Blacked out parts
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Blacked out parts
This may have been a costly change in mindset but we will see. How much would it cost to have oem Harley shiters and brake levers along with Willie G timer cover derby cover and air cleaner cover stripped of chrome and the painted or powder coated flat black? I'm kind of over the whole chrome look on my bike and think flat black on my white denim would look cool! Any thoughts?
Road Master
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From: central, ohio
It would be different on the bike. I have never seen one done up like that. Look forward to seeing some pics. I have chose to go with some black pieces and keep the chrome to a min. As long as you like it, that is all that matters
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From: Montgomery,Il.
Another option is to look on E-bay, there's couple people on there who sell parts already coated. $ are usually pretty reasonable, I've had good luck w/ 1 vendor on there, bought set of engine covers 4 my 05 RK at decent price, no down time & he does good work, never had a problem.
Road Master
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From: Hampstead, MD
This may have been a costly change in mindset but we will see. How much would it cost to have oem Harley shiters and brake levers along with Willie G timer cover derby cover and air cleaner cover stripped of chrome and the painted or powder coated flat black? I'm kind of over the whole chrome look on my bike and think flat black on my white denim would look cool! Any thoughts?
These guys are right...powdercoating is basically inexpensive and depends on the company you deal with as far as price.
I just picked up 67 parts (a lot of screws, bolts, washers, floorboard pans, shift lever, brake lever, jiffy stand bracket, shift rod and a bunch of other 'little things') from my powdercoater yesterday. It was a little of $400.00 for the lot...but keep in mind that the smaller parts are harder to handle and require more work. I also had him ceramic coat my front rotors a flat black. Man...they look great! His work is excellent and the warranty can't be beat. Everything was wrapped and I couldn't check everything out when I picked them up. He told me to inspect everything when I got home over the next few days and if I was unhappy about anything bring it back and they will reshoot it.
I haven't installed anything yet but I'm thinking it's going to look pretty darn good!
Good luck!
Steve
I just picked up 67 parts (a lot of screws, bolts, washers, floorboard pans, shift lever, brake lever, jiffy stand bracket, shift rod and a bunch of other 'little things') from my powdercoater yesterday. It was a little of $400.00 for the lot...but keep in mind that the smaller parts are harder to handle and require more work. I also had him ceramic coat my front rotors a flat black. Man...they look great! His work is excellent and the warranty can't be beat. Everything was wrapped and I couldn't check everything out when I picked them up. He told me to inspect everything when I got home over the next few days and if I was unhappy about anything bring it back and they will reshoot it.
I haven't installed anything yet but I'm thinking it's going to look pretty darn good!
Good luck!
Steve
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From: San Antonio, TX
It would look freakin' sweet! Here's a link to one done similar to that...
http://www.baddad.com/baggers/bike/83
http://www.baddad.com/baggers/bike/83
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