Tail/stoplight Lenses

Post by **wanderinstar** » Thu May 17, 2007 6:08 am

I just bought a new lens for my 1098 and was rather dissapointed with the product. The piece of aluminium that divides the flasher part from the tail light bit had part of a painted design on one side suggesting it was cut from a piece of scrap ally. the second fault was that the lower part of lamp was 3-4 mm narrower than base unit. At about £15 I dont expect scrap metal to be used, and I expect this lens to be same size as the base it is supposed to fit. Has anyone else had this problem?

Post by **minor_hickup** » Fri May 18, 2007 8:32 pm

Yes, all the tail light reflectors I've had have been a shocking fit with no hope of being water tight. One of mine managed to de colour in the sunshine.

Post by **wanderinstar** » Sat May 19, 2007 6:44 am

Well I am glad to hear I am not the only one with ill fitting lenses. The reason I had to change it was because the reflector piece fell out of the bottom and a Test was imminent. Suppose I could hunt round the scrappies and find a lens with big enough reflector area and then cut it out and glue it in to original lens. (That one fits light body OK. )