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Default License plate fender holes - how do I fill them?

Anyone know where I can buy plugs used to fill the license plate holes in my 2007 883C's rear fender? All I was able to find were ugly black plugs from my HD dealer that don't look quite right on my light blue fender. I was hoping you guys might know where I can get colored plugs or if you know of some other way of filling/covering those holes then that's cool, too.
 
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Do you have access to touch up paint? How permanent of a fill do you want? For a perm fix, you fill the bulk of the hole with either weld (destroys the paint around it) or JB weld (won't hurt anything else). Then fill and smooth with some bondo (fiberglass bondo works best), sand smooth, prime and paint. Otherwise go to Ace hardware and find some button head chrome hardware that matches the thread size and type. Or use studs and put acorns on top for that aggressive look. You might even find some spikes...
 
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Kurykan makes some covers, but they're kind of flashy
 
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Originally Posted by Cormac22
Do you have access to touch up paint? How permanent of a fill do you want? For a perm fix, you fill the bulk of the hole with either weld (destroys the paint around it) or JB weld (won't hurt anything else). Then fill and smooth with some bondo (fiberglass bondo works best), sand smooth, prime and paint. Otherwise go to Ace hardware and find some button head chrome hardware that matches the thread size and type. Or use studs and put acorns on top for that aggressive look. You might even find some spikes...
Thanks for the tips! I might do that. Also thinking of just chopping it so it looks like an Iron/48/etc type fender, but I don't want to do it myself and I'm not sure where to look locally to have it done
 
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You can never have too many Spikes or Skulls
 
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Shame i was trying to give this away for months on here and nobody wanted it so sold it http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2809271002...#ht_500wt_1191
 
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Now that is interesting. Never seen one of those. Do you have a HD # for that?
 
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Now that is interesting. Never seen one of those. Do you have a HD # for that?
there is no party number.

it comes with the plate relocation kit from them
 
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Nice!
Thank you
 


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