VHT makes a wrinkle black paint that is dead on for the factory HD finish. THey sell it at Autozone, advance and Napa. Bout $8 a can.
http://www.vhtpaint.com/wrinkleplus.html

 

I painted mine gloss black to contrast against the wrinkle black. Looks much better imo!

 

Black Non-Skid Paint in a can. It has a nice textured look. $5 a can at Sears....I've painted quite a few other things with the stuff (see my sig). Holds up nice.

 

Well, I also was unsure when at the home depot, so I wasted my money on the HD brand wrinkle black. But, I still have the can and can use it for other applications as well.

Band in in my sig pic below


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Im serious man, try the VHT wrinkle black, it's an exact match for the Harley wrinkle PC they use on the engine. and it's cheap.

 

Sorry to hi-jack, but how did you prep your lowers for paint? I've looked into getting mine powder coated, but would rather go this route if it will still turn out looking nice.
Plus it's cheaper which is right up my ally...lol

 

I did mine on the bike, but they were raw steel, not chrome. Just hit them with my die grinder and roloc disc, masked them off and sprayes with VHT roll bar paint. It's a gloss black epoxy paint that doesn't require any primer and so far is holding up really well.

 

I don't have the chrome lowers either...they look like brushed aluminum to be honest.

 

I don't know about the VHT stuff but I used the bedliner paint on my Sportster's covers...





The bike went down at 50 on the freeway when I got hit by an SUV back in September with enough force to break off my front left forward control and send it smashing into the primary hard enough to put a 2" by 1/2" hole through the primary cover. The paint around the impact point wasn't even slightly chipped! It looks like I almost cut the hole out! Even with the bike totaled by the insurance company the paint didn't even get so much as scratched! I was very impressed and will definately use it again!

 

I will look for this. I went in my local Advanced the other day and they didnt have paint at all. I was surprised . I thought all autoparts stores had paint. I will check the other places.