I agree about that tinny looking battery box deco item. I had thought about painting it or just leaving it off and putting bolts in the holes, but then on good ol' Ebay there was a chrome dyna script one and I got it for 15 buck plus about 7 to ship it. It looks great and the one I got had some small scratches, but I was able to polish them out. So it says Harley Davidson, it is a Harley after all. I think it looks better than the stock one.

 

I like the chrome cover! What seller did you get it from on eBay...or what did you search under?

 

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Mine is still Chrome, hell it reflects light, might save my life on dark night.

 

I just left mine as is since it seems to go well with the pewter denim paint. I did see a nice job someone did on theirs here where they painted it black but left the ridges silver. Matched the engine jugs pretty nicely. If I ever do anything with mine it will be like that.

 

Krylon Black wrinckle ridges left exposed

 

hahaha speak of the devil, that's the one!

 

When you preped and sanded the strap to paint it did you not sand the area you taped off? Or did you sand it all and then tape it?

 

I sanded the whole band with real fine grit to get most of the shellac off, or what ever it is. Then i took a rougher grit to the ridges to give them the same grain as the fin covers. then taped of the ridges with 1/8" pin stripping tape, painted it, pulled the tape off and there you go. Cost less then ten bucks to do the whole thing, and i think it turn out matching up good with fin covers i have and the jugs.

 

[quote=FATBOB-08;5430749]Krylon Black wrinckle ridges left exposed[quote]

That looks great. I sanded primed and painted mine with the hammered black gloss. I have a number of parts on my bike painted like that or it might look stupid. I like the contrasts of different types of black - vivid, wrinkle, hammered etc.