Go Back  Offshoreonly.com > Owners Forum > Cigarette
Replacement Bow Light Lens? >

Replacement Bow Light Lens?

Notices

Replacement Bow Light Lens?

Thread Tools
 
Old 09-19-2023 | 10:11 AM
  #1  
Thread Starter
Registered
20 Year Member
 
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 2,093
Likes: 165
From: King george, Virginia/Potomac River
Default Replacement Bow Light Lens?

Does anyone know where I can find a replacement plastic lens? The original has two ears that help secure the assembly to the bow. One of those ears is broken off and it's flimsy when I tighten down the screw. The other ear looks pretty weak.
1990 Bullet



Shah Mat is offline  
Reply
Old 09-19-2023 | 11:10 AM
  #2  
F-2 Speedy's Avatar
Platinum Member
Community Builder
10 Year Member
Platinum Member
 
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 11,427
Likes: 3,953
From: Midwest & T-Rock
Default

Call Dustin @ Caters power boats, Broken Arrow, OK....... him and his father have done a bunch of Cig resto's he might have one
F-2 Speedy is offline  
Reply
Old 09-19-2023 | 02:12 PM
  #3  
thisistank's Avatar
Registered
20 Year Member
 
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 14,571
Likes: 4,541
From: Channel Islands, So. Cal.
Default

I actually took that bulky thing off and slapped on a lower profile one. It wasn’t expensive and worked great. And looked a lot better I thought.



thisistank is offline  
Reply
Old 10-30-2023 | 07:10 AM
  #4  
Thread Starter
Registered
20 Year Member
 
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 2,093
Likes: 165
From: King george, Virginia/Potomac River
Default

I had called Dustin and we chatted 20 minutes or so last month. I didn't want to go smaller because we idle home in our creek in the dark sometimes and I wanted as much light as possible. He sent me some pics of bow lights he has used in the past and also reminded me that LED is so much brighter than incandescent. Size doesn't matter.
I settled on this one, still has an old school look. We have a scaffold set up to repair the garage's attic fan in front of the boat and I thought great time to replace bow light. I pulled it out of the box and read the notice that the LED's are polarity sensitive. Well, with the dash out and wires hanging everywhere, this will have to wait until I can verify.

Last edited by Shah Mat; 10-30-2023 at 08:47 AM.
Shah Mat is offline  
Reply
Old 10-30-2023 | 08:03 AM
  #5  
Registered
Active Streak: 30 Days
25 Year Member
 
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 1,508
Likes: 589
From: Lake Ozark, MO USA
Default

I like that a lot. What is it? Red to power, black to ground.
Helmwurst is offline  
Reply
Old 10-30-2023 | 08:46 AM
  #6  
Thread Starter
Registered
20 Year Member
 
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 2,093
Likes: 165
From: King george, Virginia/Potomac River
Default

Originally Posted by Helmwurst
I like that a lot. What is it? Red to power, black to ground.
On the new light yes, but cig used white/black. Not sure if my bow/anchor light switch is wired original but it switches ground to one light and hot to the other to get bow/stern and stern only. When I bought the boat the stern light didn't work. There was a bad connection (butt connector) at the stern, but it threw me for a loop diagnosing it with opposite switching of the bow light.

https://www.westmarine.com/west-mari...-15761570.html

Last edited by Shah Mat; 10-30-2023 at 08:50 AM.
Shah Mat is offline  
Reply
Old 10-30-2023 | 10:20 AM
  #7  
F-2 Speedy's Avatar
Platinum Member
Community Builder
10 Year Member
Platinum Member
 
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 11,427
Likes: 3,953
From: Midwest & T-Rock
Default

Thats the same one I have ^^^^^
F-2 Speedy is offline  
Reply
Old 10-30-2023 | 12:37 PM
  #8  
thisistank's Avatar
Registered
20 Year Member
 
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 14,571
Likes: 4,541
From: Channel Islands, So. Cal.
Default

I like that one a lot. Very nice. The LED is super bright. Even that really low profile one I installed on the cafe was WAY bright. Plus little electrical draw. Gonna look great!
thisistank is offline  
Reply
Old 10-31-2023 | 07:37 AM
  #9  
Registered
Active Streak: 30 Days
25 Year Member
 
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 1,508
Likes: 589
From: Lake Ozark, MO USA
Default

Thank's for the link. On the old one the ground would still be black.
Helmwurst is offline  
Reply

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service

Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.