hey everyone, relatively new poster here, thought i'd post what i've been doing since i picked up this 400ex a week ago.
this is the first quad i have owned; have ridden here and there, and we used to have a utility quad up at our cabin, but never got into it. i used to LIVE to snowmobile.. bought a brand new yamaha 600 SXR in high school, but sold it when i went to college. so i havent had a toy for 6 years. now that i'm done with that, and i go to the dunes here in michigan often with my truck, i wanted another toy, so a quad made perfect sense.
found this 400ex for sale locally. it needed some TLC (mostly TIRES!), but it's definitely something i can work with. here's last sunday when i brought it home:
here's a couple hours later:
cleaned up the motor for paint:
my plan was to paint the motor a flat black (high temp), then polish the fin tips and faces of the cases.... here's how it turned out
before polishing:
after polishing:
rectifier to match:
the frame was to be painted flat black as well, as well as the a-arms.
the plan is to do silver maier plastics, but money is tight right now, so i decided to try and paint the stockers as a temporary solution to my need for silver. i sanded, cleaned with alcohol. sprayed with adhesion promotor, and painted with bumper paint... hopefully it holds up for a couple dune trips:
so when that was dry, everything started to go back on:
and then i took some pics yesterday of where it currently stands:
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...d/DSC02865.jpg
painting to-do includes
- hubs
- rear axle
- inside of rims (flat black)
i have a bunch of other parts in the mail:
- silver/black crossbar pad
- silver/black grips
- black nerf webbing
- carbon fiber tank cover
- two-tone seat cover (black carbon fiber/black)
- black rear shock outerwears
- rear brake parts
still needs to find tires... i've got some leads on a few different tires.
i can't to get it on the sand!!
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