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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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Anyone know a source for softail toolboxes, butin carbon fiber? I really don't want a bright chrome piece on a Night Train, and I don't think paint would hold up.
http://www.bkrider.com/cross3/getIma...0&Size=250

I've checked Google and eBay, and nada.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 01:05 PM
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J&P Cycles 7010095.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 01:16 PM
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How about black powder coating it?? I inquired about powder coating some chrome speaker housings, and I was told they would have to firstbe acid etched (if I remember correctly) to take the smoothness away and then powder coat it. He said there would be extra bucks to pre-etch the metal to prepare it for powder coating.
 
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My wrinkle paint job(spray paint)has held up for 3 years now
on my lock box.



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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 01:32 PM
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J&P Cycles 7010095.
Thanks, but it appears that there is something special about the mounting for 2007-2008 (I have an '08), because those are valid for 84-06 only. Ditto in their 2008 catalog page. The HD catalog shows a different p/n for 2008 only. Weird.
 
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 01:39 PM
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I had both left & right side H-D tool boxes powder-coated black. Holding upreally well after 1 1/2 yrs. and 6000 miles.
 
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I had both left & right side H-D tool boxes powder-coated black.
It's beginning to sound like that may be my only option (though I still think CF would look cool... and the contents would rattle less). Did you have to bead blast or chemically strip the chrome first?
 
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I've gotten a bunch of stuff powdercoated for my bike and it really holds up. When I asked my guy what could be powdercoated he said 'anything that can withstand the heat of the oven'. I've had a couple of things that were chrome and taken them in for p.c. The sandblasting should be part of the cost of the work.
 
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I have a chrome toolbax that I painted wrinkle black, and the paint has held up for 2 riding seasons. And I ride in all sorts of weather.







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Yeah, as Wiseguy says......the stripping is part of process.
 
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