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Painting wheels/sub frames
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 6:59 pm
by Damon777
Hi all, I am giving the (super fast red storm) a bit of a winter make over and needed a few pointers. The wheels are gold and I want them re-sprayed gold as they are starting to bubble with corrosion in places, I have spoken to the local shot blaster workshop who can do them £60 per wheel. Someone told me I will need to get the corrosion acid etched after shot blasting and before painting to prevent corrosion coming back ? The guy at shot blasters said he doesn't do this with the wheels he does. So is acid etching a bit over the top ? or will the corrosion soon come back after painting ? . I am going to have sub frame and small fairing frame painted as well. While I am here asking questions is there any special tools needed to replace fork seals ? Cheers
Re: Painting wheels/sub frames
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:08 pm
by Bleh
Haven't done forks on the VTR myself yet, but you should be able to do the job with your standard set of garage tools with a cir-clip pliers being about as specialist as you'll need...
As for your wheels, all I can do is recommend the guy who painted and baked my old cbr wheel. It had a polished rim with signs of the weather on it (winter riding!!). Had him colour match it to the wheel being replaced to perfection and he charged me little over £60 for the lot and the wheel has dealt better with being used than my powder coated other!
He's a perfectionist to be fair to him and a nice guy too, likes his bikes (and his cars).
You'll have to post to south wales though but could still be cheaper than what you're looking to pay locally.
http://www.alloyrefurb.net/Pages/default.aspx
If that doesn't work, search for APS polishing swansea. He's a one man band so doesn't have a business elsewhere!
Re: Painting wheels/sub frames
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:24 pm
by macdee
hi no special tools needed to do the forks
use the old seal to push the new seal into place just grind the outside down a bit to make it smaller
use good quality allen keys to loosen the allen heads on the bottom of the fork leg
Re: Painting wheels/sub frames
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:31 pm
by Damon777
Cheers
Re: Painting wheels/sub frames
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 12:09 pm
by tony.mon
Don't use allen keys, they could twist out.
I'd suggest investing in a set of hex bits, long reach, like these for example, although this set also has anti tamper and star drive bits as well.
Someone posted a cheap set in here somewhere- I bought one, they work fine, less than a tenner the set IIRC