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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 09:39 PM
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Nice Bad Boy. We all love the Bad Boy model on this thread. If you put a photo of that sled into a post the thread will get JACKED!
 
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by back again
not quite getting your question jd.
were you please with how they turned out? would you have changed anything (coated the nipples or anything)?
 
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no wouldn't change anything jd. They came out good and I like the look.
 
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Another shot of black spokes, with black everything else but nipples too.


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You might want to think about just getting new polished Stainless Steel nipples and leaving them that way.
If you powder coat the originals there is a chance that the coating on one of more could get damaged (even if you can't see it) during the reassembly process.
It might not mean anything this year, but a year or two down the road they could start to rust underneath the cracked coating and make a mess of a nice looking wheel.
Using polished Stainless Steel ones would completely eliminated that possibility as well as making it easier to keep them clean and shiny in the bargain.
 
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