Smoked laydown taillight lens
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I'd love to put this on the 2004 FLHRS - Road King Custom:
Drag Specialties Laydown Taillight Lens
$25 I can manage - refuse to blow $150+ for the other smoked tail lenses available out here. Fitment chart says I'm good to go. My question though is what do you do for the bulb? Being clear I'd think you'd need a red bulb? Have to upgrade to a red LED assembly? I can tell you on the stock lens that the bulb assembly screws into the lens and does not stay on the bike the way older Harley's are. Can't seem to find any details on the web site on what needs to happen with the bulb in this case...
Could there be some sort of red lens embedded inside of there where ya still use a clear lamp? Obviously if ya put in a red lamp (if they're even available) then the clear license platewindow would illuminate the plate in red as well, and that don't seem right? Here's a much larger image from the web site - it doesn't look like it, but I dunno:
http://www.denniskirk.com/denniskirk.../e20100154.jpg
Drag Specialties Laydown Taillight Lens
$25 I can manage - refuse to blow $150+ for the other smoked tail lenses available out here. Fitment chart says I'm good to go. My question though is what do you do for the bulb? Being clear I'd think you'd need a red bulb? Have to upgrade to a red LED assembly? I can tell you on the stock lens that the bulb assembly screws into the lens and does not stay on the bike the way older Harley's are. Can't seem to find any details on the web site on what needs to happen with the bulb in this case...
Could there be some sort of red lens embedded inside of there where ya still use a clear lamp? Obviously if ya put in a red lamp (if they're even available) then the clear license platewindow would illuminate the plate in red as well, and that don't seem right? Here's a much larger image from the web site - it doesn't look like it, but I dunno:
http://www.denniskirk.com/denniskirk.../e20100154.jpg
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ORIGINAL: dawg
Go with waltersworkshop.com and get a red bulb. I did and looks great
Go with waltersworkshop.com and get a red bulb. I did and looks great
http://www.waltersworkshop.com/bulbs-lighting.html
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RE: Smoked laydown taillight lens
I put that on my 04 RK Custom... I went to a local truck stop... and I'd imagine an Auto Parts store would have them also...and bought a red rubber cover that fit over my existing bulb... worked great.
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This is very cool guys - thanks for the info!
Just ordered both that tail lens as well as a pair of red Xenon 3157's off eBay for less than $40 total - exactly what I was looking for.
Just ordered both that tail lens as well as a pair of red Xenon 3157's off eBay for less than $40 total - exactly what I was looking for.
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RE: Smoked laydown taillight lens
I just put an LED red taillight in (bought the same smoke laydown taillight). I had left the clear on in for a bit, until I learned it was illegal in AZ. What really made me change it though was one day my wife was following me in her truck and couldn't tell when I hit the brakes. $16 later, it was much more visible and red!
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so does it light up the license plate red also?
so does it light up the license plate red also?
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RE: Smoked laydown taillight lens
Use ordered these bulbs for my clear lens. They are silver until they light up. They have red and amber.
http://www.customdynamics.com/motorc...ndescent_Bulbs
http://www.customdynamics.com/motorc...ndescent_Bulbs
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I bought the smoked tail light of ebay as well. Put in a sylvania red bulb and it melted the lens. (I mentioned this in another post). Figuring the lens was wasted I drilled out a hole and screwed in a red die (I am a craps dealer). Went to autozone and bought two led bulbs for 15 bucks, and it lights up nice and bright. I was just going to throw the lens away and buy one of those 90 dollar LED deals on ebay. Much cheaper setup now, and original.
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