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Old Jun 10, 2015 | 11:56 AM
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I am thinking about getting the cow bells painted for my Charcoal Pearal FLHX and wanted to see if others have doe the same. I have been debating on getting crome forks and I'll do this at the same time if I go for it.
 
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i used black vinyl film on mine over 2yrs ago as a experiment and they look so good they are still on. Cost me about 2 bucks. A local sign shop can print custom colors too and maybe a cheap alternative to paint unless you are like most here who have massive stockpiles of $$$
 
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Old Jun 10, 2015 | 01:22 PM
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i used black vinyl film on mine over 2yrs ago as a experiment and they look so good they are still on. Cost me about 2 bucks. A local sign shop can print custom colors too and maybe a cheap alternative to paint unless you are like most here who have massive stockpiles of $$$
interesting. i went in and looked at your pics. How long will it last till you have to replace it?
 
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I got a set of the Ness accordion style cowbells, bead blasted the black off had them painted the color of my bike, sent them to Diamond heads to get cut. Look great, very custom, and I get lots of comments about them all the time
 
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Old Jun 10, 2015 | 03:34 PM
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I got a set of the Ness accordion style cowbells, bead blasted the black off had them painted the color of my bike, sent them to Diamond heads to get cut. Look great, very custom, and I get lots of comments about them all the time
Can you post a pic? Sounds like they look awesome.
 
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Old Jun 10, 2015 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Xb9rumble
Can you post a pic? Sounds like they look awesome.
I will when I get home tonight. If you look at my sig pic (click on it), you can see a little bit
 

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Here's a few...







 
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Old Jun 10, 2015 | 09:08 PM
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interesting. i went in and looked at your pics. How long will it last till you have to replace it?
Well it has been about 2 years and they still look great,I ride in about any conditions and weather too.
 
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Heres those pics. (had to wait until the hockey game was over!) they are a little dirty, haven't cleaned the bike from last weekend





 
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Old Jun 10, 2015 | 10:46 PM
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Damn that red looks good. I think a body color match looks spot on. If youre blacked out then black. Black with chome, then chrome.
 
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