easy home made look good parts

[ericstam07]

do any of you guys know of any cool easy home made stuff for a quad to make it look better or perform better??

[theTman]

:o :cool:

[wheeltrax]

it never gets old...lol

[mx400]

i think I may do that one of these days. just to piss off my dog

[Mxjunkie]

Polishing :devil: Made my old dirtbike look nice and didnt take much time at all or money.

[Mxjunkie]

Rattling canning parts works too, If you have access to some aluminum and a welder you could make some trick frame guards, Just stuff like that. I plan on painting some designs on my plastic with the new krylon plastic paint

[ericstam07]

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[drifterx]

Polishing definatelly. The guy who had my buddies CR250 before he did took off all the plastics, and polished the frame (its an aluminum frame), looks trick as hell!

[JR3]

Customer dropped this off his custom ct racing shorty in this condition http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/250ex3/100_0544.jpg

[JR3]

it left in this condition http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/250ex3/100_0547.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/250ex3/100_0546.jpg

[mcshaw16]

This took me about 4-5 hours of sanding and buffing by hand, but I think it was well worth it. Sorry the pic is a little blurry.

[mcshaw16]

Sorry, forgot to resize that one. Here is the before pic.

[Out_Sider]

those pipes dont look polished

[JR3]

Yes because i dont care how much you polish something when you take a picture the picture does not do it justice u have to see it in person.

[Dupontster]

Here is my sparks shorty. Little dirty though.

[Mxjunkie]

Originally posted by JR3
Yes because i dont care how much you polish something when you take a picture the picture does not do it justice u have to see it in person.

Mine works :confused:

[JR3]

And i bet that looks 10 times better in person

[Warnerade]

ya it would look better in person becasue that kids camera sucks....
and that exhaust doesnt look polished becuase its got a natural rouch finish, to get any exhaust silencer to a mirror would take way more sanding and buffing than its worth.
http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/nacsracer27/bead+lock+rings.jpg

http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/nacsracer27/shock+linkage.jpg

big difference in this one...
http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/nacsracer27/YFZ+nerfs.jpg

[mcshaw16]

That second picture I posted was the UNPOLISHED before, this is after I spent a while sanding and buffing. It's polished enough that you can see the reflection of me taking the picture, if you don't call that shiny then I don't know what is.

[johnnydufus]

that looks damn good. i polished my big gun and it looked like that but then i went riding and it got all messed up and i said screw it. it will prolly never get polished again

[Warnerade]

i like the brushed aluminum look of exhausts anyway

[JDiablo]

here is somewhat polished pic of my TC,it will be a mirror shine very very soon ;)

[chucked]

front headlight and bracket (one on the right)
http://predator.bikepics.com/pics/honda-400ex-03-bikepics-300868.jpg

kinda sucks, I had better pics but I just had to format my C drive.

[Plante400]

i want to see those rings on the rims and on the bike..

i bet it looks baaaaaaad

it a good way:macho

[Warnerade]

Originally posted by Plante400
i want to see those rings on the rims and on the bike..

i bet it looks baaaaaaad

it a good way:macho my rings? you can see the reflection of the rocks in this pic...but they are far from looking like that now. after one race they get dulled

http://pictureposter.allbrand.nu/pictures/nacsracer27/my%20quad/yfz%20001.jpg

[DeerNuts]

Has anyone ever polished the head shield (400ex). I just did mine, and its getting pretty decent, just will take more time. After awhile the parts will start to look good, and at least for me anyway, youll start to get sick of constant rubbing with steel wool or whatever.:p

So i just come back the next day and hit it till it gets mirror. Im just not that patient I guess.

You can also do your rear brake lever, shifter, but of course they are steel so you will have to spray clear coat on them so they dont rust so quick.

Of course you can do your starter cover, oil filter cover, hell even the side cases of your motor, but that will take time. They can all look awesome though because its aluminum.
Honda never shouldve painted it, just left the aluminum shiny.

[wallaby_kid]

what do u think i should use for my plastics to get them looking shinnier

[Joe400ex]

i use armoral but i heard wd-40 works good

[ericstam07]

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[TampaBoy813]

Originally posted by Dupontster
Here is my sparks shorty. Little dirty though.
More pics of the bike??? Dupontster???

[2004exrider]

lmfao theTman, you should have used the maxwell house full exhaust, the slip on just doesnt give enough desired HP.

[Warnerade]

i think your a few weeks late

[2004exrider]

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