TRP RRL Hood Black to Gum

[DTL]

Has anyone swapped the hoods?

The gum levers have a 'grey' portion between the hood and the lever - so can I assume if I put the gum hoods on originally black / silver levers, I would have a gum / black / silver lever?

Has anyone swapped out hoods? Would love to see photos.

[esoterica etc]

Hey Damon,

I've put black hoods on the gum/silver levers and they fit fine. If I remember correctly, the gum hoods had little nubs that would fit into holes in the plastic body to secure it better, but the black ones didn't have the nubs. They still fit just fine; in fact, the nubs made it harder to get the gum hoods back on flush. So I'm sure it would also work for the way you're describing. Here's a pic of both gum and black on my old Soma-

~Mark

On Jan 21, 2024, at 14:10, DTL <damonth...@gmail.com> wrote:

Has anyone swapped the hoods?

The gum levers have a 'grey' portion between the hood and the lever - so can I assume if I put the gum hoods on originally black / silver levers, I would have a gum / black / silver lever?

Has anyone swapped out hoods? Would love to see photos.

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[Bill Schaefer]

I replaced my gum hoods with new gum hoods, since the old ones on my Atlantis were completely dry rotted and cracked when I did a re-taped the bars. The new hoods slipped over the brake levers with a little encouragement, so I didn't have  to take the levers off the bars, which was nice. Easy swap. 

[Eric Marth]

Damon — I haven't done the swap you describe. But it looks like you will have a gum / black /silver colorway if you put the gum hoods on the factory black levers. 

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[Andrew Turner]

I used to swap TRP hoods all the dang time when I had both hood colors. A little rubbing alcohol helps things move around too. 

[DTL]

Thanks all for your replies.

I can see from your photo mark it confirms what I had thought!