What to do, powdercoated rims?
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Z you are very dedicated to your ride brother, I wouldn't look at it as competition. I need to get some pics up of my bike, but I am to embarresed since its still got the stock pipe on it lol... I got some carbon fiber goodies comein, and I can't wait ! Heel guards, front fender, ram air ducts, and a Yosh TRS gonna be baaaaaad. Sorry bout the thead jack Tim !!
lol agreed... BA
and +1 sorry for the jack... i is done
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I'm going to pick my wheels up tomorrow, had them done in dupont sun gold. should look pretty cool. I'll get some pics when I get them.
You're not supposed to have aluminum sand blasted, it leads to pitting and a lot of powder coaters frown on it because sand will lodge in tiny pores created from blasting and could eventually flake off. Mine were in a chemical removal tank for the past 3 weeks. Previous powder coating is very hard to get off.
As for removing everything. My honda dealer took my tires off for 7 dollars each. Really not expensive. As for the bearings you can pop the dust seal out with a flat screw driver and not even scratch it. The bearings you can get out easily with a drift and a hammer, tap the back side of the opposite bearing at an angle a few times and the inner axle sleeve is loose enough inside the wheel that you can get the bearings out with a few whacks. it doesn't damage the bearing either. After that take a razer blade and slice off the valve stem and pry off the balance weights. It's really not that bad. Said and done it cost me $100 for powder coating and 40 for the chemical bath.
You're not supposed to have aluminum sand blasted, it leads to pitting and a lot of powder coaters frown on it because sand will lodge in tiny pores created from blasting and could eventually flake off. Mine were in a chemical removal tank for the past 3 weeks. Previous powder coating is very hard to get off.
As for removing everything. My honda dealer took my tires off for 7 dollars each. Really not expensive. As for the bearings you can pop the dust seal out with a flat screw driver and not even scratch it. The bearings you can get out easily with a drift and a hammer, tap the back side of the opposite bearing at an angle a few times and the inner axle sleeve is loose enough inside the wheel that you can get the bearings out with a few whacks. it doesn't damage the bearing either. After that take a razer blade and slice off the valve stem and pry off the balance weights. It's really not that bad. Said and done it cost me $100 for powder coating and 40 for the chemical bath.
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