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Firebird freestyler mk2
Glynnyboy:
Had the forks chromed and got my z hubs back from paint . They turned out great . Wasn’t sure until these came back what I was doing with the frame but feck it that’s off for chrome too now. My buddy Butts has done a cracking job on the bars & forks and with the frame been protected with paint it would be a great candidate for a 1st time chroming. He understands less can be more with the prep and I don’t want the shit polishing out of it. Original detail is paramount. So fingers crossed the bike will be done for Chestair in April 2020. Just been having a chuckle over how many times I’ve changed my mind over things already since this project started.
Andyboy77:
The chrome look really nice indeed. :slayer: Can't wait to see what colour scheme you're going for with all the other bits. :daumenhoch:
dancetothedrummersbeat:
Looking forward to the rest of the build as it progresses 👍
Glynnyboy:
--- Quote from: Andyboy77 on December 22, 2019, 05:38 PM ---The chrome look really nice indeed. :slayer: Can't wait to see what colour scheme you're going for with all the other bits. :daumenhoch:
--- End quote ---
Got a few ideas that I’ve got parts to do Andy but the 1st one is going to be pretty boring. One of my favourite pics of any freestyle bike was bmx addicts chrome n black kuwahara exhibitionist. So that’s going be 1st on my mind. After that I’m going white bits using white Z’s then at some point I might just feck everything up and go yellow tuffs and all sorts.
Here’s the pic I’m talking about.
Glynnyboy:
Decided to go chrome. Good thing about a mate doing it is that he understands my exact requirements and what can be expected, the pic updates have been a good touch too. Frame paint stripped to start with then polished but keeping weld detail / serial intact etc. Then he recommended a light copper plate for better end result. Problem with triple plating is after the copper it has to go through prep a second time ready for stage 2 & 3 of the plating. Suppose that’s why a lot of chromers don’t do triple plate.
At this point it just come back from lite copper and is going through second prep for stage 2 & 3. If things go to plan I should have it back finished ready to build for Chester fingers crossed.
The following are the after lite copper pics
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