Easy mods?

[Coyote]

You are probably looking at around $100 to sand blast and powder coat your rims,
Its alot cheaper than buying new rims

Add in the cost of getting tyres taken off (if you don't wanna try it yourself) and putting them back on (get a pro to do it when you're dealing with fresh paint). Best get new tyres while you're at it.

[AllanB]

Don't powercoat them.

Remove the wheels, have the tyres removed and sand and clean the stit out of the existing paint or pay to have them sandblasted.

You can get proper car paint put in a pan, any colour you like and a good etching primer from the same supplier. Sit the cleaned wheels in the sun so their temp is at least 10 degrees and prime then carefully top coat - numerous light coats are better than heavy ones.

Allow to dry for several days.

If you do it well it will last as long as factory paint.

There are a couple of places in CHCH that put paint into a can, bound to be some your way.

[The Reibz]

Don't powercoat them.

Remove the wheels, have the tyres removed and sand and clean the stit out of the existing paint or pay to have them sandblasted.

You can get proper car paint put in a pan, any colour you like and a good etching primer from the same supplier. Sit the cleaned wheels in the sun so their temp is at least 10 degrees and prime then carefully top coat - numerous light coats are better than heavy ones.

Allow to dry for several days.

If you do it well it will last as long as factory paint.

There are a couple of places in CHCH that put paint into a can, bound to be some your way.

+1

I have painted my own rims this way and it really does work. My old powder coat came off with paint stripper. Used progressive grades of sand paper on the dish

[Coyote]

+1

I have painted my own rims this way and it really does work. My old powder coat came off with paint stripper. Used progressive grades of sand paper on the dish

That looks mint!

I'm all for powdercoating since it's easier. Depends on the project.

[Coyote]

Here's some inspiration! http://www.jokers-web.com/

[98tls]

Here's some inspiration! http://www.jokers-web.com/

WTF.

[98tls]

+1

I have painted my own rims this way and it really does work. My old powder coat came off with paint stripper. Used progressive grades of sand paper on the dish

Anyone that does that to a set of rimsunderstandable that you bought a Busa.

[ducatilover]

Polish the headers on your one too, they look real nice when you do
Buy HH brake pads for it, and as everyone said do the fluids.


My CB had Hagon shocks on it and it rode far, far better than standard.
I also did a hori de-baffle and rejetted the carbs to suit

[The Reibz]

Anyone that does that to a set of rimsunderstandable that you bought a Busa.

Lol, the rims I painted were for my FZR project. I reckon they suit the bike quite well.

[Coyote]

WTF.

Japan.

That's enough of an explanation really, but some more info: the style is called Bosozoku. Here's a bike! And here's a car!

There are some genuinely awesome machines in the scene. but outlandish stuff is encouraged.

And if you found that funny, do a google image search on "Dekotora".

[the oldstuff]

basically, i need your guys help with modifying my bike! Im an 18 year old boy with a 2000 Honda CB400 SF (hyper vtec one) - terrible combination of age and bike haha.

I was just wondering what easy, simple and cheap mods there are that i can do to make by bike look better? Just small things like changing the colour of certain bolts and the like?


Cheers.

throw a blanket over it

or get your girlfriend to sit on it naked

[Slorider]

lol-nice one!