Thread: Chrome Headlight Ears - Huh?

I found a set of headlight ears for a 1972 CT70K1 which MY online parts manual shows to be the following parts numbers:

51602-098-950XW
51606-098-950XW

However, the dealer claims that the parts are chrome plated and not painted.

What gives with that?

Will these chrome ears fit on my '72? If so I can strip them and paint them.

If they are actually CT70 headlight ears, they'd be K2 or K3 - the only years that were chromed. They are the inner/outer shell type with extra, reinforced, holes for turn signal mounts.Finding a pair of these in perfect condition is extremely rare and the few nice examples I've seen have brought banzai bucks.

I'm not 100% certain these will fit your K1 trim rings & lower fork covers correctly. The K1 fork was a 1-year-only design and the trim rings, as well as the lower fork legs and lower fork covers, are unique to that model.
If you can be patient, your best bet would be to buy the chrome set and sell them at a profit, while biding your time until a halfway decent set of the correct K1 ears comes up on ebay. Fortunately for you, K1s are far more common.