Originally Posted by lp

Man, I've been waiting months for this subject to come up!

I have them. There is a reason they look identical to the OEM version.
They are from the same mold. Proof is below. Some may say these may not be the same "quality" ABS as OEM, they are prob right but these are definately good enough to do the job. It's hard plastic and it's not going to fall apart anytime soon.

My experience? Heres what I found...

1) the paint is questionable. You can see the painter didn't take any time prepping the material. Its a little rough under the paint in a few areas. Scratches and such under the paint. Since I saved like 300 bucks on these I don't find it a big deal. The paint is the right color and matches perfectly. Just a little rough here and there. No biggie and nothing really noticable.

2) the METAL hardware that is included is cheap. The bolt and nut that holds the adjustable air flap thing is made of the most worthless bottom of the basement crap metal I've ever seen. The bolt did not even have lock tight or a friggen lock nut or lock washer, just a bolt with washer and nut. Easy fix though. I only have like 10 million bolts and nuts laying around the garage. Replaced it, moving on...

3) the glove box door and formed plastic pieces are gray or tan and need to be trimmed a little bit to remove all that left over material you sometimes see when things were "formed". You know, the little plastic junk left over on the sides while it was formed. I completely disassembled my lowers, and trimed around the edges with a razor and then painted with black vinyl paint from a spray can. Looks friggin awesome... was easy and fun.

While I was at it I painted anything gray or not already vivid black with vinyl black paint.

In my book these lowers are worth every penny. They are the same as the OEM model and do the same job. I have not told a sole (until now) that these are aftermarket. I even have had the bike in the shop and no one knew they were aftermarket. The only comment I've gotten was from a HD mechanic and it was positive. He mentioned he liked how I painted the glove boxes black.

So anyway I have had OEM lowers before on my Ultra. THese are about 90% the quality of OEM in my opinion. I would buy them again...
Back to the molding. Here are few pictures. When I disassembled the lowers I found strange markings in the most curious places mostly hidden out of sight. I found them "interesting". I looked up these markings on ChicagoHarley.com and they matched...

Edit: I used HD's quick detach hardware to mount to the bike. I used a little strip foam (like for doors) around where the lowers attach to the engine guard. Made things a little tighter...

Yes I have a Pink-ish blanket in my garage... Its good for painting on.











Hope this helps someone....

lp

Originally Posted by UltraKla$$ic

Those look just like factory. Mikes pics are great. I wouldn't care if they were made in a church basement by handicapped Mexicans in Mongolia. I'd buy them regardless if they met my needs. Vivid black is cheap and easy to paint too. Git um!!!

Originally Posted by MINI SSS

Ip. What year Road Glide did you mount them on? Would I have to make any modifications to fit my 2009 Road Glide. John