should I paint them or not?

[Tiggie]

cant decide whether or not to paint the airbox to match the engine or leave it faux chrome? what do you think? I already have the paint so it wont be an expense just cant decide what to do.

and before anyone mentions the rear wheel it now matches the front

[rennie]

Personally, unless you're going to completely de-chrome it,

I wouldn't.

I'd have left the wheels chrome too!

[Tiggie]

they were quite pitted and rusting all the time, bike lives outdoors so got fed up of cleaning them

[RantMachine]

I'd go for it! That said, if you have Photoshop or similar you could always do a mock up and see how it looks.

[Boothy]

Get rid of all the chrome

[Stu]

bin it do your test get a bigger bike

oh that wasnt the question was it

[Tiggie]

That is in the planning stage! Planned to do at start of this year but have had job issues.

[priest]

I'd leave it as is

[Throttled]

I agree leave it as it is due to the other chrome.

[klingelton]

it's plastic chrome effect anyway, so it's not going to pit. if it's not chipped, i say leave it.

[Tiggie]

Will probably leave it, just couldnt decide whether or not it would look better. here is a before picture, I have repainted the engine & forks along with the wheels.

[klingelton]

looks much better now. I think the chrome helps with creating a flowing line down the side of the bike.

[eastanglianbiker]

thing is the cruiser style of bike is meant to have far to much shiney stuff on it losing some wont hurt but i wouldnt lose it all unless u plan on never reselling the bike as all it does is make it harder to sell on due to it not having the said bling

[Tiggie]

good point. I am leaving it as is, as I said before, the reason I did the wheels (and pipes) is that they were pitted and prone to rusting, I think it looks better now than before though