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Title: 24kt gold plated skyway tuffs !!!!!!!!
Post by: Stu uk Liverpool on October 21, 2005, 08:58 PM

imaaaaaaaaaaagine it  guys
this would chew me up seriously

its graeme 's idea i pasted his post from tech and resto what ye think



I used to work at a gold platers, doing the plating. Wish i still did. When we were bored we'd plate whatever we could find. Our keys, lighters, all the tools. We probably had the only 24k plated claw hammer

I was thinking, but im not going to do this now, so ill let on.
In the motorbike world you can chrome plate plastic. They coat it in something that conducts then chrome it.
If its chromed, you could then gold plate on top.
Fancy the worlds only gold plated tuffs?

i replied bring it on graeme he's trying to get more info for us

stu
 

Title: Re: 24kt gold plated skyway tuffs !!!!!!!!
Post by: rom_kid_04 on October 21, 2005, 09:09 PM

if you can do it then go for it

Title: Re: 24kt gold plated skyway tuffs !!!!!!!!
Post by: Zippy on October 21, 2005, 09:37 PM

Hey, why not go for the tires and brake blocks as well  ;D  ;D  ;D

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Why not see if Elizabeth Duke will sponser the idea.

Title: Re: 24kt gold plated skyway tuffs !!!!!!!!
Post by: Stu uk Liverpool on October 21, 2005, 09:48 PM

my apologies to the big  skyway doorman if ya names not down your not comin

Title: Re: 24kt gold plated skyway tuffs !!!!!!!!
Post by: graeme on October 22, 2005, 12:10 PM

personally i hate gold, i would have stopped once they were chrome, but people were asking bout gold plated stuff, so i thought i'd point out that its possible.

Title: Re: 24kt gold plated skyway tuffs !!!!!!!!
Post by: dordymush on October 22, 2005, 12:17 PM

i dont know gold tuffs sound cool to me.

Title: Re: 24kt gold plated skyway tuffs !!!!!!!!
Post by: ash on October 22, 2005, 01:12 PM

wouldn't it crack first time they bent? :o

for show no go eh? ;)

Title: Re: 24kt gold plated skyway tuffs !!!!!!!!
Post by: Stu uk Liverpool on October 22, 2005, 01:33 PM

dont think id ride em ash

but  they would look cool mate

stu

Title: Re: 24kt gold plated skyway tuffs !!!!!!!!
Post by: scary_leary on October 22, 2005, 01:55 PM

Stu dont listen too the knockers

Go ahead..would look awesome....never been done before, it would be one of a kind..

gold trickstar with gold tuffs....oh yeah

Title: Re: 24kt gold plated skyway tuffs !!!!!!!!
Post by: graeme on October 22, 2005, 02:09 PM

not sure about the cracking thing, depends how much your wheels bend i suppose.
The chrome parts you used to get in airfix kits, you could bend then quite far before it cracked.
I dont think its exactly the same as normal chrome.

Title: Re: 24kt gold plated skyway tuffs !!!!!!!!
Post by: Bob_Acid on October 22, 2005, 11:55 PM

I'm not a big fan of your gold stuff but i'd be well impressed if you do this one Stu. After reading that earlier thread on the subject i was kind of hoping you'd try it.

Title: Re: 24kt gold plated skyway tuffs !!!!!!!!
Post by: retrorider.u.k on October 23, 2005, 12:08 AM

what next ! i give up..... :o

Title: Re: 24kt gold plated skyway tuffs !!!!!!!!
Post by: ash on October 23, 2005, 03:55 PM

Quote from: retrorider.u.k on October 23, 2005, 12:08 AM

what next ! i give up..... :o

gold plated brake blocks? ;D ;D ;D