painted floor boards
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From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
I don't know why I'm surprised by that. Even though I never looked. Leave it to the MOCO to chrome plate the bottoms of the rider floorboards (which will never be seen), and not chrome the bottoms of the passenger boards, which are seen most of the time when not carrying a passenger. Makes perfect sense.
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From: North East
Do you remember what you paid to have them powder coated?
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From: Tonopah Az
Mine are powder-coated but I had good luck with Por-15 on my jeeps.
http://www.fiatparts.com/por-15-1.htm
Eastwood also has some good stuff:
http://www.eastwood.com/paints/rust-...FVhufgodpAgA-g
http://www.fiatparts.com/por-15-1.htm
Eastwood also has some good stuff:
http://www.eastwood.com/paints/rust-...FVhufgodpAgA-g
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From: San Angelo, Texas
I don't remember anyone EVER walking up to my bike, looking it over, then laying down and looking under the rider foot boards and saying "wow, these are dirty..."
Not once. Ever. In 38+ years.
Not once. Ever. In 38+ years.
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From: Somewhere on the Bourbon trail
+1 on the powder coating. If the tops look like they've seen better days, then I would get a new set and then powder coat those.
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First, automotive undercoating is porous, will mask the problem, won't cure it. The bottom of my footboards are also rusty, just one of those things, but one could take some 80/100 grit sandpaper, give the surface some tooth, spray some SEM self-etching primer on the surface (NOT primer surface, self etching primer), and rattle can over that, at least five coats, since rattle can is so thin. Then, if one wanted, one could lay on undercoating. Were it me, I'd put on Herculiner bed liner or POR15...
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Not only were mine rusty underneath, but I started seeing rust on the top under the rubber floor board. Needed the right light and angle, but I seem to have that talent.
Powder coated and never looked back.
Powder coated and never looked back.