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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: waza04 on January 07, 2010, 06:15 PM
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hi peeps, just wondered if you can use white tuff pads on black tuff wheels, seen a few on show bikes, but mine will be a occasional rider......
will this be ok, or will it cover the rims in white guff, just wanted to check before hand! thanks :daumenhoch:
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i take it all you experts on here cant help, or just dont want to........ ::)
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im no expert mate, nor have i tried it but the idea behind the tuff pads coming in different colours was to stop the brake rub being noticably different in colour to whatever colour tuff you have. it cleans off with a bit of elbow grease and some cif household cleaner so you could always give it a go.
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im no expert mate, nor have i tried it but the idea behind the tuff pads coming in different colours was to stop the brake rub being noticably different in colour to whatever colour tuff you have. it cleans off with a bit of elbow grease and some cif household cleaner so you could always give it a go.
cheers brummie, i just didnt really wanna pay out if they are gonna mark up the rims, white seem to be easier to come by, and im doing a white and black colour scheme, so thought the white on black mx1000 and black tuffs would look nice..... cheers for ya help. :daumenhoch:
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a pleasure mate ;) and sounds very nice, you will have to post a few pics when its done :daumenhoch:
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surely black pads are the easiest to get hold of in any make? ???
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surely black pads are the easiest to get hold of in any make? ???
im after the real mc'coys for my build mate........ seen loads of white tuff pads, not many black! :daumenhoch:
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a pleasure mate ;) and sounds very nice, you will have to post a few pics when its done :daumenhoch:
yeah will do mate, its only a dp gl freestyler................ :2funny:
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have a look on ebay.com mate. a lot cheaper for tuff pads than ebay over here. you could also stick a wanted up on here and see what comes up :daumenhoch:
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surely black pads are the easiest to get hold of in any make? ???
im after the real mc'coys for my build mate........ seen loads of white tuff pads, not many black! :daumenhoch:
You can dye Skyway Tuff Pads; apparently ;)
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You can dye Skyway Tuff Pads; apparently ;)
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i've often thought that marty ;),
but surely the dye will not soak all the way through the rubber, so after a couple of stops it will be white brake block again on black rims.... ???
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You can dye Skyway Tuff Pads; apparently ;)
i've often thought that marty ;),
but surely the dye will not soak all the way through the rubber, so after a couple of stops it will be white brake block again on black rims.... ???
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I know what you are saying but I am sure I've heard/read that people have done it successfully :-\.
Although, bitd I used to run Koolstop Continental's on my Skyways and they worked better than any other brake pad I ever had. So much so, I used to run them on my old Road Racing bike (yes; me in lycra :shocked: happens nearly everyday LOL!) and would run them now if they fitted my brakes ::).