I did not call tonight
Not me either!
But it's 07:53 hrs right now in England, so I could give it a couple of hours or so and then phone. 
One suggestion for the cover
It will never have both nuts in line under the cover, so it may be better to off set the hole for the screw just a little, to stop anyone trying to tighten it soon much it loosens the two. Perhaps it should be moved so that it can only increase the presure between the two lock nuts.
Not a big deal, but every little bit helps.
You have to pop off the two painted panels at the top of the dash behind the windshield. Then you have to remove two plastic pop rivets. Covered in steps C and G.
I thought that may well be the case.
Thanks for confirming things.
Please, anyone that can help.
Looking at this thread it appears that I'll need to remove the front dash panels before I can get the long centre panels off. Can it be done by just lifting them up, from the double sided tape and tabs? Or does the whole lot need to be removed first?
I've been doing some fine soldering on a multy layer, micro circuit board, this evening.
It's all going to integrate with some hardware that I'm hopefully installing soon. 
I hope to have everything up and running, by the end of the month and when I do I'll start posting some pictures and information on out what I've done.
Untill then it will stay under covers, so just watch this space. 
Only one SlingShot in Ireland right now...It's in the north and unsold. Nothing is yet in the Republic of Ireland, at this time.
It gets completed but the story will tell all, as it works it's way through.
It's now time for an explanation, as I understand it, of the distributor situation, in Britain. (If I get some of the information wrong, I apologise to Polaris Britain; but hell! It's difficult to get straight answers from them, in Britain, some times).
Firstly we have only ever had a maximum of five dealers, in Britain.
See Map:
It appears that Polaris are trying to create "sales areas" that the distributors can work in. Therefore they are spread around the UK. (OK nothing yet in Scotland, but the whole population of Scotland is only 5% of the total UK, so that's very understandable). Following that; one distributor has two branches. (That's the two in the SE of England). This laves three remaining distributors one a relatively short distance from Polaris Britain, one near Manchester and one in Northern Ireland.
As you will be aware, if you have followed the thread, so far. I had no reliance in the distributor, located near Polaris, after his loose talk about who he was supplying products to. I'll not name that distributor but it is easy to work out who it is, if you want to.
Another outlet covers two branches and the guys at "Krazy Horse" in the south east, produce some great work, with some great custom cycles and are pretty bam good on the technical side of things. They also distribute Indian (and Victory) motorcycles (also made by Polaris). I have only ever had good feedback about these guys and after meeting the boss, I'd happily recommend them to anyone. - Krazy Horse – The destination for petrol-heads -
The Manchester area has "The Rocket Centre" - Rocket Centre | Motorcycle Dealers, Lancashire - They sell a range of motorcycles and have some very plush premises. However the only Polaris product sold is the SlingShot. (I believe that they don't get the Indian & Victory as other dealers, of these products, are based nearby).
I'll be making my first visit to The Rocket Centre, very soon and I'm sure looking forward to it. I must comment that the very helpful response from Beth, on the service department's reception, she has been tremendous with her help and responsive attitude and efficient service. If rest of the company is half as good as her then they will be doing very well indeed. It is without a doubt the way she put over the first impression, of the company, that sold them to me. You normally only hear the bad things about people and its good to let people know when they do well. (Let's hope her boss gets to see this).
That laves the only remaining distributor in Northern Ireland. - All Spares ATV - The owner Lee is another great representative, for his products. It was Lee who sold the idea of a SlingShot to Elaine and I, in Ireland, last year. Unfortunately it appears that Lee and Polaris have now reached a parting of the ways and I'm disappointed that the sale of the SlingShot to Elaine and I did not help. My understanding of the situation is that: All Spares ATV sell (or sold) Polaris ATV's in an area where Polaris then opened a new dealer, for the same products. I think this created some tension, as the Polaris sales rep appeared to favour the other distributor. (But that's speculation on my part). When the SlingShot was sold to me from this branch, it would appear that the loose mouthed distributor (see coment above, about him), was upset that he had not made the sale and I suspect he started claiming the sale for himself. I suspect that this raised the temperature of relationships between Polaris and All Spares, but I'm unlikely to ever know if this is the case.
The sale, of the SlingShot' was completed and a while later I took delivery of the Vehicle. The following day (after delivery - not the sale, made some time earlier) a call was made to All Spares, stating that sales of SlingShots had been halted, by Polaris, due to the recall, that we are all very aware about now. They were informed that they had broken the contract between Polaris and themselves, for doing so, (even though the sale had been completed, well in advance of this time). Things appeared to escalate further and Polaris threatened to withdraw the distributorship. The next move came from All Spares and they said that they would happily drop all the Polaris products and walk away, from them.
So unfortunately that happened and Polaris lost a, dam good, distributor for the SlingShot, in N. Ireland. I may not have the full story and I may have some of the details wrong, but it doesn't look like anybody came out of this well and everyone lost. The distributor remains selling his other products and I understand (rightly or wrongly) that Lee has just achieved, an award for, the highest sales figures for Can-Am's in GB (and possibly Europe). Although it's coopetition (that is, Can-Am) for Polaris, it does look like they lost (or allowed to go) a potentially very good dealer. As I said no one wins with this.
Well that's the run down of all the UK dealers and a little history of them, as I see it, from a customer's point of view.
One of the SlingShot's classic stablemates, hiding behind it, in the storage location.
It's a CITROËN HY hiding behind the SlingShot
The PORSCHE 356 Speedster, is still hidden under wraps.
So where is this lovely beast sitting, untill the new garage and driveway get built?
It's housed allong with a beautiful mid 50's PORSCHE 356 Speedster, two or three classic JAGUARS a lovely 1950's CITROËN HY Van, a FORD COSWORTH, and a few others that I can't and won't metion.
With all of that under one roof the security is high and the location will remain known only to a few. However when I'm able I will post a few pictures (that I'm permitted to post).
Bring on the new garage & driveway. It's time to get it home.
I had another accessory arrive today, special delivery. It will have to remain "Top Secret" untill later in the year, when all the additional parts will have been obtained too and I fit it all in place.
Lots of similar items fitted to various SlingShots on this forum, but I think (and hope) that I'll be taking things just a little further.
Hee hee hee.....
More minor additions.
Some nice red speaker grill rings.
- Polaris Slingshot Speaker Accent Rings - Red / Orange -
Then I added the Alpha Power sports gear shift adaptor.
- Polaris Slingshot Threaded Shift Knob Adapter by Alpha PowerSport -
That way, I could swap out the plastic Polaris gear knob, for a nice aluminium (Chinese) one.
-http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/5-S…NUM-MT-GEAR-/310699297245 -
I also added a leather gator (from China) and it all now looks so much more like it should be sitting between the seats than the standard equipment ever did. With something more substantial and the additional weight added by the aluminium knob, also now makes for a smoother gear change.
All that's left to do with it now, is to finish off the edge where the gator meets the bodywork.
Great story Paul! Hopefully you will be able to get some of the mods we are doing for a reasonable price. I would imagine that shipping cost to England could be substantial.
Shipping costs and the £ UKP devaluation, following Brexit both have an effect getting US products into the UK now. It is safe to assume that long term Brexit will represent a 15-20 weakening in the Pound/Dollar exchange rate (approx 5% on Euro). On top of that we then have an import levy added, by our customs officials, then a further 20% VAT (Value Added Tax) put on all of that. So putting it all together (you obviously don't add all the percentages) It normally represents that the product cost, in the UK, are now over 140% of what you would pay in the US.
This is obviously also going to affect Polaris product sales prices in (both Europe and) the UK. I believe Polaris ATV's have recently gone up approximately 5% in Britain, I would expect a much bigger hike in SlingShot prices, as they would appear to be aiming the product at a hi-end customer. So we should expect a good 15% hike in price (perhaps more) when new stock starts coming in. This would take a starting price for the SlingShot from £23,000 UKP ($28,650 USD) up to, and possibly beyond £27,000 UKP ($33,650 USD). So even at today's prices, we already have to pay the price of the "17" SLR for our base "16 or 16.5" model in the form of an SL. 
The quick release is handy to give more room getting in & out of the cockpit, the wheel then fits in the locker, behind the seats and also makes people less inclined to want to jump in behind the wheel, pretending to be an F1 driver.
I forgot to attach the link to the wheel, quick release, (I used a black one). The following link will take you to the same unit (red) for under $20 USD
- Car Red Steering Wheel Quick Release Hub Adapter Snap Off Boss Kit with screws -
Very well made. All with no slap. (That's what engineers refer to for wobbling about). I'd happily recommend it to anyone
The Wheel. (The one you use for pointing the SlingShot, in the right direction):
The Polaris steering wheel is a little too plastic and lets the cockpit down a little, so that was another item, high on the list, to change. After checking out all the options, it looked like the NRG replacement would do the job well and also compliment the colour scheme of the SlingShot.
SlingMods sorted out one of these and added it to my order along with a steering wheel puller and hub adaptor.
- Polaris Slingshot Pilota Series Steering Wheels by NRG -
- Polaris Slingshot Steering Wheel Puller -
- Polaris Slingshot Aftermarket Steering Wheel Short Hub Adapter by NRG -
The finishing item. A wheel; quick release, came from China and it was a good quality one. (Be careful, you can get some really bad ones on-line). It does a great job.
So everything went on fine. One problem that I had expected was a lack of space for the wires, for the horn. I got over this problem by locating the small adaptor ring between the wheel and the horn push (rather than behind the wheel). This allowed plenty of space for everything to fit.
The results were good and here are some pictures.
The quick release is handy to give more room getting in & out of the cockpit, the wheel then fits in the locker, behind the seats and also makes people less inclined to want to jump in behind the wheel, pretending to be an F1 driver.
Fault time:
I had been concerned before purchasing the Slingshot that many people had problems with the radio. It looked like it was possibly a problem with the 16 model's reversing camera, so my first call was to the technical guy at Polaris Britain, to check this out. He mentioned that they had previously come across one SlingShot, in Britain that they had a slight problem with and had managed a simple fix for it. I asked if I was likely to have any problems, as it appeared most UK models were 16's (with some 16.5's) the conclusion was... Probably not. 
Yes you all guessed it...
I couldn't tune the radio to anything other than, just the, one local station. My first thought was. OK maybe I'm just in a poor reception area. So I tried again in a number of different places. All with the same result. Then I thought. Let's go to an area, high up (and within site of the region's TV & Radio transition/repeater station).
You have a similar view in all directions from this point. So if it's going to work then it will be from this point.
Location on map: - Google Maps - The range of hills/mountains, in this shot, is about 35-40 miles away, from this point. (The transmitter was just 10-12 miles the other way).
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Looks like I'll be asking for a fix soon. I'm sure the guys at Polaris Britain will do a good job at getting things working well. They certainly have proved great with any problems that the Victory ever had.
Another quick job now:
This one was another very quick job to do and only needed 2 screws removing and then 4 bolts putting in. Yes it was to be a new metal hood insert to replace the, plastic, factory one.
- Bullet Speed Vented Hood Insert for the Polaris Slingshot -
The original one looked fine but I wanted a little improvement over the factory finish. I chose black on black as my colour, with the red anodised washers and rivets.
Old insert, removed.
A specialist company producing a wide selection of nuts, bolts, washers etc. is based a few miles away from my home
- Titanium, Stainless Steel, Aluminium Fasteners & Motorcycle Bolts | ProBolt - US Link -
So I thought that I'd also finish things off with a couple of matching red anodised countersunk bolts, to compliment the other anodised items.
All fitted and finished in less than 3 mins.. 
Looking good and now making the SlingShot a little better finished. A comment from one of the people working at the place where the SS is stored was. "It looks so much more professional, for just a small change."
Next job:
Well it was now a few weeks until Christmas and so the first job was to attach some Rally Armor mud flaps.
- 2015 / 2016 Polaris Slingshot Front Mud Flaps by Rally Armor -
A swift and easy job to do and everything was all complete, in just a few minutes.
I had seen the video of the improvement that these make and yes things do look to improve.
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-However, in practice the improvement was way in advance of what I had expected. With the lovely British weather, these are going to prove invaluable, as time goes by.
The next picture was taken within half an hour of fitting the mud flaps. I'd set off in good weather and sunshine, within a very short time the rain had started and this is the picture, I then took.
Not a great picture, but it sure does the job that it is intended to do.
Possible radio that I wish to use in link below.
Well I've placed my order for the above. I first spoke with Will at SlingMods and he told me that the cover wasn't totaly waterproof but should keep off showers, so when the radio arrives I'll place an order for the mounting plate and I'll also located a decent shade to go on the top (to help keep the water off).
I also intend to get the adapter to use the Polaris camara with the radio.
I'm impressed with the spec's as it has 2 camara inputs so I may mount an additional one at the front, for tight spaces. It can operate as an Android phone (either mirroring my existing cell phone or totaly independently with its own sim-card. Full GPS functions and even an option for digital TV.
On top of all that, we have also digital radio transmission, in Europe, in addition to FM & AM.
- Digital audio broadcasting - Wikipedia -
This gives an enormous selection of stations and also has the best sound that you will find on a car radio, right now. I'm also getting the decoder that goes with the radio so that I have that function all built into the system.
Price: Just a little over $250 USD including delivery to the UK.
Looks like I now have a project for the spring. 
Are there no center lights on the UK versions?
No. The European regulations require two lights to be fitted. (The Canadian rules are similar to the European ones).
Front headlamp rules:
Trikes wider than 1700mm must have 2 headlamps.
Minimum height from the ground 500mm.
Maximum height 1200mm.
Maximum 400mm from the outside edge of the vehicle.
Unfortunately, that makes the two centre headlights illegal. (I believe they may be added as additional lights only, but not as the main headlights).
Well we are more or less up to date now, so let us start with some of the work already complete on the SlingShot.
We had selected an SL model in red as our vehicle. First up was the body wrap (or perhaps stickers). We had decided that the standard finish of the SlingShot was a little unobtrusive and we would like it to stand out just a little more. My wife loves purple and we considered having a full wrap, but I'd noticed that AMR produced a range of Graphic Kits.
SlingMods sold these and I was producing a long list of items that I wanted to get them to supply me with.
- Polaris Slingshot Aftermarket Parts & Accessories - SlingMods -
I'm sure that most of you, on this site, will have dealt with them before but I really must compliment them on the service and information supplied. At the time of producing my list of wants, for the SlingShot, I was definitely a novice and needed advice, with what would or wouldn't work for me and the guys at SlingMods took their time to offer genuine help.
Amongst the advice given, was an explanation of what to expect from the AMX product, both good and bad. After listening to them I was convinced that this would match my requirements, (including panel protection) in the UK and also achieve a near custom look, without a custom price.
So, after further discussion with Elaine, the choice had reduced to 2 options:
I liked the look of both the "Meltdown" and "Inline" designs. As I previously said, we were getting a red model. We would have preferred black but the basic (basic) model is not available in Europe and the black/red 16.5 LE was very overpriced (in the UK) for the very few extras included, so red it would to be.
I have a Polaris Victory with a Black and red colour scheme, that I had produced, on it and the "Inline" design came reasonably close to complimenting that.
Certainly, not the same, but complimentary. So when they would appear together they would look cool.
SlingMods got this on order and shipped it out to the distributor, for fitting. This was definitely the best option as the guys selling the SS to me also sold a lot of Jet Skis and had good experience fitting this type of product.
When it arrived I was very, very pleased with the results.
I'm having the same old problems as everyone else with my factory radio (it can only pick up 1 station). I'm therefore considering replacing it, but suspect that I will also have to replace the reversing camara too. I so can anybody advise me of the way to go about this, or can it the one that is already fitted, as standard to the SL, be adapted to fit standard camara inputs on a radio?
I'm also considering using the SlingMods' double din adapter plate
- Polaris Slingshot Double Din Stereo Dash Mounting Kit -
With a "non waterproof" radio. I suspect that in the lovely British rain this may not be a good move. Can anyone advise how well the covering plate works keeping water out?
Possible radio that I wish to use in link below.
- Ownice C500 OL-7001F Universial Wifi BT 7 Inch HD 4G Car MP5 Player Android 6.0 Quad Core GPS TV Sale - Banggood.com -
Great work with the videos!
It will certainly help with the work I'm about to start.
