Posts by bikerengineer

  • New reflectors

    Quote from BKL

    If the headlights you bought are identical to the Gen 2 OEM headlights, Items 11 & 12 should work if you want identical repalcements -

    https://www.cheapcycleparts.co…ard-lighting-only-500175c.

    If you're just looking for some small yellow reflectors, see - https://www.google.com/search?…DrqnABQ&bih=1977&biw=2414


    Thanks for the tip. $35 seems a bit pricey for what they are. I’m thinking I will pry these off and stick them on to the new headlights.

  • New reflectors

    On Sunday, I finally received my Gen-2 Headlights from Slingmods.com.


    The first thing I noticed was that the new headlight assembly was missing the reflector. (See pics).


    Does anybody know an easy way to remove the old reflectors? Or, barring that, does anybody have a source for 2x2 yellow reflectors that I could stick to the new headlights?

  • Slingmods.........(Thermal R&D Exhaust DELAYS)

    I found a thread where I can share my frustration. I ordered a bunch of parts from slingmods and they shipped pretty quickly. My issue is with FedEx.


    Here are the details:

    -SlingMods shipped FedEx Ground from California on 6/9. As any Slingshot owner would, I have tracked my order every day.

    -Anticipated delivery was 6/17.

    -As of early morning 6/16, the package was sitting at a FedEx facility just one hour from my house in Upstate NY. **Cool! I should have my parts on 6/17!**

    Do you know where it is now?!?! ORLANDO!!!! (With a delivery date of 6/24).


    My best guess is nobody pulled my package from the truck. It sat there for 24 hours before heading south. Imagine my surprise when it showed my package was in Virginia at 5pm the day of delivery.


    By comparison, a different part shipped (from the same order) from Daytona, FL on 6/11 via USPS. It arrived in my mailbox 3 days later!


    Hey, slingmods. When the remainder of my order ships, can I implore you NOT to ship it FedEx? Thanks.


    Thanks for letting me vent!

    John

  • Holster choices! What do you use and why?

    Quote from Kyle D

    Unfortunately what works well for one person may not for others. the holster game sucks because it is all about trial and error. I would wager that most of us that carry have a drawer with at least $500 full of holsters collecting dust for one reason or another.

    You are absolutely correct about holster choice being like playing roulette.


    You would lose your bet with me. I own exactly one unused holster: a Bianchi leather holster with a metal belt clip. It was plenty comfortable, but I stopped using it because the metal clip was scratching up my car seats.


    Personally, I carry a Taurus PT-709 and a Springfield XD-S 3.3 w/ laser and carry each IWB in the small of my back (one at a time) very comfortably.


    The Taurus is in a We The People Kydex holster. I absolutely love the Kydex, as it is custom fit to the Taurus. Retention is no issue, as there are retention adjustment screws.


    My Springfield is also in a Kydex holster, but this one is from Theis Holsters. The only reason I didn't go with We The People is that they don't make an IWB holster for my Springfield with laser. They make one for the gun without a trigger-mounted laser, but not one with.