Chrome swingarm or covers
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Chrome swingarm or covers
I have a 2007 heritage and am looking to add some more chrome. I am looking at either a chrome swingarm or the full set of covers. Which is easier to keep clean and what are the pros and cons. Thanks
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Cleaning would be about the same for either. The covers look like covers. They're nice for what they are, but they're still just covers. The chrome swing-arm is the real deal, and looks like the real deal. I have the covers on mine for now because they're cheap & easy. But plan to do the "real deal" next winter.
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I am leaning towards covers as the cost would be cheaper and less time to install. But it would be nice to see some photos of some chrome swingarms as I can't tell from the few I have seen if you should chrome the boomerang too.
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I had the covers with the led lights in them on my 07 deuce, loved how they looked and got a lot of compliments. Unfortunately the left side had to go due to my swingarm bag, so the right side is next when I find some axle covers. Chrome swingarms look nice, but the axle, spacers, and adjusters are still exposed, so unless you do chrome parts there, too, you're gonna have a sick chrome swingarm with plain Jane factory hardware.
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I had the covers with the led lights in them on my 07 deuce, loved how they looked and got a lot of compliments. Unfortunately the left side had to go due to my swingarm bag, so the right side is next when I find some axle covers. Chrome swingarms look nice, but the axle, spacers, and adjusters are still exposed, so unless you do chrome parts there, too, you're gonna have a sick chrome swingarm with plain Jane factory hardware.
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I have the covers from Kuryakyn and I think they are just fine lot less money and a 1/2 hour job to install but I also added a solid chrome wheel and wheel spacers chrome caliper and polished roter and I did put on the real chrome pully not the cover