Winter Rebuild **pics inside**

[stalefish_132]

ok this is what i started out with..

[stalefish_132]

tear down...

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/pb483934ab6bc1fd2cece04e04cd2ac04/f0c50336.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/pd85866664536123c7f8aa6e668d13b8b/f0c502e2.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/p4cf12840c0437e5614b81cfbce33bf7c/f0c5028b.jpg

[stalefish_132]

parts before paint...

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/pc2058697f25cef2f5c91ad2eed1f154a/f0c50206.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/pa3570dc2ea94744f352727a195fd3b5b/f0c4f3bb.jpg

[stalefish_132]

still wet...

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/p9b5da2c1befc10a6c1c4b64779dc050c/f0c50239.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/p0a0192b4b79cad87d7a9a6edbbc6ae4f/f0c50188.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/pe98b255a4d4a30a4a5d0c7982ae9e79a/f0c5002c.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/p8d0e068942a2b07ddd9befff787e839e/f0c50051.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/pecd7b80059042a50c88936c9d6a3e89f/f0c501b1.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/pa69ab0175503a057fc7a1df3e91ce2cb/f0c50150.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/pa5d69bd2a9e2c00a6fc2a20570b0fffd/f0c5008e.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/pd303076722c472142b9673276af289c8/f0c500ff.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/pe8930c990d47c66a2e0b83fd98e16d76/f0c500c9.jpg

more to come tomorrow as it comes together :devil:

[shaff107]

Dude thats one sweet paint job !!

[stalefish_132]

thanks tomorrow i'm getting the engine blingin';)

[Mxjunkie]

Why didnt you tape the rotors and such off as well? :confused:

[stalefish_132]

its just over spray and it comes off easy enough with gun wash.
and it looks worse than it actually is.

[ZeroLogic]

Looks pretty sweet but I have a qustion, are you powder coating it or spray painting it?

if he said still wet.. I woud say spray paint.

[blackwell17]

looks like blood lol....nice

[TCracin440ex]

that paint will hold up for a lil while but it will eventually wear off....key is lots of clear coat....and why didnt you just take the axle, and bearing carrier out of the swingarm housing and the paint job woulda came out alot better

[Chino]

i can't tell if you have your hub threads taped off or not, hopefully you do. and getting paint on your lugnuts isnt the best idea, they will strip alot easier now because the paint makes them thicker and they are not now exactly the right size as before. if i were you i would have took your a arms off and painted them as well as disassembling the rearend to paint to swingarm. i guess if you can't afford to powdercoat it then that's your only option. just not my thing...

[dangle]

Looks like you could've taken another 2 hours fully prepping it and it would've looked twice as good...


Mike

[Rip_Tear]

Originally posted by TCracin440ex
that paint will hold up for a lil while but it will eventually wear off....key is lots of clear coat....and why didnt you just take the axle, and bearing carrier out of the swingarm housing and the paint job woulda came out alot better

Looks alright, But I'm sorry to jump on the bandwagon and say you should have taken stuff apart more, and done the pieces sperately.

[stalefish_132]

yes i could have PCed it but hey the paint that is on there is used on logging trucks/trailers. it costest about $500cdn a gallon (the stuff i used was left over) and yeah i could have taken everything apart and masked it off but when i'm done i bet you wont even notice one bit. and as for the paint on the threads it realy isn't a big deal the very small amount of paint on there will come off.
thanks for the coments.

i'll have more pics later tonight.

looks good, i spray painted the frame on my lakota and with lots of clear coat it holds up strong.

[Chino]

Originally posted by stalefish_132
yes i could have PCed it but hey the paint that is on there is used on logging trucks/trailers. it costest about $500cdn a gallon (the stuff i used was left over) and yeah i could have taken everything apart and masked it off but when i'm done i bet you wont even notice one bit. and as for the paint on the threads it realy isn't a big deal the very small amount of paint on there will come off.
thanks for the coments.

i'll have more pics later tonight.

yeah, it will come off when you go to torque on your lugnuts and ruin the threads man. If that paint cost that much cdn money, why not get it pc'd instead and have a decent looking bike instead of something that is just going to chip off. You say the paint on the threads will just chip off, then that must mean the paint on everything else will do the same. I'm not being rude or mean, just stating my opinion and factual information.

[user101]

he said it was left over

[400exr]

It's hard to get things powdercoated up here in B.C Lot's of people have never heard of it, and the ones that do do it charge insane prices for it. I went and bought my own powder coating setup because I do alot for other people, but for a guy that does it maybe once a year it's not worth it.
Anyway, I think all the parts look great! And if that is the paint I'm thinking of, that is used for industrial use, then it should hold up just fine.

[yamablaster24]

hmm honestly i woulda not touched it if you had a rattle can in your hand.

[MXRACER86]

:huh

[SRH]

i painted my 400ex frame on year couldnt afford pc.... i used the car touch up paint...about 5 cans, held up for 1 season of mx, under roost, sand and power wash, i was impressed, still not as strong as pc

I got my frame and subframe pc'ed gloss black for 75$. cant beat that, shure they missed some spots in the corners and crevices, but I touch them up with a brush.

[Rootar]

damnmit i finally pick a color for my frame that ive only seen a couple times and now freaking everyone is getting white frames :mad: oh well

im not aginist the painting but seriously you should really FULLY disassemble your parts and yes your supposed to mask off threaded areas and BEARINGS i mean come on man you freaking paint your a-arm bearings, you got over spray on the spindle (or knuckles w/e you wanna call them) yea you can get it off but hell why not just finish taking the stuff apart to begin with it would have been alot less trouble yes NO MATTER what kind of paint you use you still need to sand and prep the parts (espesically that oiltank)

good luck tho

[Mxjunkie]

if its painted right it'll hold up, I painted my banshee with ppg paints used a expoxy sealer and 7months of xc riding and it still looks good

[Pappy]

Originally posted by Mxjunkie
if its painted right it'll hold up, I painted my banshee with ppg paints used a expoxy sealer and 7months of xc riding and it still looks good

correct, when proper prep is followed, and good quality paints are used and also the correct TYPE of paint, it can hold up extremely well.

[250R-Dee]

You need to get some of the clearcoat for ATV's and MX bikes.

Oh yeah, you should have taken the items apart more:cool:

[stalefish_132]

Originally posted by Rootar
seriously you should really FULLY disassemble your parts and yes your supposed to mask off threaded areas and BEARINGS.....(espesically that oiltank)

Ok lets not beat the dead horse now all the over spray is GONE and if i'm not worried about then why should you be? The oil tank was well preped just like the swinger and frame and a-arms. sanded with 320 grit. The bearings are now repacked with greese


Originally posted by Chino
[B] [when you go to torque on your lugnuts and ruin the threads man.]/B]

I said in my last post that all the paint woudl be taken off. Not by torquing the nuts down but by striping the paint off. If you were to look at them at this point in time there isn't anything on the wheel studs.(the loc-tite was harder to get off than the paint:rolleyes: ).

[MR.BIG]

Good job man its your quad and everybody has to flame about this and that they sound like a bunch of girls.

[QuadRacer18]

lets see some more pics of her.

[stalefish_132]

Paint products used…
Primer…….DuPont 810 metal surface etch primer, (2 coats.)
Secondary primer….PPG NCA anti corrosion primer…(1 coat)
White paint…. DuPont Imron 5000 single stage, with 389 DuPont accelerator, plus 193 activator, plus reducer. (4 coats)
Red Paint…. Shurwin Williams Genesis series, heavy duty base coat, with 766 accelerator added, plus 769 activator, plus 6402 fast reducer. (4 coats) Top coated with PPG 2002 clear coat urethane. (three coats)

Paint gun used.. Sata RP HVLP tip size… 1.4mm.

my dad has been painting for over 25 years and if any of you can understand this you'll know that this paint will last.

[stalefish_132]

more pics..

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/p18b413791ea7258f87d14c48abd24925/f0b64480.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/p78de7100dec4a5beda1d7f084a068036/f0b64445.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/p55e1b1d65258669c0044a1ac9831cecf/f0b64418.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/p0da1eb3633c878c946f026c340e94905/f0b643c1.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/p258ec5186b2fd531e27f45bb430caa70/f0b64341.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/p403e60e5d9497c13c15182070dc69c5a/f0b642ef.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/p13019fab15bca0c7407c491f4acdad2f/f0b642bf.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/p9920ca8fe584d306f11a911ed6284f59/f0b6428f.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid198/pb73ed577f4d0305505ac14d494374194/f0b64252.jpg

it all should be done day after tomorrow;)

[Dupontster]

I think it looks pretty darn good for how you did it. Good job. Post up some more pics when its done.

[knighttime]

Originally posted by stalefish_132
Paint products used…
Primer…….DuPont 810 metal surface etch primer, (2 coats.)
Secondary primer….PPG NCA anti corrosion primer…(1 coat)
White paint…. DuPont Imron 5000 single stage, with 389 DuPont accelerator, plus 193 activator, plus reducer. (4 coats)
Red Paint…. Shurwin Williams Genesis series, heavy duty base coat, with 766 accelerator added, plus 769 activator, plus 6402 fast reducer. (4 coats) Top coated with PPG 2002 clear coat urethane. (three coats)

Paint gun used.. Sata RP HVLP tip size… 1.4mm.

my dad has been painting for over 25 years and if any of you can understand this you'll know that this paint will last.

you more than have the painting process down.

i wish the know-nothing jack-legs would quit talkin about your sweet lookin' paint job.

o well, they cant help it they dont know wtf they r talking about

:scary:

may be a good time to fix that leaky head gasket.

[fast_enough]

Yea i think you did a great job, dont listen to the ppl doubting it, "shoulda got it PC'd man, that stuff aint gonna hold up, you did it all wrong. ughhh you have specs of paint on your rotor omg". You did a great job, i like it, and what kinda tractor is that in the background, ford 4000? I cant really tell, looks like your dad painted it up to though, we did quite a few tractors. Quads looking great post some more pics when your finished

[Allen]

Good job man its your quad and everybody has to flame about this and that they sound like a bunch of girls.

What he said......

I think you done a great job and post some more pics!!!!

[stalefish_132]

Ok it took me for ever to get around to getting pics on here so here you go. its about 95% done i'm still getting new razr's and a graphics kit and other little stuff in the next few weeks.
here you go....

all 3..
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/pf2a343ba7a00b75ec069a01f041cd7c1/f0a4d9ac.jpg

this one is a bit dark..
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/p114874282922abba04a0b8836a665c5c/f0a4d978.jpg

side...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/pb80f97df55364b8c50a429336c9d141f/f0a4d953.jpg

another side...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/p4f90f603ece5c99f07dd43bbd64ec873/f0a4d90e.jpg

i like this one:blah:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/p91e6618bd46c2484ce28a31f10b742e9/f0a4d8e6.jpg

left engine...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/pb3f7915bb910d546a399d0610dc6e486/f0a4d8bb.jpg

sry this one is a bit of a blur...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/p05a4f6d9974f22fffe3a689521dd8a1a/f0a4d88c.jpg

blurry pipe...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/p84d7d3b43bad3e954edb06763ce35e99/f0a4d86d.jpg

for all of you that said my lug nuts would strip:eek2:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/p494b9201192812dbb2ca667773f5c16c/f0a4d850.jpg

air scoops...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/p17ca973ae2cd6cfa771f8ca8b3821abf/f0a4d827.jpg

front end...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/pcdcda514a5154793b7805669daccc73b/f0a4d7f6.jpg

right engine...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/p758e6226179b59c2504d5e2d6333ab2d/f0a4d7cb.jpg

lights:D
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid199/pdbd1082933af1de9a8eff955a0901eff/f0a4d7a8.jpg

thats all for now.:ermm:

[trict_out]

painted or not, i think it looks damn good and i think you did a good job my friend...props:macho

[WhiteYFZ]

I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT!!! GOOD JOB

[WhiteBros400ex]

You might not have done it 100% right but i think it looks good.

Good job man lets see some pics with the new razars:cool:

[alaskin 450R]

i think he did a damn good job man, maybe some white fenders and that bike will look sick. what kind of exhaust system do you have?

I would try to take the hub nuts off and paint them a diffrent color. think it looks tacky all one color.

But other than that it looks great, interested to see how it holds up.

[stalefish_132]

Originally posted by alaskin 450R
what kind of exhaust system do you have?

its a stroker SX1 ( the sticker started to peel off so i just took it off:ermm:)

[zforcefx]

Looks good man you did a great job...and an even better job shuttin up all them haters that were makin fun of you for gettin overspray on stuff.

[FoxRacing81]

Looks nice no doubt, but Powderocat will definalty hold up, and you should have taken stuff apart more, that's all.