I've had them eight months now and they're still as good as new. No problems, evrything still works - no leaks, or rattles and the winter road salt has unaffected them.

The racks slightly scratch where the mounting go, but that's an inevitable fact of life. easily touched up though if you were fussy, but it'll end up going the same way in the end. I've tried tape before to stop this before, but it just wears through and the result is the same.

The stickers started to peel off, which I knew they would as the finish is textured, so I removed them. All I'd say is, if you're a fan of stickers on your boxes, then the powder coated version will not be for you!

I've made two additions:

(1) Fitted a Powerlet socket to the left hand box, so I can get power into it from under the seat when required. I've put a Superseal connector on the inside so I can choose from different charging cables, socket and other bits and pieces I've made up.





(2) Put some 3M anti-slip deck tape on the lids, partly to protect the lids from scratches, but mainly to stop stuff strapped to the top slipping about.



All in all, apart from the minor fitting issues mentioned in the OP, I'm well impressed and would thoroughly recommend them.

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