Six dollars and sixty minutes...tailight mod how to

I like the edge, but Im on a budget. I also like working on my bike myself so after seeing some of the other efforts people have come up with for a tailight mod I made a bracket that is similar to the edge bracket, mounts in the factory location and uses the factory hardware. I just used sheet metal, and I folded it and riveted where the blinkers mount to give it strength. The taillight is DOT legal I got it at walmart for $6 its kinda cheap in quality but it is the right size and shape. I may replace it with a chris products one if it breaks. It uses the same bulb as the factory light so it should be as bright. I followed my bike the other day on the trail and i could see the tailight in bright sun so I should be able to see the brakelight even better. I coated the bracket with rubberized under coating for corrosion resistance (it was galvanised also)

The whole assembly is super sturdy, I've had it on for about 3 weeks mostly commuting with no issues (one off road excursion in some rocky terrain and one get off in same said rocky terrain)

LMK what you think good or bad ?

Old tailight

New tailight

view from below

Me Likey very muchie...Great Job looks great. Did you take pics of the process? Thats what I would like to do with my tail light

Not bad at all. Six bucks, nice and bright, big improvement over the stock monstrosity. How can you go wrong?

Looks Good!

Well done!

Nice job!

Tail light on a budget! Love it! Tough to throw money at a problem sometimes, even tougher to think outside the box for an inexpensive solution! Great Job!

Very clean, man!

nice job!!! i think it looks great.

Thanks guys

I didnt take pics of the bracket before install but its similar in shape to the edge bracket but with a spot to mount the blinks. If you model it along the lines of the stock mount its easy enough to do !!!!

You did a fine job, with short money.

Looks great! I'm going to try something like that. I'm too cheap to spend the money on the Edge taillight

Very clean! Excellent work!

very nice. so did the light not come with it's own bulb?

Good gas for you! Great work!

Nice and clean. Great work.

makes me wish I hadn't bought the edge (just kiddin Forrest!) oh well, hind sight is always 20/20. Slick job, ingenuity, that's what this forum is all about.

makes me wish I hadn't bought the edge (just kiddin Forrest!) oh well, hind sight is always 20/20. Slick job, ingenuity, that's what this forum is all about.

do it anyways and sell my your edge for cheap:p

how did you get it to seal so no water gets in it?