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Title: Dom's custom taillights
Post by: Dom on October 29, 2006, 03:32:25 PM
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Ok, so now you want to know where I got them or how I made them.  I bought the taillight assembly off Ebay and the title said "Yamaha snowmobile taillight".  I think the model was Raptor or Viper or some snake-like name. 

How I made them fit was by taking the light assembly itself and carefully peeled the plastic snap housing apart.  Watch out because they used silicone sealant.  Then I sawed off 1" from the depth of the light on my tablesaw with a plastic blade.  The I glued it back together with adhesive silicone.  Then I made a couple of custom mounting tabs.  No modification to the body plastic was necessary.  Then I masked off the round light protrusions and painted it with black plastic paint to make the round circles pop out more.

Cheers.
Title: Re: Dom's custom taillights
Post by: Dom on October 29, 2006, 03:42:53 PM
Yeah I felt guilty for being so vague about the part description so I double checked.  It's from a 2002 Yamaha Viper snowmobile, specifically a SX7700ER G SX Viper ER.  That's a stupidly long name.   And I mounted mine upside-down.

SKU# 4XV-84540-00-00
Title: Re: Dom's custom taillights
Post by: bubba zanetti on October 29, 2006, 03:57:01 PM
Looks good mate.  :thumb:

Good to see another convert to the dual tail light school of thought.
Title: Re: Dom's custom taillights
Post by: cbrfxr67 on July 26, 2011, 10:21:17 AM
(bump) (who doesn't like pics?)
Title: Re: Dom's custom taillights
Post by: fraze11 on July 26, 2011, 11:32:56 AM
VERY nice!  I like the look of that alot!  This may be my next mod  :thumb:
Title: Re: Dom's custom taillights
Post by: ben2go on July 26, 2011, 11:34:58 AM
Looks cool.

Yamaha R1 Clear Alternatives

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Title: Re: Dom's custom taillights
Post by: Twism86 on July 27, 2011, 06:21:05 AM
Looks good Dom, I see you went with Buell blinkers too.
Title: Re: Dom's custom taillights
Post by: The Buddha on July 27, 2011, 10:30:46 AM
That Dom - you do know he was Drawn Over Mandrel right ... that accounts for his being awol for years.
Cool.
Buddha.
Title: Re: Dom's custom taillights
Post by: ben2go on July 27, 2011, 10:40:00 AM
I have Buell knock offs on my 89.Are those actual Buell signals?I never seen original Buells.I tried to buy them from my local HD dealer and they wanted $86 per light,so I picked up the knock offs for $20 for all four.