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Old Feb 4, 2014 | 09:33 PM
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I have a 2013 ultra glide and love it. But the front faring snaps are hard to snap close. Is it just mine or are there more people who have the same issue, and what r some fixes I can try.?
 
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Old Feb 4, 2014 | 09:41 PM
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I'm not sure if you are meaning the snaps on the fairing lowers but if so I changed mine over to the magnetic ones that HD sells. Before that I never used those compartments for that very reason.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2014 | 09:48 PM
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I removed mine and made some replacements out of plexiglass.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 04:57 AM
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I put speakers in mine, never used that space for storage. Look at older bikes, you'll see lots of them with cover flapping in the wind.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 05:08 AM
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If referring to the lowers, consider the magnetic flaps from Harley. I think I paid $42.

 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 05:57 AM
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Try putting some wax on the snaps it'll make them work allot better. Still not as good as the magnetic ones but better.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 09:54 AM
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Thanks that's what I was looking for.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 09:57 AM
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The magnetic ones with the liner make the space more useful. I keep the cover for the gps mount and a soft dirt jiffy stand coaster in the left and use velcro to hold a keyfob size garage door opener in the right and a small digital camera.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ses
I'm not sure if you are meaning the snaps on the fairing lowers but if so I changed mine over to the magnetic ones that HD sells. Before that I never used those compartments for that very reason.
+1; I had those and they worked great!
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 11:33 AM
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Never seen the liners installed before, are those Harley brand jmpancoast?
+1 on the magnetic doors, big help also if your trying to rung the heavy breather with short filter on a bike with lowers.
 
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