'88 Total Powder Coat Make Over No 56k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[1trik88]

well after many nights of searching this site for color combos and pictures of them i decided to go with something that i really never saw a picture of... two weeks later after many long nights of sanding and preping and blasting and powdercoating(which by the way was totally done by myself :D) this is the final product!! minus the shock res. still hanging around...

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8295/250r012na5.jpg

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I could not find the bushings and sleeves for my JD A-Arms so i bought a $3 piece of UHMW and made my own... Also made new steel sleeves for insides of the UHMW....

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I even stripped and p/c'ed the springs!!
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my two tone pegs!!
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i also did the hubs..
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made new motor mounts!!!!!!!!
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did the spindles and all calipers...
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thanks for looking!!!
total project cost was around $65... and THAT IS NOT A TYPO!!! It pays to be in the business... and that is in NO WAY ADVERTISEMENT!!!!

I DO REALIZE THAT IN THE PICS THE CHAIN GUIDE IS ON WRONG IT HAS SINCE BEEN CORRECTED!!! THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT!!!!

Bryan

[bushwesl]

That looks awesome! Nicely done... Unfortunately the pics aren't opening up to the full size, but from what I can see that thing is bad a**!

[mxduner]

dude looks awesome nice job.Thought about buying 1 of those pc kits but i can't find an oven big enough for the frame.Not to mention would those kits be w.a.f.??? good job tho

[CorvetteZ06]

Fantastic!!! looks great!! the white frame, red a arms/swinger look great!!

[1trik88]

thanks for the comments guys...

mxduner... this is not a pc kit... i have a 12'x8' oven at work... that is why i said this is in no way advertising... pappy has this scene wrapped up and i am not going to get into that... i do not know about those pc kits at all...????

[cincy250R]

hey man that thing looks SICK i like the color combo....i'm just glad your saving a classic....O and your chain guide is on backwards :macho

-Dave

[312R1]

Originally posted by cincy250R
hey man that thing looks SICK i like the color combo....i'm just glad your saving a classic....O and your chain guide is on backwards :macho

-Dave


+1 I was going to say your chain guide was on backwards but he bet me to it..lol

But other then that it looks GREAT!!;)

[koh0001]

Nice job on the colors!! Very good job.

[1trik88]

thanks now i realize the chain guide was backwards... thanks for the comments on the color combo as well.. took a risk and it turned out great... thanks again for all the comments...

Bryan

[wilkin250r]

I'll be honest, when I saw the first pics, I thought it was going to look stupid, white frame and red swinger. But the final product is awesome, that's easily one of the best looking 250Rs I've ever seen.

Truly, that is so bad-*** that I'm ready to copy that exact color scheme. I have NEVER liked any set of graphics kits on any quad except that one. I've been looking for an awesome color scheme to do on my own quad, I just might have to gank your idea!

[peeping TOM]

real nice looking 250r .... u,ll want grease nipple in the a arms, and a small pilot hole in the steel sleeves to the grease get to the bolts.... top marks for experimenting with red nerfs etc :)

[1trik88]

thanks for the idea of grease nipples... i had wondered about that since i got those arms... o well.. guess i will tear it down this weekend and do that... shouldnt be all that hard...

experimenting is absolutely right... quite honestly i was a bit scared when i brought everything home from my p/c booth and laid it out on the floor.. i thought o lord it is going to look WEIRD... but wilkin250r SAID IT ALL!!! THANKS!!

Bryan



wilkin250r you can take the sheme, not like i have a © on the colors or anything.... but, they will never be totally the same anyhow.. :macho

[danhung11]

Originally posted by 1trik88

experimenting is absolutely right... quite honestly i was a bit scared when i brought everything home from my p/c booth and laid it out on the floor.. i thought o lord it is going to look WEIRD... but wilkin250r SAID IT ALL!!! THANKS!!

Bryan



Your bike looks great! Your comment above...I was thinking the exact same thing when I brought all my powder back. I too did all the blasting and prep work, but the coating was done with me in the shop. The only thing is, I think I have one more color.

Nice build! Also - do you sell those A-arm bushings? Those are nice.

[1trik88]

danhung11- it really made it a nice project to be able to do all the work myself... makes you feel really good about what you did... your quad looks sick as well.. i am not in the market to sell the bushings, it is a royal PITA to turn down UHMW... it is constantly gumming up your tooling and what not.... though it was pretty quick using the CNC Lathe... im just not interested in selling them at this time... but if i do i will let you know!!!

thanks man.

Bryan

[TheNewn]

Please god tell me you can still buy that CT Racing graphics kit. I want it. I just bought all brand new full black plastic and i havent even taken the quad for a spin because i dont want to scratch it before i do something to protect it!

Where did you get it?

[RideRed84]

That is one sweet R, personally I would have went with all red powder coating. I want your quad and your car, that cobra looks mean.