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Finally became my own customer (added pics)

Postby toypusher » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:36 pm

Well, I have been building and selling fenders for a while now and just never got around to putting a set on my tear. Yesterday, that all changed.

I went from this:
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To this:
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I took a couple of hours and some 'modifications' of the fenders, but the result is really worth it. There are more pics of how I attached them in my album. The HF frame has a couple of very large bolt heads that I needed to deal with on mine.

Sorry, no pictures of it out in the sunlight yet. Maybe tomorrow if the sun comes out.

More Pictures today:
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Postby Miriam C. » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:42 pm

8) Bout time too. Don'tchaknow!

Looks great Kerry! I sure wish I could have fenders.
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Postby surveytech » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:50 pm

That looks great Kerry!
Think I would paint the wheel centers black.
Like this...........

<img src="http://lh5.google.com/image/mbutterfoot/RkhCy2IdVNI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/6vPgqxRtjQ0/s800/hubcaps%20small.jpg" />

would match the fenders pretty nice.

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Postby toypusher » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:54 pm

Walter,

Yah, I was thinking of that, too. I also would like to get some of the baby moons that are out there if they will work on my wheels. I would have gotten the center caps like yours, but they don't have them for the 4-bolt pattern. Maybe just paint the wheel black and get chrome lugnuts.
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Postby b.bodemer » Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:30 pm

nice fenders.........................
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Postby surveytech » Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:23 am

toypusher wrote:Walter,

Yah, I was thinking of that, too. I also would like to get some of the baby moons that are out there if they will work on my wheels. I would have gotten the center caps like yours, but they don't have them for the 4-bolt pattern. Maybe just paint the wheel black and get chrome lugnuts.



That would look good! Add some open ended chrome center caps too so you could still access the bearing buddies.
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Postby PaulC » Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:17 am

Well Done Kerry............ :thinking: ............searching for a suitable Aussie idiom............................. Bloody Grouse, Mate :applause:

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Postby Classic Finn » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:03 am

Hi Kerry - Nice fenders and what a difference they make.. ;) ;) By the way did you get a company discount as well? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Postby Classic Finn » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:05 am

PaulC wrote:Well Done Kerry............ :thinking: ............searching for a suitable Aussie idiom............................. Bloody Grouse, Mate :applause:

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Paul what does the Bloody Grouse meanin this? Sounds like a shot up bird... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: That Aussie slang is funny..or should I say humerous as well.. to us anyway.. :lol: :lol:

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Postby toypusher » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:16 am

Classic Finn wrote:Hi Kerry - Nice fenders and what a difference they make.. ;) ;) By the way did you get a company discount as well? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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They cost me alot more than anyone else that I have sold them too!!! They are actually the first set that I made. I put them aside and just had not gotten around to putting them on until now.

I'm adding a couple more pics from outside today.
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Postby bledsoe3 » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:28 am

toypusher wrote:
Classic Finn wrote:Hi Kerry - Nice fenders and what a difference they make.. ;) ;) By the way did you get a company discount as well? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Classic Finn ;)


They cost me alot more than anyone else that I have sold them too!!! They are actually the first set that I made. I put them aside and just had not gotten around to putting them on until now.

I'm adding a couple more pics from outside today.

Well at least you didn't have to pay a lot for shipping. :lol:
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Postby Classic Finn » Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:31 am

bledsoe3 wrote:
toypusher wrote:
Classic Finn wrote:Hi Kerry - Nice fenders and what a difference they make.. ;) ;) By the way did you get a company discount as well? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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They cost me alot more than anyone else that I have sold them too!!! They are actually the first set that I made. I put them aside and just had not gotten around to putting them on until now.

I'm adding a couple more pics from outside today.

Well at least you didn't have to pay a lot for shipping. :lol:


But wasnt shipping free in any case? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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Postby bledsoe3 » Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:10 am

Somebody has to pay for it to be shipped.
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Postby toypusher » Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:22 am

bledsoe3 wrote:Somebody has to pay for it to be shipped.


Read my signature line!! "..............FREE shipping "

Hardly cost me a thing for that!!! :lol:

As suggested by Walter (surveytech) above, I am thinking of painting part of my wheels. Here is a couple of pics to compare before I do it. What do you guys think??? I may get some chrome lugnuts too, if I end up painting the wheels.

How it looks now:

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How it might look painted:

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Postby madjack » Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:55 pm

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: ...nice Kerry...very nice.......................................... 8)
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