Waterdriver
Goblin Guru
Black and gold. Reminds me of the John Player Special F1 team colors. I like!
Don't have them put back in yet, but the mounting structure is there. Just have to bolt them in. I still have wiring to do, so I'm waiting until that's done to put the seats back in.Looks great. I didn't know you could get that effect with powdercoat. I looked up the Prismatic colors and saw the illusion orange which is exactly what I had in mind.
On a side note, you get your seats mounted yet? I'm probably going to go with those seats too so I'll probably be hitting you up again for some install questions.
They no longer provide two different sized straps.Don't have them put back in yet, but the mounting structure is there. Just have to bolt them in. I still have wiring to do, so I'm waiting until that's done to put the seats back in.
Unrelated, I somehow ended up with two driver's side fuel tank straps... how much shorter is the passenger side supposed to be? In other words, can the difference be taken up by the length of the t-bolt thread? I doubt it, but worth asking. What happened was I originally received one driver's side and one unmodified strap (DF shortens them by cutting and spot-welding them back together). I grabbed the longer of the two, realized it didn't fit the driver's side, and didn't think "Hmm, maybe this other one will fit" because, in my mind, the shorter of the two was obviously the passenger side. Spoiler alert - it wasn't.
As for an update, not much to report. I've been bad about taking pictures, but I'm slowly getting things painted/installed. My Rolling Stones-esque paint strategy is ensuring that nothing gets done too quickly
Alright, I'll try installing them this afternoon, see how it goes. Doesn't make sense that they'd be the same size though, the tank is quite a bit bigger on the driver's side.They no longer provide two different sized straps.
Per Adam, "We used to cut them and spot weld them about 1 inch shorter but later found out that that wasn't necessary. Leaving them the stock length actually makes them much easier to install."
*As with everything I say that applies to base model/MT combo, I don't claim to know all the differences between years and models.*
Ah, I see. I misinterpreted JSATX to mean that the driver and pass were the same length. So the driver is a shortened 1313, and the pass is an unmodified 1113. It looks like the pass is about 2 inches shorter than the driver side. What I have currently is 2 shortened 1313s, and one unmodified 1313, so I'll check to see if I can make one of the modified ones work on the pass side, but if not, I'll need an 1113.JSATX is right about us not modifying the shorter clamp. Here's a shot of the two clamps. I lined them up on the end that is off camera to show the length difference:
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The longer clamp is marked TB1313SS. About halfway down the clamp we cut it and overlap it 4.5 inches. Murray doesn't have a clamp between the TB1313 and TB1113 so that's why we had to modify the TB1313. The next time we order clamps, we will likely go with a custom size but buying 300 of a custom clamp (that is the minimum qty for a custom clamp) didn't make sense at the time we bought the TB1313.
Let me know if you need either of these clamps.
Awesome, thanks Adam. I'll send back the two extras that I have.I'm pretty sure it will bottom out before it is tight enough to secure the tank. I'm adding an unmodified 1113 passenger side clamp to your list and it will be sent with the machined parts.