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My black fairing bolt kit finally arrived from Bikebolts, Motorcycle Parts
Must say, LESS then impressed, actually, borderline pissed off!
Heres the Gist:
I got a white 2011. I am in the process of blacking out all of the silver bolts, rear sets, pegs, etc... I like the white on black.
Anyway, did some research, saw a few folks strongly advising AGAINST the aluminum black fairing bolt kit for stripagge reasons, etc... I settled on the kit from bike bolts. I figure since its almost double the cost of the others, it must be at least decent, right? WRONG!
Place my order about week and a half ago. Keep checking status on the website, keeps saying processing. I let a week go by, leave message, no reply, leave email no reply, wait a few more days, same thing, WTF. Call a third time and leave a somewhat nasty message asking for a status update or a refund, still no reply! Arggg!
Contact paypal and open a dispute. WITHIN MINUTES they email me asking whats wrong. Tell them the above, dude says, oh sorry, we dont answer the phones, just email. Hmmm, i sent three. Whatever. Anyway, bolts were in fact shipped, they just never updated the status.
They arrive today, look decent enough, go to install them and......
The good:
-At first glance the powdercoat color matches the frame perfectly, what i was going for.
-They arent OEM hardware, and are a little smaller. Actually looks a little nicer this way.
-complete kit with good instructions
The bad and ugly:
-the powdercoat quality is some of the worst i have ever seen, almost 1/2 of them chipped right down to bare metal the second i put an allen wrench to it. Here are 2 pics of the fender bolts, the easier to see ones:
Now, ive been working on bikes and cars a long time, have all the correct tools, etc.. I am not a hack and am not rough with tools or fasteners.
This is just 100% unacceptable! Im gonna cool down a little before sending them another email with the pics!
Kinda stuck here. They offer me a refund, and i send this crap back, yay i get to take it all apart again. They dont offer me a refund and i fight it through paypal, lame. They offer me a refund and tell me to keep the stuff, not even happy with that, they suck!
Anyway, thanks for listening! I strongly suggest finding other options if you are doing color bolts.
Im probably going to wait until i take the bike apart for the 1200 mile service and have all the OEM bolts done here locally.
Rock On!
My black fairing bolt kit finally arrived from Bikebolts, Motorcycle Parts
Must say, LESS then impressed, actually, borderline pissed off!
Heres the Gist:
I got a white 2011. I am in the process of blacking out all of the silver bolts, rear sets, pegs, etc... I like the white on black.
Anyway, did some research, saw a few folks strongly advising AGAINST the aluminum black fairing bolt kit for stripagge reasons, etc... I settled on the kit from bike bolts. I figure since its almost double the cost of the others, it must be at least decent, right? WRONG!
Place my order about week and a half ago. Keep checking status on the website, keeps saying processing. I let a week go by, leave message, no reply, leave email no reply, wait a few more days, same thing, WTF. Call a third time and leave a somewhat nasty message asking for a status update or a refund, still no reply! Arggg!
Contact paypal and open a dispute. WITHIN MINUTES they email me asking whats wrong. Tell them the above, dude says, oh sorry, we dont answer the phones, just email. Hmmm, i sent three. Whatever. Anyway, bolts were in fact shipped, they just never updated the status.
They arrive today, look decent enough, go to install them and......
The good:
-At first glance the powdercoat color matches the frame perfectly, what i was going for.
-They arent OEM hardware, and are a little smaller. Actually looks a little nicer this way.
-complete kit with good instructions
The bad and ugly:
-the powdercoat quality is some of the worst i have ever seen, almost 1/2 of them chipped right down to bare metal the second i put an allen wrench to it. Here are 2 pics of the fender bolts, the easier to see ones:
Now, ive been working on bikes and cars a long time, have all the correct tools, etc.. I am not a hack and am not rough with tools or fasteners.
This is just 100% unacceptable! Im gonna cool down a little before sending them another email with the pics!
Kinda stuck here. They offer me a refund, and i send this crap back, yay i get to take it all apart again. They dont offer me a refund and i fight it through paypal, lame. They offer me a refund and tell me to keep the stuff, not even happy with that, they suck!
Anyway, thanks for listening! I strongly suggest finding other options if you are doing color bolts.
Im probably going to wait until i take the bike apart for the 1200 mile service and have all the OEM bolts done here locally.
Rock On!
but they don't look like the bolts that go on the fairings.
