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Old Jan 9, 2010 | 09:59 AM
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......Been making some indicator re-location mounts for my Dyna and not sure whether to go for the polished look or the painted black. I like both so I'm very undecided and thought I'd ask you guys for your opinions. The black does look better than it does in the shots - plus it was the only black I had hanging around my garage, which is slighly metallic. If I do go for the black the final version will be a proper BLACK and it'll have a black bolt in there rather than the stainless one shown inthe photo - that was the only one I could find!...... S'pose I could do one side black and the other polished!

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Old Jan 9, 2010 | 10:16 AM
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Wow those look fantastic , i would go with the black and maybe put them on the lower tree ?
 
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Nice job on the mounts, tough call on the color, I can see why you having trouble making up your mind. It might be easier to decide on black if the headlight cover were also black, or the triple trees or ... anyway just a thought, I'd consider wrinkle black like what you have on your tank dash.
 
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Pretty Focking Nice.
 
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That's tight, I'd say polished!!
 
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Old Jan 9, 2010 | 10:29 AM
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Polished with the stainless bolts. I have not had much luck with other types of bolts not showing some rust after a while.
I for one would like to see a few pics of your tank console, been thinking of painting mine, hate the glare I get off of it.
 
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Great mod, I'd say polished.

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Derv nice design. I would do polished on side with the holes and black along the edge for contrast. Or vise versa. Either way it's a cool one off mod.
 
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Derv nice design. I would do polished on side with the holes and black along the edge for contrast. Or vise versa. Either way it's a cool one off mod.
Never thought of that!! I think it would look rather cool - that's what I'll do then, best of both worlds, thanks RCB

Thanks for all your input fellas - much appreciated

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