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Gloss Or Wrinkle Black Rockers?

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Old Sep 23, 2011 | 06:10 PM
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Question Gloss Or Wrinkle Black Rockers?

I've got a Street Bob with the wrinkle black engine, and alloy rocker covers. I'm thinking about replacing (or painting) the rocker covers with black ones. Not sure what would look best: gloss black:



or winkle black:



What say you?

BTW, pics would be nice.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Gamble Gold
I've got a Street Bob with the wrinkle black engine, and alloy rocker covers. I'm thinking about replacing (or painting) the rocker covers with black ones. Not sure what would look best: gloss black:



or winkle black:



What say you?

BTW, pics would be nice.
I think the wrinkle to match the engine would look best. Gloss might look ok if your bike was gloss black, but otherwise I don't think it would look as good. The blackline has gloss black rockers though if you look that bike up


EDIT: Take a look at my sig pic, FXDX has wrinkle black rockers
 

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Old Sep 23, 2011 | 06:22 PM
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Wrinkle black!
 
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Old Sep 23, 2011 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Good_Apollo
The blackline has gloss black rockers though if you look that bike up
Oh yes, so it does:



There again, it doesn't have black heads.



Just concerned that wrinkle black rockers on an all wrinkle black engine would be too much wrinkle black (can you have too much wrinkle black? ).
 
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Old Sep 23, 2011 | 07:08 PM
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gloss, gloss, gloss
 
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Old Sep 23, 2011 | 07:10 PM
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GLOSS!
Will give the wrinkle some contracts and look bad a$s!
Gloss all the way!
 
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Old Sep 23, 2011 | 07:11 PM
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I did the tops wrinkle black, left the bottoms alloy.
 
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Old Sep 23, 2011 | 07:51 PM
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Either all wrinkle black or do like jpace did.
 
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Gloss dude.. All the flat black and wrinkle **** is gett'n old..

Chrome is the new black.. LOL.
 
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Gloss if you are going to replace the cam, trans, and outer primary covers in gloss. Wrinkle if not. In my opinion the rocker, cam, trans, and primary covers should all match.
 
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