Did some painting today!

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Well sense im waiting for my motor from Colby I decided to start painting some of my parts on my quad hopefully to get more votes for QOTM. so far I only got the front motor mounts done but my rear hubs and my chain shield is in progress, I plan on doing the front hubs and my battery bracket, and hopefully my lower A-arms just trying to figure out how to blast them. Anyways heres some pics.

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One of the hubs and the chain guard will be done tomorrow.

[red_rider_069]

Originally posted by Honda#4
One of the hubs and the chain guard will be done tomorrow. post the pics boi!

[Brandonkendall0]

i like the color. its a nice looking blue. post of more pics of your other painted parts look forward to seeing them.

[Honda#4]

Heres a few more, the other hub will be done tomorrow afternoon.

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[Brandonkendall0]

you do extremely clean work. what are you painting this your parts with? and that is the name of the color you are painting with? if you dont mind me asking

[Honda#4]

It's just rattle can paint, the color is blue metalic.

[steffen_ex]

that looks amazing, i would have never thought it came from a rattle can, that color is the best, i hope next fall to paint my whole frame that color with orange plastics, i think that would look preatty cool, good work dude!!!!!!

[Honda#4]

Thanks man! I would kill to have my frame that color too but I dont have the time to do that. Thinkin about blasting my lower arms sometime this week cuz im getting new stickers to go with them so I figure might as well go for a new look then my front end will look brand new again, to bad my swinger aint blue then it would be nice but theres no way im blasting that when 1 bag alone did my rear hubs.

[Brandonkendall0]

Originally posted by Honda#4
It's just rattle can paint, the color is blue metalic.

I would of never thought you painted that with a rattle can. are you sand blasting parts down to origanal metal or just painting over. i hope to see some more pictures of the parts you get painted.

[Honda#4]

My parts all get blasted to bare metal, except for my arms cuz they were chrome plated and on the bottom the plating is rusting so I figure I might as well try and do something about that, im thinkin I could blast it some what good enough to hold the paint. We'll see how she goes.

Painting over paint never holds up I've already done that before, its always best to try and get it down to bare metal thats how the paint sticks to the metal, by blasting you leave little pores that in time fill up with paint for a nice smooth finish then after your done painting you clear coat to seal the paint up, that makes a hard shell so if you bump the item on something your paint won't fall off.

For my painting process I do a 2-3-3 step, 2 coats primer,3 coats paint, 3 coats clearcoat, if I forget sometimes how much I put on I just vary the steps.

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If anyone wants to EEK over something UPS dropped off my IMS/Roll Heelguards I ordered.

[Brauap]

GET ON AIM!

[Brandonkendall0]

Originally posted by Honda#4
My parts all get blasted to bare metal, except for my arms cuz they were chrome plated and on the bottom the plating is rusting so I figure I might as well try and do something about that, im thinkin I could blast it some what good enough to hold the paint. We'll see how she goes.

Painting over paint never holds up I've already done that before, its always best to try and get it down to bare metal thats how the paint sticks to the metal, by blasting you leave little pores that in time fill up with paint for a nice smooth finish then after your done painting you clear coat to seal the paint up, that makes a hard shell so if you bump the item on something your paint won't fall off.

For my painting process I do a 2-3-3 step, 2 coats primer,3 coats paint, 3 coats clearcoat, if I forget sometimes how much I put on I just vary the steps.


right on right on, 2-3-3 paint steps i like that, i think i might try that out this weekend and see how it comes out. thanks for the info. best of luck with the arms if you get a chance can you send a before and after picture of them. I am Interrested in seeing what they looking like before you get ahold of them. best of luck on them.

[Honda#4]

Heres a few pics, and one more tip never rush the painting process it takes a bit more time to let everything dry, what I do is after every final coat say ur at the end of the painting stage let it dry a day before clearcoating it that way the clear sticks better to the paint, but its all up to you and the paint you use I cant tell you whats good and bad you have to experiment with all the paints, usually clearcoat is all the same and so the primer weather its the sandable kind or not. I go to either Walmart or Fleet Farm for my paint.

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[Brandonkendall0]

thanks for extra tips i will keep that in mind. best of luck with those arms they should be a fun little project.

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I just pray that I can blast them somewhat good enough

[Brandonkendall0]

lol. i just hope you have a lot of sand and a big @$$ compresser

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300lbs of sand should get it good, they wont be down to bare metal though due to the plating. I think the best I can do is blastem enough to the nickel finish. I'm gonna do a tad bit on the bottom to see what shes gonna do, the crappy weather were having is not the best for blasting.

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Heres one last pic of everything

[Brandonkendall0]

very nice, now get to work on those arms i am waiting to see those lol. very clean i am digging it.

o yeah i think 300 lbs of sand will do

[Honda#4]

Well after a hugh *** fight with the cotter pins I got the arms off,blasted suprised it barely took alot of sand to blast enough to get a rough surface,and I gave them one coat of primer so far everything is lookin great. Heres some pics and please forgive me for the junk in the background.

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[atvhonda-rider]

looks great man, funny you say 2-3-3 process. i rattled canned my whole bike recently, due to not a big enough fund to powdercoat. i didn't sand blast anything but i sanded my hands off until bare metal lol. i used the cheap primer due to its actually pretty porey if thats a word lol and its nice and thick. then 3 coats of color and 3 coats follow of primer, i also sanded in between every coat except the last of color and of course clear. stuffs turnin out great! keep us updated. i'll try and get some pics over from my frame.

[atvhonda-rider]

here's a pic of my frame before i re-assmbled. on my a-arms and swinger i sanded then did a spray on bed liner (for durability) then followed that with black rattle can with clear to give it a shiny black textured look.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff154/atv400ex/DSCF0327.jpg

[Honda#4]

Looks great but I tell ya i've done the sanding thing and it dont work it actually closes the "pores" on the metal creating a smooth feeling but nothing for the primer to stick too, but hey if it worked for ya im glad again your quad looks great.

I'll be putting the first coat of paint on late night tomorrow, i'll post pics when I get r done.

[atvhonda-rider]

i used a high grit auto body sand paper, and i chose that due to i've heard it might close the pores, it's holding up so far, and thinks for the heads up! good luck on your project as well and thanks. looks great man.

[Ruby Soho]

Originally posted by Honda#4
Looks great but I tell ya i've done the sanding thing and it dont work it actually closes the "pores" on the metal creating a smooth feeling but nothing for the primer to stick too, but hey if it worked for ya im glad again your quad looks great.

I'll be putting the first coat of paint on late night tomorrow, i'll post pics when I get r done.

are you doin your frame?

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No i'm not gonna do my frame, theres a few other things im gonna do like the battery bracket ,heat shield , and the front hubs. I've bought $20 worth of just the blue paint so far. Here's some pics that will make you drool a bit

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[XXXRACER165]

Nice work! Super clean and very sharp. Excellent. :macho

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I cant wait till I get my Roll stickers for it then she'll look awesome, I wish I could do my swinger then everything would flow perfect but thats PC'd and i'd have to burn it off, I could have Pappy PC it but then idk if it would match or not.

[mcwilly]

Looks good!
Sent you a PM

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Thank You, PM replied

[BlasterEaten250]

That looks very good, I think painting is underated (as long as it's done correctly)

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[Honda#4]

I've been painting sense I bought my quad so i've gotten pretty good at it, every year I do something different untill I've found the right color and i'm pretty sure I have.

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Update arms are all done and clear coated just letting them dry a day or two then tomorrow hopefully my stickers will come. I plan on trying to find some clear vinyl and putting over the arms so the paint holds up great and wont wear out, but till my motor is all done I may just put them on without the vinyl so I dont have so many blocks holding my quad up.

[400ex28]

Parts look good, just hope the paint holds up for ya. :)

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I'm hoping also but I got a good amount of clear coat on so i'll see.

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Arms are done!


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Update! Got the front hubs off and got one almost done but its been hard, for some reason the rear hubs blasted alot better. My heatshield and battery bracket will be done tomorrow.

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^ show us wut they look like after u get done riding on a muddy track :p

[Honda#4]

I'd show ya but I dont ride tracks, im just a very agressive rider. Everything will hold up great i'm gonna put clear vinyl on the arms though that should hold up great then, I usually paint my quad every year trying to find the right color for my quad and I think I wont be doing anymore painting after this, my arms were gettin rusty on the bottom and thats pretty much how this all got started.

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Heres the heat shield and the battery bracket mount

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[red_rider_069]

Originally posted by Honda#4
2 go titans woohoo.. and show us when its muddy :)

[Brandonkendall0]

nice looks like its coming along good

[Honda#4]

Aparently everyone loves muddy quads I however dont, I feel things look and work alot better if properly maintained by not going in mud. But if you want muddy I can do that.

Thanks for the comment Brandon.

[trx400EXtreme]

Originally posted by Honda#4
Aparently everyone loves muddy quads I however dont, I feel things look and work alot better if properly maintained by not going in mud. But if you want muddy I can do that.

Thanks for the comment Brandon. i agree. dont get me wrong, i'm not scared to ride ym quad, but normally if i see mud, i try to avoid it. quads gonna look great when it's all put back together.:macho

[Honda#4]

Yea it sure will, the blue and chrome arms are really gonna set the front off good as for the rear its gotta stay red sense I dont have a place to burn the PC off. I'll sure be glad when I get my parts back from Colby I hate to rush the guy and send him a million PM's but man I wanna ride so bad. I can already feel the power im gonna get from this motor LOL!

[gcart2]

Originally posted by Honda#4
Aparently everyone loves muddy quads I however dont, I feel things look and work alot better if properly maintained by not going in mud. But if you want muddy I can do that.

Thanks for the comment Brandon.


amen.:)

[400ex28]

Yea your going to love the new engine.

[Brandonkendall0]

Originally posted by Honda#4
Aparently everyone loves muddy quads I however dont, I feel things look and work alot better if properly maintained by not going in mud. But if you want muddy I can do that.

Thanks for the comment Brandon.




I LOVE MUD.................. i just dont like cleaning it off when i get home....... and i agree a quad runs alot better when it is properly maintained

[Honda#4]

I dont dont have a problem with getting mud on it's no big deal cuz I clean my quad when i'm done riding reguardless if it has mud on or not .It's a darn shame to see quads not maintained properly by its owner to be put away with mud still on. I wish I could take quads away for stuff like that. Thats a reall big pet peeve of mine nothing goes away dirty.

[steffen_ex]

how much did those healguards cost u?

[dirtbike34j]

what kind of paint did u use to paint that stuff and what that color callewd i really like it and put some pics of what it looks like mounted on the quad like thw whole thing :D

[Honda#4]

The Heelguards were $170 from Blais Racing

The color is Blue Metalic, the paint is just Rustoleum Metalic

[dirtbike34j]

o ok well it looks really good

[Honda#4]

Thanks man

[red_rider_069]

Originally posted by gcart2
amen.:) i see mud and i tear it up :P btw.. sometimes i dont if its too cold hehe.. but once in a while and keeping the beast clan is nice :D

[Honda#4]

Colby's got my cylinder done and he's still gotta port my head yet just alittle update on that, guess I better get some sand and blast the rest of my one hub and gettem primed. Gonna have alot of work to do soon.

[Honda#4]

Finally got my hubs blasted and primed, i'll post pics when I get to the paint stage.

[Brandonkendall0]

i did some painting on some parts of me and my brothers boat motor they came out good i used the steps you said. thanks for the info, i will post some pics for you when get a chance.

[Honda#4]

Sounds like everything went great, def wanna see it.

Off to painting I go.

[Brandonkendall0]

will do...... for sure....... looking forward to seeing some more pictures of your painted hubs

[Honda#4]

Here's some pics, this is the first coat so it may seem to look a bit reddish but in person its not.

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[tman12345]

what brand and color of paint is that. Its coming out really good, looks pro.

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Thanks, It's Rustoleum Blue Metalic rattle can paint. I wouldnt consider myself a pro but I do darn good paint jobs, afterall I work on a farm so theres always stuff to be painted after a while you become good at painting with a rattle can.

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Well here's the last of the painting, i'll post more pics when my stickers are on the arms and stuff.

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[450rJam]

get this thing together, im getting excited to see it

[Honda#4]

I miss my motor:( I'll be glad when this week finally comes. Hopefully tomorrow my stickers come and I can atleast put my arms on to show a little progress

[Brandonkendall0]

wow everything is turning out great. looks really good.

o i did some painting to the other night on my boat motor. heres what it turned out to look like. not the best picture in the world was kinda in a rush when i took them, but its all the stuff painted black.

[dirtbike34j]

i got inspired too and did some painting
i'm going to do the case black too


http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/dirtbike34j/012-1.jpg

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http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/dirtbike34j/014-2.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj218/dirtbike34j/011-1.jpg

[mx1791]

i cant wait to see your quad all put together, that blue looks awsome

[Honda#4]

Well the stickers didnt come:mad: thats all I got to say about that. Job well done guys looks great.

[Honda#4]

Well I finally got the stickers!!! I'm totally freakin out here feels like I finally got a suspension LOL! Here's the pics, the Roll Nerfs should be here on Monday hopefully

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[DementeD]

i dont remember this entire thread..but..what color plastics do u have..i think with that blue white plastics would look really good ..

just my opinion..i dont know if its been stated what u have or plan yet..but thats what id do..

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I got yellow plastics

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Here's the pics you been waiting for

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[Ruby Soho]

looks ****ing SICK dallas

hows the motor situation coming along

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Colby had the dowel he said it was a pain to get out so it's in the mail and should be here by Monday Tuesday, hopfully my nerfs on come Monday, then I gotta buy a clutch hub holder tool so I can get my hub torqued then it will be all gravey from there. Hopefully by next week I'll get this beast fired up.

I cant stop looking at my front end now, it sticks out like a sore thumb.

[born2ride14]

SICK! let us know how the paint holds up:) :) :)

[Honda#4]

Will do! I'm curous too being they were chrome plated arms so we'll see wont get any ride time for atleast another week or so.

[billyboy]

Curious why you did not take the ball joints out of the lowers before painting them?

[Honda#4]

Cus they have to be pressed out and in.

[NickG5755]

i think some metallic blue trail techs are needed here...those bars look mad goofy for some reason... im not bashing your quad at all man its sick..i just hate funny looking bars

youve inspired me to do some painting...

[Honda#4]

The bars are going buh-bye to, gonna buy IMS/Roll Handlebars pretty soon.

Thanks Nick, Im glad im inspiring that cuz for people that dont have alot of money for PC paint holds up just as great if done the right way untill more money is there for the correct way.

yeah stock bars without the plastic piece look so goofy maybe they would look better with a bar welded across them and put a bar pad on that or something, but your getting new ones so whp cares

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I painted the stock bars chrome but it didnt turn out so good it was some crappy bumper chrome junk which after learning is nothing but junk paint but this is the last im painting the bars I rather spend money on new ones that are already brushed aluminum.

Nerfs are coming on Monday so I should have them bolted on by then and I just got my motor all done so that will be going in sometime this week just mainly have to buy filters and oil.

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Gonna have pics of the whole quad tomorrow even with the motor in it, its been so long havent ridden it in a month. I'm so shocked by the looks I may just look at it and not ride anymore:D

[Ruby Soho]

make sure you remove all those stickers:p

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I plan to

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Well here they are, theres a few minor things I need to take care of but here she is.

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[UNBROKEN]

looks great are u going to p/c that frame or keep adding all colors of the rainbow lol :D i see ure rocking the polished e seires that polish job looks great until u go muddin with it wont look so great

[Honda#4]

Maybe next time i'll PC the frame for a next rebuild but no not this time, and the exhaust always looks like that. Basically i'm stickin with this color I picked out it looks great.

[gcart2]

Next: Swinger to match.
Or: Rainbow.
throw on some yellow wheels, pink handelbars, green frame, holy helll that would be cool lol

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I can always take it off and have pappy PC it blue or something but i'd like it to match which probably be hard. I dont feel like ruining a PC'd swinger and theres no way i'm blastin it maybe if I just use my orbital sander with a 100 grit it might ruff it up enough IDK.

[UNBROKEN]

hes almost there with yellow ,red, blue , black :devil:

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hes almost there with yellow ,red, blue , black :devil:

[Honda#4]

If it will make you feel better I'll paint the swinger blue. I didnt intend to show my quad as a joke nor to get laughed at, I just needed a new look and im trying to get there even if it takes sometime so bare with me.

[BigBore24]

sorry i havent read the entire thread but i thought you had race cut fenders. did you get new ones?

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There the original plastics, i'm still deciding on weather or not to cut them, the stickers are coming off for sure, I plan on putting tape on the lights to make it look alittle meaner. I'm a bit weary of messin with the swinger though if the paint dont stick im screwed.

[Pappy]

You can paint right over the pc'd swinger.

Just diassemble it, and sand it to break the surface tension, then prep it like you would any other part. As youve already learned, blasting it off is like pissing in the wind, and with out having access to a burn off oven you are out of feasible ways to remove it. Avoid the chem strip as it just makes a mess.

Looks good, you can be proud youve done it all yourself and I look forward to seeing you continue with your project.

[Honda#4]

Thanks Pappy for the big question I needed answered, and yes it was such a pain even to blast the hubs 200lbs+ to blastem, I had sand in the shower for days LOL!.

I appreciate the comment also Pap it's been alot of hard work and money well spent to get everything done and bought the way I planned it out. The next rebuild I plan on doing some PC work.

[NickG5755]

look around for a cheap swingarm...mayb someone will trade you thiers and a little cash for a powdercated red one :tired: ...

everytime i look at the front of your beast i get the chills...lol whenever i get a quad the first tthing i mod is handlbars and new handguards lol...

i think you should fork out the cash for some Fasst Flex bars :D

theyre expesnsive but mannn i had them on my crapt.. i mean raptor and ill never ride without them again! i cant wait to get some on my 400 so i can realllyyy get aggressive in the woods

[Honda#4]

Nothing on heaven or earth could make me get rid of my Roll swinger for a cheaper one or anything Roll on my quad I stick to the best and thats what I get only, I appreciate the thought but im going to pass, I'm gonna buy the Roll handlebars plain and simple I really dont need $300 handlebars, plus this is coming outta my quad fund(Paypal) and I only can buy what I sell unless I can sell everything then yea I would consider them. I rather pay for the Roll Design name and go with that cause I know everything will be perfect and theres no worries.

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Well I decided to rip the ugly stickers of the quad today, took forever and I didnt realize how many stickers I had. Everyone is right not having stickers on really does make it look 10X better.

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Pics turned out so bright

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[Ruby Soho]

lookin sick

the roll nerfs show up yet?

and most importantly

HAVE YOU RIDDEN IT?!

[steffen_ex]

i got a pair of ims heal guards, they look sweet but they wont bolt up to my stock foot pegs, which i knew anyway, but is there a different brand of peg besides ims that will be the right size for those heal guards?

[red_rider_069]

way better w/o so many stickers.. i woulda kept the ones under your front fenders though :D.. thats me though
looking good:D

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All I have is sat on it. The Roll Nerfs are coming Wednesday, I've been trying to get to the dealer for oil and filters and such but they have the most retarded hours ever plus im still working 10+hours a day and havent figured out my Clutch problem, I may put the stock lever back on to see if that works then I know my Clutch perch is junk, if that aint the problem I know my cable is shot.

About the Heelguards you have to drill holes for the stock pegs IDK if the Blingstar pegs will work with the heelguards or not usually its best to buy Roll with Roll that way it all works together.