blacked out vs chrome
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From: Yuma, AZ
Slothy is right and I've been down both roads. I chromed out my Lowrider, but didn't get a lot of money for the polished factory parts, so I decided I would powder everything on my RGC when I got it. In the end I'd say powdercoating is a little cheaper if you know a good coater, especially considering the high cost of HD chrome. You will just have some down time with powder unless you make it a winter project like I did.
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Joined: Mar 2009
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From: St. Peters, Missouri
Slothy is right and I've been down both roads. I chromed out my Lowrider, but didn't get a lot of money for the polished factory parts, so I decided I would powder everything on my RGC when I got it. In the end I'd say powdercoating is a little cheaper if you know a good coater, especially considering the high cost of HD chrome. You will just have some down time with powder unless you make it a winter project like I did.
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From: NorCal
Blacking out sucks. Seriously. I've been through it.
With chrome, you can pick a point and stop. And it still looks good. Blacked out doesn't look good until it's ALL done. Which is a pain in the a**.
With chrome, you can pick a point and stop. And it still looks good. Blacked out doesn't look good until it's ALL done. Which is a pain in the a**.
I've never done it but I do want to. I may have to look further into it as well from what I have been reading.
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Road Warrior
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i just did mine in one whole big pile - cheaper that way anyway in the long run.
pic of about 95% of the stuff i had done - i think i paid around 550ish for everything.
pic of about 95% of the stuff i had done - i think i paid around 550ish for everything.
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From: peace river alberta canada
thanks for the info 500 sounds very good for all that stuff
Road Master
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From: Queen Creek, AZ
did you have all of the bolts and stuff done at the same time, or how does that work?? does it affect the fitting of the pieces at all?