Removing the plastic fender protector
Tourer
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From: Northshore in Massachusetts
tape sounds like a good idea, the felt ot carpet will wear the paint right off, dust and dirt gets into the carpet/felt and with the vibration wears the paint right off.. the rubber pads seem to work best, seems like the tape would work too..
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Ditto that. The felt, carpet, or whatever will rub the paint with the movement of the seat and fender. The more dirt that gets in between, the worse it gets. A temporary solution is wide clear packaging tape or wide black electrical tape on the fender. Just remove the tape when you remove the passenger seat.
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ditto that. The felt, carpet, or whatever will rub the paint with the movement of the seat and fender. The more dirt that gets in between, the worse it gets. A temporary solution is wide clear packaging tape or wide black electrical tape on the fender. Just remove the tape when you remove the passenger seat.
Road Captain
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Has anybody removed the paint protector on their fender to run a 1up seat, and then switch back to 2up on occasion. I was curious if their paint got marked up after the 2up seat was on?
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Has anybody removed the paint protector on their fender to run a 1up seat, and then switch back to 2up on occasion. I was curious if their paint got marked up after the 2up seat was on?
Road Captain
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From: Miami, Florida
Has anybody removed the paint protector on their fender to run a 1up seat, and then switch back to 2up on occasion. I was curious if their paint got marked up after the 2up seat was on?
I replaced the origianl plastic protector with a film called 'Frisket' paper which is used for custom painting and available in most craft stores. It stretches nicely on a curved fender and has a low tack adhesive, so removing it is never an issue. It also offers good protection upon placement of the 2up seat. Probably contact shelf paper would also work.
I now only use the solo seat w/ bib pictured.
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