[RGKen]

The lids for the king and chopped are the same size. The only difference is the holes that are pre drilled to accept the appropriate backrest pad. There should be no reason that you couldn't drill the hole pattern for the wrap around pad from HD. The one thing you would have to do to the pad is have an upholstery shop shorten the bottom of the pad. This is just another option to throw out there. I bought the 2014&up style King TP and I use a chopped pad on it. You are just doing the opposite. Hope this helps!

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[RGKen]

You don't need an upholsterer to rework it. The lower pad is easily removed.



Hope this helps.

This is true on the older style but not with the newer style. The newer ones are one piece and not the 2 piece with the stapled on pad at the bottom. It would be nice if the older style pads fit the new TP's but from what I've read they don't. Here is a pic of a newer style King pad.

 

[RGKen]

I missed this post when I asked about the older styles. I was just curious if anyone has actually checked? Sometimes HD says you need the newer version for a new bike but sometimes the old ones will still work with a little modding.

I have found a 2014 wrap around on eBay they has a blemish I could fix but was didn't know how much the bottom portion needs to be adjusted to make it fit a chopped tour pak.

It would depend on your seat as to how much it would need to be modded. I would say it would cost the same to take off 3" as it would 1".

I just went and looked at the one I have sitting on the shelf in the garage and I would say it would be a mod that most could do themselves. Just remove the staples holding the vinyl in the back, pull the vinyl cover off the bottom part that needs to be trimmed, trim the plastic to length and trim the pad, pull the cover back over the bottom part, pull the excess tight and re-staple. If you didn't feel comfortable doing this it couldn't cost much at all to have it done. I'll post a pic of the back so you can see what I'm talking about.

 

[RGKen]

I here it is laying upside down. The bottom part that may need to be trimmed is at the top in this pic.

 

[RGKen]

Here is my bike with a chopped pak and wrap around backrest. I spend probably 2 1/2 hours measuring, making a template, remeasuring, making a second template, comparing all everything before I finally mustered the courage to drill holes a brand new lid. But everything worked perfect. I picked the backrest up on ebay cheap because it had a broken bracket. I got a replacement bracket from the dealer for $9. I think that's the cheapest part I've ever got from HD. There was no need to adjust the bottom of the backrest. I have the Hammock seat and it fit really snug but I think works great and would definitely work with a stock seat.

Great job! So did the backrest fit without any modifications? It looks very comfy. ?