Tubing For Headlight Mod????

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I have a 2008 FZ6 and just purchased the items needed for BD headlight mod http://www.600riders.com/forum/how-s/1663-bd43-s-07-headlight-mod-part-1-a.html but could not find where to buy the 14” of ¼” FLEXO or polyethylene terepthalate (PET) expandable sleeving for the wire. I checked Auto Zone, O'Rileys, Advanced, Lowes, but nowhere had anything close. Any suggestions on where I could find this item would be appreciated. It looks so much cleaner than the cheap plastic spiral tubing.
 
I used black heat shrink tube on mine. You can get it at Radio shack or a electronics place. Lowes might have it in there electric lights department. With shrink tube you run all your wires through it then heat it with a lighter or butane torch to shrink it around your wires.
 
exhaust said:
I used black heat shrink tube on mine. You can get it at Radio shack or a electronics place. Lowes might have it in there electric lights department. With shrink tube you run all your wires through it then heat it with a lighter or butane torch to shrink it around your wires.
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+1 exactly what I did.
 
You'll need to go to a specialty electronics store. Radio Shack won't have it. Call around and you should be able to find it.
 
nick0331 said:
I have a 2008 FZ6 and just purchased the items needed for BD headlight mod http://www.600riders.com/forum/how-s/1663-bd43-s-07-headlight-mod-part-1-a.html but could not find where to buy the 14” of ¼” FLEXO or polyethylene terepthalate (PET) expandable sleeving for the wire. I checked Auto Zone, O'Rileys, Advanced, Lowes, but nowhere had anything close. Any suggestions on where I could find this item would be appreciated. It looks so much cleaner than the cheap plastic spiral tubing.
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Here you go... cheap too! Expandable Sleeving, Braided Sleeving, Cable Sleeving, Cable Protection System, Flame Retardant Expandable Sleeving
 
I know this is a bit off the specific subject but if you are considering the wiring harness for the headlight mod and don't want to make the male connector, it could help a lot. I wanted to also add the pod lights at the same time and ordered the R1 Socket from bikebandit.com. Since I didn't plan on using the factory connector, I removed it and extracted the male connector. I appeared to be the same as the male connectors in the connector half under the gas tank. I soldered the connector to my wiring harness and it fit into the connector perfectly and worked great. Saved me a lot of time making a connector.
 
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