painting

[oleboy87]

anyone ever painted there a-arms and it hold up?

[GOTFEAR]

yea my freind is a painter and he paints everry thing and his a-arms do hold up i think he painted thim with some kind off equipment paint

[oleboy87]

yeeaaa im just worried about how its going to hold up if i do it... i ride alot of trails and i dont want the paint to come off after one ride...

[my88r]

Originally posted by oleboy87
yeeaaa im just worried about how its going to hold up if i do it... i ride alot of trails and i dont want the paint to come off after one ride...

clean it real well get some good auto paint or some good paint for metal. post pics of it when your done and tell use how its holding up. i think about doing this too

[gcart2]

have it powder coated. looks a lot better and doesnt come off nearly as easy

[1965 honda]

Originally posted by gcart2
have it powder coated. looks a lot better and doesnt come off nearly as easy
dosnt powder coating chip? i was gonna powder coat but i didnt want to see my hard work chip off.

[zje400ex]

i have heard powder-coating chips off 2. i think using auto paint would work well and be alot cheaper. i'm thinking about painting my a arms so let us know how they turn out.

[Ruby Soho]

if you get quality PC then itll hold up. but if you get a crap PC then itll chip. i dont think you can PC the stock a-arms either because you cant get the bushings or something out and theyll melt in the oven

[Honda#4]

You can't PC the stock arms cuz they dont have removeable balljoints they'll just burn up.

[fastredrider44]

Good powdercoating doesnt chip. I have stock a-arms, and they're powdercoated. Yes, it takes a lot of time to be able to powdercoat a arms with the ball joints in there, but you have to be careful. Mine are doing fine, and they've been done for over a year now.

[fastredrider44]

a-arms

[miller821]

After about one year of having spray painted it, It has held up much better then I thought it would.

Only spot it has gone off is the bottom pretty much.

[Pipeless416]

i have my entire frame painted and its been holding up great for over 2 years now. my engine is also painted along with all the other little odds and ends... swing arm, calipers, axle, you name it. dont be afraid.. just take your time and it'll look nice. :macho

[j450rking]

you could get a arm skids so the bottom a arms don't get touched

i have some mmf one's i'm selling $30+shipping

[ride-to-live]

Yeah just get the frame or what ever powder coated.. painting will not last long and might make it look funny.

[oleboy87]

pipeless 416, what kind of paint did you use and what method? and jr450 king you got some pics of those a-arm skids?

[j450rking]

here is a pic of the skids

[Pipeless416]

Originally posted by oleboy87
pipeless 416, what kind of paint did you use and what method? and jr450 king you got some pics of those a-arm skids?

hey, sorry it took so long to respond. ive been gone for a week. anyway, i have a few threads on things i have painted and they all basically say that i completely tore down whatever i was painting, cleaned it off so it was spotless, and then used a 220 grit sandpaper to give the paint something to stick to, then i painted. i used regular rustoleum in gloss black for the frame. i ended up putting on about 8 coats of paint with 4ish coats of gloss clear coat (also by rustoleum) and i finished with a thin layer of the black again. if you take you're time and let it dry between each coat it'll hold up very well. dont listen to people who say it wont hold up as im guessing none of them have even tried this, or they didnt take their time, therefore yielding poor results. i know, not everybody has money to burn.

skid plates are awesome but deffinately add on a lot more weight. If you do a lot of trail riding where there are stumps or anything its nice to know that your protected. Also with skid plates you can water cross really easy, I tried it out last week just 3rd gear on the 400ex and you skip across the water.

[400exrider139]

I spray painted my a arms and they turnrd out good until i hit them with clear coat then the paint like wrinkled up could some tell me what i did wrong?:(