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Title: Araya Shineside Advice Needed
Post by: Zippy on March 16, 2007, 12:06 PM

I recently won a set of Black Araya 7X Shinesides on the bay. They're in resonable condition but aren't showbike mint. I knew that when I bought them so I'm in now way dissapointed.  :daumenhoch:

However i'm about to send them off to be reanodized and then polished so that they look like new. The question really is what colour should i have them done. I was going to go for black again but I'm tempted to go for Blue. Both would go with my bike.

What would you guy's suggest.

Title: Re: Araya Shineside Advice Needed
Post by: othomas2 on March 16, 2007, 12:12 PM

If it's for the white aero pro, then blue would look awesome.  :4_17_5:

Title: Re: Araya Shineside Advice Needed
Post by: Zippy on March 16, 2007, 12:14 PM

It is but I'm getting a set of Araya Aero's done at the same time, so they could well go on there.

Title: Re: Araya Shineside Advice Needed
Post by: mark 2 on March 16, 2007, 12:33 PM

Well if you ever choose to sell them black seem to be rarer and fetch more money. Does it cost much to get them done?

Title: Re: Araya Shineside Advice Needed
Post by: Flaz on March 16, 2007, 12:40 PM

zippy can they keep the shiney side ? ? ?  is so i might be intrested in doing a set of rims with ya  if it helps with the cost ?


oh yeah black seem to be the ones to have so id keep them that way  ;)

Title: Re: Araya Shineside Advice Needed
Post by: Zippy on March 16, 2007, 01:23 PM

The process is actually quite time consuming and will cost betwen 45-50.

First they strip the anodising off. Then they polish to a mirror finish. This helps get rid of slight scratches and such like. Then it's off to be anodised black again. This will cover the sidewalls of the rim as well. Then they mask the rim up and then strip the sidewalls again. Then they finish by polishing the rim again. I get them back re sticker them with cbrgil's excellent Araya decals and Bob's your uncle they look like new again.

I think I'll get them done in black then. I'm having my Araya aero's anodised blue at the same time do I'll have a choice of wheels to go on there. I had thought of putting the Shinesides on my TA but I don't know what to do with that now.

Title: Re: Araya Shineside Advice Needed
Post by: Waxintaxin on March 16, 2007, 06:01 PM

Nice

The Blue aeros will look so so so nice on that aero pro

get them done black as they are way rarer . watch the araya logo as re annoing rims removes a slight layer of aluminium ,nd with re polishing you may lose the araya bit

i had some done and learnt by expirience

Title: Re: Araya Shineside Advice Needed
Post by: theRuler on March 16, 2007, 06:03 PM

blue looks nicest i reckon

but go with the rarest / most des colour for monetary reasons

Title: Re: Araya Shineside Advice Needed
Post by: DR VINOAH on March 16, 2007, 07:59 PM

blue blue

the man said blue :LolLolLolLol:

but as rich said black is a rarer beast

so go for queen vic black :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Araya Shineside Advice Needed
Post by: Zippy on March 16, 2007, 08:54 PM

They have been sent off and they will be returning in Black.  :daumenhoch: