looking for picture of 400ex with purple frame [Archive]

Nausty

08-12-2002, 02:45 AM

ok what do you guys think about about one with a dark blue or really dark purple with metal flakes would look? Also a suggestion on seat cover? I plan on keeping it without graphics and I was thinking of the white brothers seat cover that is black and white.

spincr4hire

08-12-2002, 01:21 PM

Nausty, I think that would look sweet.
I've ordered Maier dark blue side panels for my 400 (the new shiny ones), so I'm debating on what color seat cover to get as well. I was thinking of a blue/grey/black K&K or Legacy, or a custom one. I just got a Nacs anodized blue parking brake block-off, and I painted my grab bar to match, doesn't look too bad, but I'm going to get it powdercoated dark blue this winter. I also painted my exhaust shield blue (using 1200 degree paint). It all looks pretty good IMO. I also need to powdercoat the wheel hubs...I can't wait to see how the blue side panels look. Hopefully I can get some pics up by the time they come in.

JabberJaw

08-12-2002, 01:43 PM

I hope these will help in some way:

JabberJaw

08-12-2002, 01:44 PM

and gold...

JabberJaw

08-12-2002, 01:44 PM

and green...

JabberJaw

08-12-2002, 01:45 PM

and purple.

400exBro

08-12-2002, 03:43 PM

go with the blue looks a lot better and i think a red ceet seat cover would look good on it ......

but i find that cherry/ candy apple red looks the best with the yellow plastic, or that is what i am doing at least.
Bro

Nausty

08-12-2002, 08:19 PM

wow thanks jabber. I am really liking that blue though and will be even nicer this winter when the motor is polished and cs exhaust. I don't really wanna go with red mainly because thats what everyone seems to be going with and i'd like it to stick out a little more.

Nausty

08-12-2002, 08:22 PM

lol how you all like my number plate? Its actually a mouse pad. hehe

400exBro

08-12-2002, 08:28 PM

i was wondering what the **** that thing was sticking on your grab bar....

have you ever thought of a white frame i think that looks good too, like fischers cr250 in the atv sport mag, it looks sharp and no one else seems to use the white colour.
Bro

Nausty

08-12-2002, 09:51 PM

yah I know I thought it looked awsome but my dad didn't like it at all and I don't think it would look as good with yellow plastic. But heck ya i thought I was the only person who thought that fischer cycle quad looked sick.

08-12-2002, 10:15 PM

Jabber,

Can you put a little more red and blue into the purple and show us???

Nausty

08-12-2002, 10:21 PM

yah if you could show me it with a real dark purple that would be great but if it takes a long time to do I wouldn't bother.

08-12-2002, 10:23 PM

c'mon you can do it, do one with much more red and another with more blue, and I bet one of those will be it!!

Pappy

08-12-2002, 10:44 PM

Originally posted by Nausty
yah if you could show me it with a real dark purple that would be great but if it takes a long time to do I wouldn't bother.

how about translucent violet ?

Porkchop

08-12-2002, 11:41 PM

I like violet :D

spincr4hire

08-13-2002, 05:50 AM

thanks for posting the modified pics, jabberjaw...
that blue is almost exactly what I painted my grab bar, so now i know what the rest will look like soon:devil

JabberJaw

08-13-2002, 08:13 AM

Dark purple.......

Team Outlaw #34

08-13-2002, 08:21 AM

i like the blue the best!

spincr4hire

08-13-2002, 09:54 AM

how does this look ?:devil

honda 400ex 69

08-13-2002, 02:37 PM

jabberjaw-

how did u paint the frame did u do it on your computer like in a program like "paint" or something?

Ex_Rider43

08-14-2002, 08:23 AM

nausty you have tu put your bike like this but with a blue frame

JabberJaw

08-14-2002, 08:50 AM

Originally posted by honda 400ex 69
jabberjaw-

how did u paint the frame did u do it on your computer like in a program like "paint" or something?

I used Adobe Photoshop 6.0 $600.00
If you are looking for software to work on your pictures then you should buy Jasc® Paint Shop Pro® 7 Anniversary Edition at http://www.jasc.com/products/psp/ for $99.00

honda 400ex 69

08-14-2002, 10:39 AM

jabber jaw

how hard is it to do that in that program if i sent u pic of my quad would u do the frame in red and black for me so i could get an idea?

honda 400ex 69

08-14-2002, 10:41 AM

if its hard dont worry about it

cotttonwoody

08-14-2002, 11:19 AM

If you have kazaa or grokster, you can get adobephotoshop for realllll cheap.

JabberJaw

08-14-2002, 12:00 PM

Originally posted by honda 400ex 69
jabber jaw

how hard is it to do that in that program if i sent u pic of my quad would u do the frame in red and black for me so i could get an idea?

No problem just post the pic on here and tell me what you want done to it... I am sure any number of users on here have the ability.

honda_racer199

08-14-2002, 12:25 PM

You should make your quad look like this. This is what I plan on to do over the winter:D

JabberJaw

08-14-2002, 01:12 PM

Those look like some hairy tires... maybe they should have shaved them before the photo.

spincr4hire

08-14-2002, 01:23 PM

hairy tires...:devil
better than hairy legs on a woman huh?:eek:

Nausty

08-14-2002, 01:26 PM

thanks again jabberjaw, Yah I think i will pry just get the k&k seat cover though and I think the blue frame looks awsome with maybe a hint of purple. Yesterday I polished my pro pegs and my ac racing bumper and it shined up a lot more than I thought it would and didn't take near as long as I thought either.

Nausty

08-14-2002, 01:37 PM

honda 400ex 69

08-14-2002, 04:21 PM

jabberjaw here it is could u do the whole frame, subframe, swing arm, and the a arms in a kinda dark red and a black

thanks

honda 400ex 69

08-14-2002, 04:22 PM

damn couldnt get the pic to work so dont worry about it

thanks ne ways

RobertM

08-14-2002, 05:44 PM

think u could get one with bright yellow frame, i think that would look sweet?????????

honda 400ex 69

08-14-2002, 10:31 PM

jabberjaw

i got adobe photoshop 7.0 what tool do i use to piant just the frame

thanks for your help

JabberJaw

08-15-2002, 09:07 AM

Originally posted by honda 400ex 69
jabberjaw

i got adobe photoshop 7.0 what tool do i use to piant just the frame

thanks for your help

1. Open your pic in photoshop.
2. Click on LAYER/NEW/LAYER
3. Click OK on the popup window.

4. Choose the paintbrush tool and pick a color like blue.
5. Carefully paint over the area you want to change.

6. If you look at the toolboxes that are floating on the side of your screen, you will see one with three tabs labeled LAYERS, CHANNELS, PATHS.

7. Just below the word LAYERS is a dropdown box with the word NORMAL in it. Change it to COLOR then drag the OPACITY to make it sorta see-through.

8. To adjust the color, at the top of the screen, Click on IMAGE/ADJUST/HUE&SATURATION, then just move the HUE slider around.

You can play with any combination of the controls I just explained. Just mess around in there and have fun.

Nausty

08-18-2002, 12:41 AM

ok jabberjaw I tryed that but when I click the drop down and change it to color instead of normal it just goes back the way it was and the hue and saturated don't do anything. Although when its normal I can changed the opacity and when I go to color like I said it just goes back to the way it was before. Do you know what I might be doing wrong?

Nausty

08-18-2002, 01:48 AM

wait, I got it, thanks anyways although i'm having a heck of a time getting the colors I want like white, candy apple red and differant blue colors and anyways is there a way I can just click on the color I want? other than redoing it in that color?

Dave400ex

08-18-2002, 08:32 AM

Could somebody do a Red Frame/Subframe with Gray Hammertone A-Arms and Swingarm on Red Plastic? Thanks

Nausty

08-18-2002, 11:59 PM

I wish it was as easy as selecting a color, its freaking hard changing the colors with hue and saturation.

JabberJaw

08-19-2002, 09:08 AM

Try adjusting the lightness also...

400exBro

08-20-2002, 04:20 PM

jabber or nausty could you please paint my ex frame these colours:
candy apple red
normal red
bright blue
dark blue
black
white

thanks a lot
instead of wasting leo money send them to my e-mail ( 2nd one in the sign. *e-mail only)
thanks a lot for your help
if you want a bigger picture i will e-mail you one
Bro

Nausty

08-20-2002, 07:40 PM

umm it isn't quite that easy to just pick a color. It takes me a hour on each one just to really try a certain color I like. is all I got right now is white and a few other colors changed with the hue and saturation but nothing special.

Nausty

08-20-2002, 07:43 PM

what do you guys think of white?

Nausty

08-20-2002, 07:46 PM

baby blue

400exBro

08-20-2002, 07:47 PM

i think the white looks sweet,
nausty if you could i would like the candy apple red and the bright blue, they don' t have to be exactly that same colour but close to it but along those lines, it would be a lot of help
thanks
Bro

Nausty

08-20-2002, 07:48 PM

heres a pic of my new cs exhaust with white frame

400exBro

08-20-2002, 07:49 PM

i think that blue looks sweet as well, damn these choices,,,,

how do you like the x-6 got a nice bark ????
Bro

Nausty

08-20-2002, 08:20 PM

well heres a blue color, I basicly wanna see these colors on my quad and your resembles mine with the yellow plastic and nerfs and what not. I also think a these could help a lot of other people decide on what color or give them a idea.

Nausty

08-20-2002, 08:20 PM

Nausty

08-20-2002, 08:27 PM

here is a pretty good red one I think. I really like the sparks pipe, its kinda loud but not obnoxious its got a really burly sound to it. I like it A LOT and noticed a pretty big power gain.

400exBro

08-20-2002, 08:32 PM

thanks a lot nausty!!!!

i was wondering how exactly u do that, is like take the panit can in paint and put it on the frame, i don't have photo shop but i have photo paint 9, i was wondering if i could play aroun in there so i can get the eaxct colour and all that.
thnxs
Bro

Nausty

08-20-2002, 08:33 PM

last one

Nausty

08-20-2002, 08:37 PM

Originally posted by 400exBro
thanks a lot nausty!!!!

i was wondering how exactly u do that, is like take the panit can in paint and put it on the frame, i don't have photo shop but i have photo paint 9, i was wondering if i could play aroun in there so i can get the eaxct colour and all that.
thnxs
Bro

I do exactly as jabber typed, its really not that hard, basicly I just change start a layer and select it with a color and change the opacity to make up for the overlap and sloppyness and then I change the colors with the hue and saturation, first I use the hue to get the basic color and then I use the sateration to refine it and then I change the lightness of the layer. If you just paint its gonna look like crap if you don't change the opacity of that layer.

400exBro

08-20-2002, 08:46 PM

thanks, i will play around tomorrow, i got to get up at 5 30 so i can go to work and get some money...
thanks a lot, my dad and i will talk it over to see what colour would look best aswell as what company is going to do it for us...
the other thing i am looking at is that my ex has already a lot of blue on it like the nerf nets, shock covers, and pb block off so i am leaning towards red or white maybe the baby blue colour the lighter one u posted, hard to decide on which colour..
thank s again
Bro

Nausty

08-20-2002, 09:20 PM

if I were you I would get dark purple with lots of sparkles, I think that would look cool with the nets and shockwares, then i would pick white or black. I think i'm gonna have a local powder coater do mine, seeing how much it is to ship a quad frame and parts and the chance you take with the mail not to mention time. I don't think I will have mine powdercoated anytime soon because my dad doesn't like anything really, he says whites gonna be to hard to clean, even though i clean it. That and he thinks every other color is to plain or ugly. ugh

Woodsrider

08-20-2002, 10:06 PM

Hey Nausty, what kind of skid ids that in the pic with the # plate?

Good use for an old mouse pad too:cool:

Nausty

08-20-2002, 10:26 PM

the rear skid plate is a dg baja skid and the rest were home made.

400exBro

08-21-2002, 08:05 PM

the thing is that i have to get mine pc is becuase in some places my frames is rusting pretty bad becuase honda paint chip and the rest just started flaking off, so i want to sand blast everything down at home send it to my local pc shop and get her nicley done up and some kind of finsih so the paint doesn't crack or peel unless i crack the frame......
thanks a lot nausty, i think i am leaning towards the baby blue, only if i could see how it would match to the shock covers and nerf bar nets i could decide a lot easier?.?.?.?
thanks again
Bro