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Where can I get this rubber trim?

Started by adidasguy, November 04, 2010, 10:15:40 PM

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adidasguy

This is rubber trim that goes around the circle of a headlight cowling. It prevents light from the headlight leaking backwards into the inside (and rider side) of the cowling. This is from the original Suzuki cowling bought from Europe. I'd like to find more for a couple other headlight cowlings.


redhenracing2

Any time I have something like this, I take it to Home Depot and say 'hey, you got one of these?'. You'd be surprised at some of the substitutes for random things that you can find there.
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tt_four

I just hate when when you show the worker there what you're looking for, and they say 'what're you using it for?' and you try to explain it, but they just look at you like you're crazy the whole time. Haha. The ladies at Jo-ann fabrics always ask you when you're making, and you get some pretty weird looks when you tell them anything that isn't 'making a dress' or 'making some curtains'. They just don't understand the desire to cover a sportbike in fake muppet fur.

The Buddha

Quote from: tt_four on November 05, 2010, 11:14:35 AM
I just hate when when you show the worker there what you're looking for, and they say 'what're you using it for?' and you try to explain it, but they just look at you like you're crazy the whole time. Haha. The ladies at Jo-ann fabrics always ask you when you're making, and you get some pretty weird looks when you tell them anything that isn't 'making a dress' or 'making some curtains'. They just don't understand the desire to cover a sportbike in fake muppet fur.

Canada is waaaaaaaay worse than the US in that regard ironically ... The answer to everything usually is "man you got to go to the dealer" ... I'd usually go, "I'm stuffing a Yamaha part inside a honda housing that is going in a suzuki. Which dealer should I go to" in a very Injun apu like accent.
Or better yet ... "dealer" you say ... dealer ... 1 sec, let me find a pen and paper, OK, how do you spell that ?
Its better over the phone ... but I have pulled the first one in person too.
Cool.
Buddha.
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tt_four

Now that I'm home and can actually see the picture, it looks just like weather stripping to me. I used something that looked just like it to put around my gauges. The stuff I used had a solid circle on the back side, but you could just cut a slit down the edge and it would slide on all the same.


adidasguy

Good answer! (actually the best answer!)
They have a stocking distributor a few minutes from me.
I'll walk in with the Suzuki stuff AND a cowling and let them pick something suitable for me.
Thanks!

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