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2002 wide glide,I put 13.5" shocks on and need to close this up. I have garage door weatherstripping for one idea. I also saw a new gasket on ramjet racing,but idk if it would add any height? Anyone have suggestions please? Actually,i wonder if i shoukd upgrade those shocks,i bought them from fb and they were Re-worked but Never used,only thing is it was 20 yrs ago,they have Stiff resistance but it feels like they're Hard or something when i hit a big bump.Thanks 👍
 
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Great stuff or leave it alone. I would leave it alone. Anything you do will probably be worse and a waste of time. No one sees this as issue but you
 
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Remove the taillight, cut a piece of sheet metal to fit using the tail light mounting holes and paint black.
 
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I was concerned about water,etc. getting in and out around there,thought it could turn into some type of issue in time. All good, appreciate it fellas!
 
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Sounds like the shocks are ****. What brand and can they be rebuilt or do they need to be replaced with something that works?
Water shouldn't be a huge issue, it is pretty waterproof but yeah you should probably put something in there to button it up. What pipe are you running, the stock pipes wouldn't work with a 13.5" shock?
 
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You will be going forward most of the time . What is under there that could be water proofed or needs to be?

Piece of black hose maybe tywrapped underneath to hold in place
 
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Water is getting in no matter.. Best thing to do is keep it from building up anywhere.
 
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A piece of thin black Kydex cut to fit.
 
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Black High-density foam maybe. I have used that before on bikes to fill gaps.
 
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Question is how to fill this void. A girl with a nice *** would work, no one would notice the void.
 
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