toledoUPSguy
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posted September 30, 2012 09:21 AM
clear alternatives smoked lights
Are there any higher quality smoked tail lights? Just put mine in and a bunch of LEDs aren't lit up. Factory light has a foam seal on the bottom that's missing on the CA version. Guess some silicone or weather strip would keep muck out.
On the rear turn signal its just a replacement lens which also doesn't have the factory foam seal. Are you siliconing these too?
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TH1RT3EN
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posted September 30, 2012 05:09 PM
 Edited By: TH1RT3EN on 1 Oct 2012 01:11
if you just installed the tail light with lights out call them up and they will send you a replacement for free. I have had to do this before.
Also i just took the foam strip off of the factory lights and reused it on the smoked lights. Never had any issues as of yet..
The lights are not made by clear alternatives any more. They got bought out a few years ago. They are now made by Moto Lume out of cali.
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toledoUPSguy
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posted September 30, 2012 05:10 PM
Edited By: toledoUPSguy on 1 Oct 2012 04:39
The smoked look sure looks nice when they're off.
but seems like there should be a few more LEDs lit up???
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posted September 30, 2012 05:12 PM
Edited By: toledoUPSguy on 1 Oct 2012 01:13
did you take the foam strip of the tail light, turnsignals or both? thanks for the heads up on calling them. did you call the place you bought them from or clear alternatives direct???
didn't see the last part of your post, did you call moto lume?
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TH1RT3EN
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posted September 30, 2012 05:13 PM
Oh yea, you have quite a few led's out on that one. Give them a call and tell them the problem. I bought mine thru 58 cycle and i had to call them back and get a free replacement. I didnt even have to ship them the old one.
Dont live with that, get it fixed.
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posted September 30, 2012 05:14 PM
i used a small piece of weather stripping for the tail, i just pulled the ones for the turns.
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toledoUPSguy
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posted September 30, 2012 05:14 PM
i got mine from 58cycle also
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posted September 30, 2012 05:17 PM
Edited By: TH1RT3EN on 1 Oct 2012 01:18
Call Matt up at 58, He should take care of you.
here is what it should look like.
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toledoUPSguy
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posted October 02, 2012 12:02 PM
Got a reply back from Matt. Moto lume is telling him I have to send the light back to moto lume and they replace it. That means taking the back end apart a couple more times if I want to ride the darn thing.
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Shane661
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posted October 02, 2012 12:42 PM
I bought a $30 chinese made one off of Ebay, all lights work.
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toledoUPSguy
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posted October 02, 2012 12:46 PM
This is an $80 chinese one so it should have worked at least twice as good??? Was the ebay one plug and playv
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posted October 02, 2012 01:14 PM
Yes, p&p. Except separate wire to spice for the signals? I don't use them anyway.
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TH1RT3EN
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posted October 03, 2012 05:58 PM
call moto lume and complain to them. I did the same thing and they sent me one after they heard me complain for about 5 minutes.
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toledoUPSguy
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posted October 03, 2012 06:19 PM
Was on the phone with mathew from moto lume for 12 minutes and the weren't budging on me sending mine in.
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