Fireman6615
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Well I've been reading everything I could find here concerning aftermarket undertails or cutting the stock undertail/mudflap on my 06. Lots of information here on the pro's and con's of each, I mede the decision to cut mine off considering what I read. I bought a used uncut stock battery tray/undertail off E-bay and it also came with an airbox that had the small airbox done, which I was also wanting. That way I could cut it up and still have my original. I used the old trusty dremel and cut it off and then used a series of files and sanding paper to get the shape I wanted. One thing I was mostly interested in was keeping the stock tag mount and the stock turn signals, so when I cut the mud flap off I kept left the portion that hangs down for the tag. The sanding wheel for the dremel made the rounded edges look good. I also bought a tag mount bracket from Cycle Gear that had the tabs for turn signals to be mounted to it. Its adjustable so I lined it up to the holes where the original wiring for the turn signal went through the undertail and bolted the bracket using these holes. Then I tacked welded the bracket so it took the adjustment out of it and drilled 2 new holes for the wires. I also cut the rear reflector off and made a plastic piece from a storage box to fill the rear where the reflector was, using a heat gun made bending it like I wanted easy. I then added a set of rear LED's and wired it to the brake lights so they flash when the brakes are applied. While I had the rear tore off I also added an auxiliary power block with a ground block and my Scorpio Alarm that I had. All wiring connectors are still stock plug and play so I can take it all back to completely stock if needed. I also installed the modded Airbox and a GiPro Indicator/ATRE while I was at it, took it for a little spin and very happen with the smoothness of the old girl, she's pushing about 32,000 miles on her. Here's a few pics, pretty happy with the new look!