There is no mounting bracket for the TL. People are simply putting it in with the mounting bracket that comes stock on the bike...that is why the light sticks out so far. The OE headlight is very shallow, as you can see from the pictures in the post you referenced.

If you had not changed out the mounting bracket when you put the HD light on would it have stuck out? I can't see any other reason why HD would include the mounting bracket other than to bring the body of the light in some.

 

the DM will not fit in the housing/bracket that comes stock. The light has a different/tad larger shape to it on the back side than the stock headlamp does.

I can only assume with the TL, that the depth of it keeps it from sitting flush like the DM does.

 

JW Speaker makes the original style but the new style is made by someone else. Lots of speculation that it's a Truck LIght product and based on my experience over the weekend with a bike I was working on that had the TL on it compared to my DM lamps, I would tend to agree that TL had a hand in developing these newer lights for HD. I didn't care for the original DM lights as the projected beams from the headlamps and spots was too narrow to be of any use to me riding at night in the hill country. The newer style seems to have resolved that issue to some extent.

 

got a 2014 Ultra with the Daymaker LEDs and I am not that impressed. I would go with the HID instead.

 

I put the Daymaker headlight and auxiliary lights on my 2010 Road King, night and day (pun intended) difference with the stock headlights, even with the high-output bulbs I put in.

First thing I did was put the Daymaker headlight on my 2014 SGS when I bought it. I'm having the Aux lights installed when I do the 1,000 mile service.

Personally, I can't put a price tag on safety and visibility.

 

Another thing, especially with the Aux lights, but even with just the headlight, the swath of light is much wider than stock, so your headlight hits cars' side view mirrors, making you much more visible.