Like my frame?

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Well I "PAINTED" my fraim, A - Arm's, subframe, swingarm, bumper, and other small things I think it looks good, next I need to get rid of the big tieres I think it needs some tamered and radials. Oh yah I know paint chips but i've ben lucky with it so far so please dont tell me a million times its going to chip. Well any way let me know if you like it, it was a crap load of work getting it all right. oh yah the OMF shrouds are new, I like them. :devil:

[Tommy 17]

dude that looks weird 2 colors


i like it... ITS DIFFERNT... ur the only one i've ever seen like that...

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pic 2

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last one

[hessianmx111]

i like your bumper, looks original

:( another peson amde the same mistake i did:(

[Dale512]

Not too bad.........and yes get rid of those big tires.

Like that 84 Components Van in the background:rolleyes:

lol

[Tommy 17]

where do u live in PA???

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I Live near Uniontown about a 15 minute drive away

[tants]

different :)

[Chanman420q]

:o

[Str8Wicked]

Hate to see it after a fe rocks come in contact with that thing....


If you had it apart, why not PC it....

[rdmex]

Originally posted by nacsracer27
:( another peson amde the same mistake i did:(

the only mistake that you made is YOU painting it, i could paint a frame and it would not flake off at all. you obviously didnt prep it right or used the wrong paint.

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I used .89 per can spray paint laugh if you want but it holds up great. As far as powder coat im 15 and i'm just now getting a job so i couldnt really aford it and plus why put 200 into making my frame nice when i could buy better stuff to mod the bike, I dont mind doin a few touch ups here or there every once in a blue moon. I think I will proubly get it PC'd when ever the money is right thoe.

[OutlawEX]

Originally posted by rdmex
the only mistake that you made is YOU painting it, i could paint a frame and it would not flake off at all. you obviously didnt prep it right or used the wrong paint.

I did my frame one. I stripped it to bare metal sanded primerd and then about 5 coats of paint. And it chipped after alot of riding. I wouldnt ever do it again. I donmt think u can prep a POS way of doing something for it to turn out good. It may hold up for dunes but not MX

Originally posted by rdmex
the only mistake that you made is YOU painting it, i could paint a frame and it would not flake off at all. you obviously didnt prep it right or used the wrong paint. well correct me if im wrong...but i think this is the proper way to paint something...sand down completely, primer, 4-5 coats of paint-2-3 coats of clear coat, let it dry for 2 days before i even touched...and i did all this while my barn was heated to 90 degrees....i tihnk that is the way to do it....

[rdmex]

Well, i guess having a dad that has done custom paint for 25+ years has its advantages. i painted my old 400ex frame, and never had a problem :rolleyes:

[Diedrich]

i just painted mine today. i have a buddy that works at a bodyshop and he got me sum paint and we painted that bad boy. i didnt even sand it all the way down and primer. i just scratched it up pretty good and degreased. it said it should hold up good. alot of it is the kind of clear u got. also you need to mix a couple of things in with your clear

Originally posted by rdmex
Well, i guess having a dad that has done custom paint for 25+ years has its advantages. i painted my old 400ex frame, and never had a problem :rolleyes: go ride some mx tracks.....then get back to me on how your frame looks...o yea and make sure you wash ti thouroughly too.....im done arguing simply becuase its stupid..i know im right, nomatter what you do, how you prep, what type of paint...IT SUCKS ON QUADS, it cant not take the abuse a quad puts out, PC can...nuff said

[Instinctz]

"please dont tell me a million times its going to chip"

He asked nicely, so now please STFU nacs. (But luckily, you wont ever see this message because you are done right?)

[ZRider400]

paint kicks ***.:ermm:


i think the paint didnt like the texture of the tinfoilalloy frame of the Z400:p

Originally posted by Instinctz
"please dont tell me a million times its going to chip"

He asked nicely, so now please STFU nacs. (But luckily, you wont ever see this message because you are done right?) you have a Private Message:)

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well if the paint upset you guys, guess what im doing now. i'm in the process of polishing my upper A - arm's "there made out of steel" lol I know I know thell rust but I work on it like every day so ill keep them lookin good oh yah i got one done all ready and they look sweet ill post pics when im done. Lately it just seams like if someone says dont do it I have to do it for my self and see the out come, I figure paint isnt forever you can take it back off and do what ever you want to do like PC or sumthin and a lil rust dont stand a chance agenst sand paper and some mothers, if you ask me its just how much time your willing to put into your quad. :eek2: :rolleyes:

PS. pluss im saving money

[derekhonda]

you are polishing stock a-arms? :eek2: :eek2: are you nuts? Its hard enough for me to go back over every polished part with just a rag an mothers? It doesnt bother me im happy when i get done but you are nuts, stop right now before you regret it.

i like your cases;)

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It shouldnt be to hard just rub them down a lil im just woried about rusting

[remlapr]

I think it looks good - and if you 15 years old and have alot more time then $$, then why not? What's the worse that can happen - it flakes, and he spends another 5 bucks and does it again?

[Derek]

WOO wait what? Tommy i think we got another rider in the area.

[crap-banshee32]

what color is that?:huh

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What color is what ? :huh

[crap-banshee32]

the red

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um I honestly have no clue lol its spray paint from
"Do it best hardware" or it used to be called "ace hardeware"
:p LOL sorry

[Dale512]

Well tell them what brand it is, and I'm sure it has some kind of name on the can somewhere:blah:

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i'll post the name of the paint tommorow im to lazy to run to the garage lol ok well about the top A - amrs, DONT EVER EVER try to polish stock A -amrs thats a fair warning! I did one of mine just to see how it would hold up beofre i did all that extra work on the other one too well the stupid things rusted in ONE night in a garage that had to be pushin 90F. LOL oh well we learn from are mistakes and it's getting painted back red, but it did look sweet as all crap for a day but i like the red alot too LMAO :eek2: :huh :devil: :blah:

I wasnt ever going to say this but if you want the paint to stay on the frame at min use an EPOXY primer so it wont have adheasion issues like that black frame posted earlier.

It wouldnt be a bad idea to use a single stage urethane or even an industrial paint as opposed to a base clear auto type paint.

And dont forget to think about a flex additive so its not so brittle and flakes off from that either.


If this sounds like too much then just use a redially avail spray can paint that you can touch up easy, and yes thats what honda does :D :blah: