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Old 12-14-2011 | 05:22 PM
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I have one, bought it off ebay for $90 somethin free shipping. Its all aluminum except for the reciever part. And it came with the anti-tilt clamp. I love it! Its light, leaves my bed open for my atv if needed. Only thing I did to my carrier was that with the bike on it, you cant see my tail lights. With my luck I'd get pulled over. So I bought a tail gate light bar from O'reilleys. I bought the 60" long one. Has brake lights, turn signals, running lights AND reverse lights. I used some heavy duty velcro-looking adhesive strips to mount it on the carrier and on my tail gate. When not used on my carrier, I just take it off and stick it on my tail gate. Looks great and is very bright. I highly recommend doing some other kind of auxillary tail lights for safety.
 
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Old 12-14-2011 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by BleednGreen68
I highly recommend doing some other kind of auxillary tail lights for safety.
+1. Auxiliary lights for the carrier have been on my 'to do' list for a while.
 
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Old 12-14-2011 | 07:31 PM
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I think you could go to about any farm store and buy a trailer light replacement kit and adapt the lights to bolt on the carrier.
 
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Old 12-15-2011 | 12:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Landon
I think you could go to about any farm store and buy a trailer light replacement kit and adapt the lights to bolt on the carrier.
Of course, you can make anything work. If you could find an all steel carrier, you could buy the magnetic tow lights that way they are easily removable. I wanted a more clean look. I will post some pics for yall.
 
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Old 12-15-2011 | 12:32 AM
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So far im happy with it. Has many miles on it and still goin. Forgot to mention does come with an aluminum ramp.

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The light bar is bright!
 
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Old 12-15-2011 | 03:23 AM
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That's quite a set of exhaust stacks.
 
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Old 12-15-2011 | 06:34 AM
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bleendngreen68... true duals, or split pipe?
 
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Old 12-16-2011 | 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by ol'klx-er
That's quite a set of exhaust stacks.
Thanks! I love them. Sounds mean and smokes decently. The sound and looks outweigh the problem of less bed space and stuff getting melted by the pipes.
 
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Old 12-16-2011 | 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by LikesToThump
bleendngreen68... true duals, or split pipe?
Just single into duals. Dont think I could get a true dual system unless you put dual turbos on it and i dont know much about the twin turbos. I could be wrong though. Has a splitter in the bed that makes it into dual stacks. I hate single stacked trucks, looks stupid IMO. I want to get rain caps for mine but they are about $100 a cap!
 
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Old 02-01-2012 | 04:13 PM
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Anyone try one of these on a car? I have a ford taurus with a 2" reciever. My main worry is the KLX being to much weight ton the back end making the from light and affecting steering. Might not be any worse than when I pull the 6x10 trailer with the KLX on it though.
 


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