Triumphrat

netsurfr · 05-08-2007

I'm looking to get my front & rear bonnie stock fenders chromed. I got a $500 quote from a local shop to do both fenders. Does this sound high? I'm having a hard time finding a company here in Milwaukee that can handle small projects like motorcycle fenders. Any tips of other places?

davidc · 05-08-2007

You can get polished aluminum fenders from New Bonn. for a little less and then have your painted ones to boot.

RedBird · 05-08-2007

I suggest looking for a place that does "performance coatings". They will be able to do powder coatings and ceramic coatings as well as chrome along with a number of other performance coatings. They will be used to doing smaller jobs for the Hot Rod crowd as well as larger jobs (whole car frames). Their prices may not be any better; however, they should know what they are doing and do you a good job. The fenders are not an easy job--they are very thin and flexible. After paint removal, they have to be highly polished for the chrome plating process, and the polishing task can be very time consuming because of the thin metal (can't use big buffers and lots of pressure easily). :-D

Larry

netsurfr · 05-08-2007

I saw the aluminum rear fender at NB. I like the front fender from Triumph so I'm wondering if the difference between chrome & polished aluminum would be a noticeable one. Would sure hate if the fenders didn't match. Also how much of a pain is it to drill the NB fenders to fit the lights?

Anyone out there w/ pictures of their bonnie w/ the NB alum. rear fender?

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On 2007-05-08 08:28, davidc wrote:
You can get polished aluminum fenders from New Bonn. for a little less and then have your painted ones to boot.

bonnevillebilly · 05-08-2007

I got a quote of $460.00 just to have the front fender done.
I think I'll keep my painted one.
Bill