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Apr 6, 2007 | 12:34 PM

Ratbasturd

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The powder coat couldn't take the heat so I had the shields sandblasted and painted them with BBQ paint.

http://www.austinsouthsider.com/pipe_work.htm

You can see how crapy they were lookin

Done

Apr 6, 2007 | 07:40 PM

boogiewithtuck

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Looks great RB. How many miles before the coating failed? I have about 750 on mine (crinkle black) and no probs yet....

Apr 7, 2007 | 05:32 AM

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Less than 3500 miles.

I think the BBQ paint will work great I can touch up scratches easy.

Apr 7, 2007 | 05:52 AM

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Great job,

I really like your battery cover strap and seat what type are they, is the seat comfortable?

Apr 7, 2007 | 09:24 AM

boogiewithtuck

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Less than 3500 miles.

I think the BBQ paint will work great I can touch up scratches easy.

RB,

THat is the Ray Price by Samson, correct? I do believe that is the finest looking 2 into 1 designed for HD. Do you like the performance and quality? Sounds like you had a little trouble with customer service regarding the heat shield fininsh.

Apr 7, 2007 | 01:51 PM

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Great job,

I really like your battery cover strap and seat what type are they, is the seat comfortable?

Seat is a SE Dyna seat, it is comfortable to me; most think it is too hard.

The way I look at it is kinda like a cowboys first day on the job, after that first week your azz is sore but you keep ridin and a month later you don't even notice how hard the saddle is.

The strap is hand tooled leather that I made.

Apr 7, 2007 | 02:00 PM

alabama1

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RE: heat shields

looks

good

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Apr 7, 2007 | 02:09 PM

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Less than 3500 miles.

I think the BBQ paint will work great I can touch up scratches easy.

Yes it is, and I really like its performance, sound (nice and deep), style. The only thing has been the powder coat, one of the things I was told was that Samson was still in the process of deciding on the right powder coat and the front shield was kind of a flat charcoal and didn't match the rest of the shields which were a gloss black. I was thinking that if they didn't have the color right maybe they still haven't found the best heat resistant coating yet.

At some point I am going to lose the shield and get it ceramic coated of black chrome. I called around Austin and was told there is not enough of a market to keep a vat hot, and I didn't want to ask how much to heat one up would cost.