George