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May 6, 2009 | 09:33 PM

The Nev

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From: Sulphur, LA

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Ok so I got tired of polishing chrome and thought I would powder coat my luggage rack black and see how I liked it. If it looked good maybe do some more powder coating and less polishing. So I get the rack back from the powder coater today. As I walk into the garage with the luggage rack I drop it on the concrete floor and of course scuff it all up. So now instead of a shiney chrome luggage rack I have a scuffed up black luggage rack. Moral of the story shine your chrome with joy in your heart.

May 6, 2009 | 09:37 PM

Taterdog

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Bummer. Can they touch up the powder coat for ya?

May 6, 2009 | 09:43 PM

StreetGlideMedic

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Oh $hit! Yea...good question...can they do a touch up?

Mike

May 7, 2009 | 12:17 AM

Lincoln33

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I thought powder coat was supposed to be tougher than that.

May 7, 2009 | 12:20 AM

PaleRearEnd

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Lincoln33

I thought powder coat was supposed to be tougher than that.

i'm going to use bedliner spray just for that reason... low maintenance black coming right up!!

May 7, 2009 | 01:42 AM

doc_cj

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Quote:

Originally Posted by The Nev

As I walk into the garage with the luggage rack I drop it on the concrete floor and of course scuff it all up.

That sucks! So how did it look before you dropped it?

I'd love to have a 2nd bike I can black out like that. I had a Roadliner Midnight that was pretty much blacked out all over. Looked really sharp, though I do have to admit that I like my chrome just as much.

May 7, 2009 | 08:44 AM

The Nev

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I'll find out today if they can touch it up or not. But I'm pretty sure by the process they have to do the whole thing. It looked great when I picked it up at the shop, and actually it looks good on the bike it just has these scuffs on it. As for the toughness I think it did pretty good cause it bounced around like a super ball and the scuffs are not very bad, but one went all the way to the shiny metal on the corner they're just not very big.