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Titanium
01-16-2006, 08:39 PM
Ok so lately i've been doin alot of jumpin and i looked at my plastics and i have stress marks on top of where the brackets are! and these marks were not there before the ride and i didn't have any real hard landings. does anybody kno how to get these marks out of there or do i need to get new fullbore's like i was plannin on doin this summer anyways. Any help would be appreciated.:confused:

Titanium
01-17-2006, 09:24 AM
Anybody?!

300exOH
01-17-2006, 09:29 AM
You might be able to hide the stress marks buy heating the area with a heat gun. It worked for me on the wifes 250ex.

IrideMHSC
01-17-2006, 10:58 AM
yea i was to leary of the whole heat gun method and so i just sanded the thing down then kept gettin finer grit untill i was at 300 grit wet sand paper then put on about 15 coats of platic renew.. .looks like brand new...

300exOH
01-17-2006, 11:27 AM
If you don't hold the heat gun in one area for a long time you'll be fine.You would have to hold the heat gun in one area for more than a minute before the plastic would start to melt.