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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: jT Racing on September 17, 2006, 09:49 PM

Title: restoring araya's
Post by: jT Racing on September 17, 2006, 09:49 PM

how do they come up if you powder coat em? anybody done this or they all just polished? pics if you have done it would be appreciated. :daumenhoch:

john

Title: Re: restoring araya's
Post by: sawzall on September 17, 2006, 10:16 PM

darren on the site had a set painted white pearl but left the side of rims polished, looked really nice 8)

Title: Re: restoring araya's
Post by: Jazzchimp on September 17, 2006, 10:24 PM

I suggest you annodize, not sure how powder coating would work with your brake shoes

Title: Re: restoring araya's
Post by: mark j on September 18, 2006, 12:34 AM

I've had some absolutely battered araya aero's powdered white and they came out beautifully. Just sanded back the brake block crap and keyed the surface and the powder filled in all the surface scratches and look mint now. Cost me £6 to get done. Yet to be built, looking for an orphan rear suzue hub to get powdered too.......I'll try and get chance to take a photo tomorrow.

Title: Re: restoring araya's
Post by: stidds on September 18, 2006, 11:10 AM

No problem with getting rims powder coated.  I have had a few sets done now, braking is not affected.

Title: Re: restoring araya's
Post by: oberonspacefruit on September 18, 2006, 03:12 PM

the ones on my quad were powdered gold and looked fine.


(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v260/oberonspacefruit/DSCF0014.jpg)

as you can see it does wear after a while, but i did ride this bike at least once a week.

Title: Re: restoring araya's
Post by: Frosty on September 18, 2006, 04:00 PM

That is one of the first pics of os bikes I saw when looking on the old site & I still like looking at it!!

Title: Re: restoring araya's
Post by: theRuler on September 18, 2006, 05:02 PM

that quad is before my time on radbmx

nice bike though!

Title: Re: restoring araya's
Post by: harris on September 18, 2006, 05:17 PM

it looks different today  :)

Title: Re: restoring araya's
Post by: jT Racing on September 18, 2006, 06:07 PM

cheers for that. gonna powder em. they will never be ridden by me at least. just for show.

Title: Re: restoring araya's
Post by: oberonspacefruit on September 18, 2006, 06:57 PM

Quote from: harris on September 18, 2006, 05:17 PM

it looks different today  :)

have you got in now dan?