Cobra passenger floorboard, peeling! but only the Right side!

[daytona]

Just wondering if there is some venting of ?? That can do this? Thought maybe battery but its sealed and has no signs of corrosion at the box/seat area. The left side is still as new. These are only about a year old and gets cleaned every time I'm close to the bike.  ??? Or are these prone to this?

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

When I bought my first Valkyrie in 1998 Cobra driver floorboards was one of the first things I bought for it. In less than 6 months I had them chewed off up into the rubber  foot pads

My Interstate has passenger Cobra floorboards and chrome blows off them going down the road...I think its just poor workmanship that makes them do that 

[R J]

It is just crappy chrome preperation, however, Cobra has sent me replacements twice now for the de-flacked ones.  Including my light-bar once.

Contact them about it.

[daytona]

It is just crappy chrome preperation, however, Cobra has sent me replacements twice now for the de-flacked ones.  Including my light-bar once.

Contact them about it.

Thanks I'll try them direct, the place I got them from has closed the doors, other dealers that sell em just shrug at me like I'm a beggar!! Prob is I don't have a receipt!

[hubcapsc]

I seen a lot of flakey Cobra stuff, especially floorboards... My buddy Henry's Kuryakyn light bar
is flaking too, I wonder if road salt has anything to do with it (not that we have much of that around
here)...

I have a Cobra rear brake reservoir cover and Cobra radiator side covers, I hope they don't flake -
almost unobtainable these days... I wonder if Hard6 could re-chrome this stuff? I asked around here
once and some chromers can't do aluminum...

-Mike

[fudgie]

Mine did this after spening the winter in the barn. This was 2-3 years after buying them. I didn't have the reciept. I called them and they said to send them to us and they will send me new. Cool. My current set is doing it to but it doesn't really bother me yet. I'll call them in a year or 2. My right side was the worse. Maybe cause its exposed more?  ??? Call them up, you may get new ones for free to.

[quexpress]

It is just crappy chrome preperation, however, Cobra has sent me replacements twice now for the de-flacked ones.  Including my light-bar once.

Contact them about it.

Thanks I'll try them direct, the place I got them from has closed the doors, other dealers that sell em just shrug at me like I'm a beggar!! Prob is I don't have a receipt!

Contact Cobra and tell them that you don't have the receipt anymore. That's what I did, and they did me good! 

[Thunderbolt]

after I sent the old ones in.  I think they are cobraengineering.com or something close to that.

[BamaDrifter64]

I did the same thing on my Cobra floorboards on my previous I/S.  They told me to ship them to them and they'd look them over and if they were flaking due to a manufacturing defect, they'd replace them free of charge, which they did.  On my present I/S, both my driver and passenger floorboards are flaking, as well as the mounts.  I think I'll contact them again in the spring.

Dave

[f6john]

      You guys must have the midas touch with Cobra, I e-mailed them about my swing arm covers and they said so sorry you'll have to have have them re-chromed.

[daytona]

I've sent a mail and will call next week if no reply!. Has anyone found a way to clean these flochers up and coat them with paint/powdercoat etc. If they keep turning to crap who needs the hassle! 

COBRA ENGINEERING
23801 E. La Palma Avenue
Yorba Linda, CA 92887

Phone: (714) 692-8180
Fax: (714) 692-5019

[HOZ]

      You guys must have the midas touch with Cobra, I e-mailed them about my swing arm covers and they said so sorry you'll have to have have them re-chromed.

I got same response.

My ?..... I have a set of Cobra Passenger Floor Boards on my 99 I/S Valkyrie and they have lost most of the chrome finish. What can be done about this?

Their answer......The floor boards come with a 90 day warranty. If you are within that time frame give us a call at 714-692-8180 and we will give you a return # for a warranty return. Thanks for asking     Cobra, ride safe.

So what do you have to do to get in that special circle, the one that gets what they want.   

[daytona]

Do we need to get together on this! I have treated these with as much care as any could, they aren't cheap to buy either!! 

[daytona]

Just to say they have sent my new shinney replaced floorboard like a good co should. I'm going to clearcoat em to avoid this again.

[matt]

yeah mine pealed also i had them powder coated last winter did them black still look good no scratches or peeling

[Tundra]

Daytona...Just keep them waxed. I had the same problem on various parts. I was never lucky enough to get any free replacements, even with my receipts.  I replaced all my stuff and wax it once a month, no more problems. I would say this is even more important living in Florida with the corrosive salt air and high humidity. I know some would say this is excessive, works for me and keeps an old bike looking new
  My levers are hard to keep the chrome on for some reason, tried different brands, just seems to blow off within a year or two