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Old Feb 10, 2013 | 01:28 PM
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Does anyone have any idear about changing the stock dash on 2012 fatboy to a slim type one. A lower one would look alot better. The book saays the one for earler years wont fit an they dont know how come.
 
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In most cases, the slim dash is not deep enough to house the speedo.

Which dash are you looking at?
 
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