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Bad LED Retention rings from Slingmods
Slingmods includes a pair of "can-am ryker locking headlight-retention-rings" to make the H4 LED upgrade 'plug & play'.
The tolerances of their retention rings are terrible. You can see the movement and hear the click of the retention ring. The ring should snap in place.
In addition the Ryker's headlight housings need to be removed to install the driver's side LED. Another strike against this being a 'plug & play' upgrade.
If these LED lights last 2-3 months I'll be lucky. What a total waste of $65.
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thanks for posting this. Just so you know the video can't be watched here only on the tube.
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And to be clear, you purchased the item from Slingmod's, but the piece is manufactured by TricLed. TricLed has awesome CS. Maybe contact them?
2022 RT Sea To Sky
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Did you contact Slingmods customer service with this problem? What did they say?
Ours is a red, black and chrome 2017 F3 Limited. Bought new in 2/2019. The avatar is my first bike back in 1952, a Simplex Servi-Cycle. Photo taken at the Barber Museum.
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I can understand your frustration. Did you contact SlingMods for a solution before you posted here ?
If it ain't broke, don't break it.
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2020 RT Limited Asphalt Grey
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Originally Posted by Beginner
thanks for posting this. Just so you know the video can't be watched here only on the tube.
Thanks, I removed the video to keep from linking elsewhere.
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I was not impressed with the retention rings either. So far (I installed this summer) they have held up though.
Last edited by Peter Aawen; 11-04-2021 at 08:38 PM.
Reason: 'far' ;-)
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I bought a set of the LED's from SlingMods this summer. On my set the bulb adapter flange was metal (like the stock halogen bulb) instead of plastic. I did not try to use the retainment ring provided in the kit because the stock ring worked fine (just like it did on the stock halogen bulb). So far everything has worked fine and I tested them on a long after-dark ride last night. Much better illumination than the stock halogens.
If you have the metal flange on the bulb adapter try the stock retaining ring.
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