did some polishing....wow!

[cannondale4life]

polished header,sidecase,and motor mounts if yea have any questions just ask


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[BakerRacing40]

looks good what did you use on the header?

[cannondale4life]

thanks,well i sanded it from 150 up to 2000 grit and then used the mothers mag/aluminum polish and polished it to a chrome finish and a couple hours of riding it ended up looking discolored,but i think it looks better like that anyway lol

[liex21]

were did you get the heat shield from

[cannondale4life]

i ordered it off ebay for like $60 a couple months ago

my header did that too after I polished it it turned purple and blue. looks good.

[cannondale4life]

thanks,did you flewbyu have a thread on here about that?

[honda400ex2003]

Great looking, much better than my little bit i did. steve

[cannondale4life]

thanks,its definately worth the hours i have in it polishing lol

[yellow02400ex]

Is that a stock header? I know it says you have a t4 but im not sure if that means its a full exhaust

Originally posted by cannondale4life
thanks,did you flewbyu have a thread on here about that?

i think i had a list of the stuff i was polishing but never took the finished pictures but I had stuff polished decent. I ended up sandblasting and re-polishing parts and then painting my sprocket guard which doesnt match anything with the red it is. w/e though it looks better than stock grey.

[cannondale4life]

yup, stock header with the t4 slip on

[BEAVER.989]

Looks VERY nice.

[bbender85]

cases look sharp! i finished the polishing with a Mothers power cone (like the power ball but way better. i love this thing.) i did mine after i painted the motor black.. that really sets the polishing off. here's a dirty picture of the motor:

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s248/bbender85/quad/DSC05121.jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s248/bbender85/quad/DSC05120.jpg

by the way... i WANT your CF exhaust shield. almost bought one this winter on ebay but didnt have the extra cash.

your bike is gorgeous, doesn't look "cheap" like stickers often make a quad look. well done sir.

:cool:

[powermadd400ex]

looks sick man

[yellow02400ex]

Originally posted by cannondale4life
yup, stock header with the t4 slip on

thats what I tought but wasn't sure. I am going to have to do mine now looks great. How does it hold up?

[cannondale4life]

thanks guys yea that mothers polish is awsome and the polish hold up pretty good to

[cannondale4life]

also bbender thanks for the compliment i really diggin your bike to,i want your cf side panels were did you get them they look sick

[bbender85]

believe it or not it's vinyl; the only decent looking CF-imitation vinyl i've ever found. got it at Meijer in the automotive section actually.

[cannondale4life]

wow thats crazy it looks good i kinda figured it was sumthin like that cause of the black plastic at the bottom lol

[bbender85]

yeah, i was gonna run another strip, but it wouldnt cover the whole panel and you'd see the break line... so i opted not to.

anyways... nice job on the polishing, haha. :D

/hijack

[cannondale4life]

haha thanks but its cool

[cannondale4life]

what else is polishable???

[bbender85]

oil tank and the cooling fins on the motor.

[RIDEREDson]

You need to do your wheels like bbender did his. If I had those type of wheels, I'd do the same.

[Honda4LifeWes36]

Nice beadlocks also bbender. I have them for my rear tires but not on the front. Wish I did but they are so dang pricey!!

[cannondale4life]

nah thats ok i like how my rims are plus im gettin hipers soon and bbender how do i do the fins?

[400ex28]

Quit being lazy and polish the whole side case.

[bbender85]

Originally posted by cannondale4life
bbender how do i do the fins?

i used a dremel; a 320 grit sandpaper flap wheel, then some polishing compound with a polishing bit.

[cannondale4life]

nah thats not worth it man your callin me lazy when ive seen guys with there motors caked with baked mud and grease all over em

[yellow02400ex]

Originally posted by cannondale4life
nah thats not worth it man your callin me lazy when ive seen guys with there motors caked with baked mud and grease all over em

Thats how mine was when I bought it. Not to hijack but I tried to clean that but could really get it to look any better any ideas.

[400ex28]

Originally posted by cannondale4life
nah thats not worth it man your callin me lazy when ive seen guys with there motors caked with baked mud and grease all over em

uhh yea its worth it...

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/TCracin416ex/HPIM5335.jpg


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b132/TCracin416ex/HPIM5482.jpg

[BakerRacing40]

how did you strip the powder coat off?

[cannondale4life]

yellow02 i always used simple green some kind of engine degreaser and sos pads and alot of work to get mine clean

[cannondale4life]

400ex28 it looks good what did you use i might do that the next rebuild