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Thread: Painting rims, advice needed please

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    Quote Originally Posted by bogan View Post
    Thudfuckery is an adventure in the same way that a morning shit is a piece of artwork.
    YOU call it thudfuckery.

    I call it finesse
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
    YOU call it thudfuckery.

    I call it finesse
    I rest my case
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    Quote Originally Posted by ducatilover View Post
    Just polish the cunts, because you can ignore the stone chips better then.
    That's not a bad idea. I did that to my VFR750 a few years ago. The rims were white so showed every bit of dirt and chain spooge. A tin of paintstripper, roll of masking tape, some metal polish, and a bucket of elbowgrease, and the bike was transformed. Despite the naysayers ("Neeeeiighhhhhh!!!), the wheels were much easier to keep clean. I'm very tempted to do the same with the 800; it has silver painted wheels, but polished wheels would be better. Either that or I'll pay some bloke to paint them gold. (As a matter of fact, I *do* have more money than sense).

    http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...5&d=1252783241
    http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...6&d=1252783241
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    PLASTI-DIP -You need this thread!

    Youtube "Plasti Dip Rims", this stuff looks highly addictive, and surprisingly lots of people are using it with success.

    http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...765-Plasti-Dip

    It is also available in different colors, you might just have to order some in...

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    Nah plastidip is cool for about 2 weekends. If you have it on something like wheels especially, it turns to shit fast. The bring orange/green/whatever you have it painted turns to a shit darkened colour eventually as it catches all the dirt and you can't scrub it or anything.

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    Good point. Getting chain scum off rims would suck...

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