i'm finally gonna get the zxr underway

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:37 pm

it will probably cost you more in paint & gear than to get it powdercoated

Post by **Northern ANdy** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:44 pm

Bozzie wrote:I was wondering this can you paint frames, cus considering it if i get this zxr400

it is odd isn't it. it is only a small place though, that was a while ago, maybe they're set up with their own now

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:11 pm

Northern ANdy wrote:
Bozzie wrote:I was wondering this can you paint frames, cus considering it if i get this zxr400
it is odd isn't it. it is only a small place though, that was a while ago, maybe they're set up with their own now

errr ok now say that in english..

Post by **Northern ANdy** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:57 pm

it is odd that they don't have their own shot blasting facility. However it was quite a while ago that I made the enquiry, perhaps they have the facility to shotblast now, it was only a small place.

Post by **Northern ANdy** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:59 pm

oops I've quoted the wrong post. I meant to quote the one saying about most places do their own blasting first.

its this board, on the vbulletin boards the quote button is at the bottom of the post, where as on here its at the top.

Post by **deviant** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:11 pm

matt black!

don't go for another green one.

actually I reckon you could do a nice combination of matt black with ford/new zx6/dyno-rod orange.

Adam K · Post by **Adam K** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:35 pm

it will be a lovely shade of black with green wheels to begin with!!

Post by **Bozzie** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:59 pm

well a little secret. a guy at work would sell me a zxr400 not running for Â£300 he has been told its a knackred gearbox and he has a replcement.(and i do) I have never done anythign on bikes but once worked fixing ford transits. and figure it would be nice to strip a zxr400 down and rebuild it, cleaning and painting as i go. Buti thought hey why not make it something diffrent, and and currently thinking of someways i could do something special with it. i would like a underseat exhaust, but thinking the piping would be tight.

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:45 am

Northern ANdy wrote:oops I've quoted the wrong post. I meant to quote the one saying about most places do their own blasting first.

its this board, on the vbulletin boards the quote button is at the bottom of the post, where as on here its at the top.

thats where i was getting confused

mongo · Post by **mongo** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:50 pm

i rebuilt a zxr for my mate, it had a full respray black, it looks nice. My one will look the same although with gold wheels and a more shiney silver frame:

http://www.yamr1.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bike/DSC00514.JPG

Post by **Bozzie** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:57 pm

thinking all matt black, the frame is black
may think about painting gold bits of fork black, and well everything that can be

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:44 pm

matt black forks are quality!!!! (says the bloke thats just spent all weekend polishing his!)

Post by **deviant** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:08 am

hehe wonder if you could get the actual fork sliders "chromed" in black?

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:17 am

would have thought you could get em black anodised?

Post by **deviant** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:33 am

they're made of steel aren't they?

however take a look at this...

http://www.reactivesuspension.com/services.html

and scroll down to 'diamond like coating'

Diamond Like Coating is an extremely hard (3500HV) black coating applied to fork stanchions and shock shafts that is harder still than Titanium Nitride.

bet it's expensive though.