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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Haro82 on October 12, 2008, 08:10 PM

Title: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: Haro82 on October 12, 2008, 08:10 PM: Been after mint set of XCII's for ages and they always went for silly money so I thought I'd try a bit of resto, as it is a bit more satisfying as well.

Picked these up from US bay a while back for about £20 posted :-

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/andrewhill_bpool/DSC03232.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/andrewhill_bpool/DSC03229.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/andrewhill_bpool/DSC03230.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/andrewhill_bpool/DSC03231.jpg)

After a trip to Paul at Customparts (top man and top job would recommend highly :daumenhoch:) the cages and bodies came back like this :-

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/andrewhill_bpool/xcii.jpg)

Then after a little bit more tlc.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/andrewhill_bpool/DSC04812.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/andrewhill_bpool/DSC04805.jpg)

Decals curtesy of Kendo (Cheers Steve :daumenhoch: )

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/andrewhill_bpool/DSC04804.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/andrewhill_bpool/DSC04806.jpg)

Pretty pleased with them :)

Andy.
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: DIRTBIKER250F on October 12, 2008, 08:13 PM: Spankin, 60 for em now :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: trasher on October 12, 2008, 08:21 PM: sweet as mate ,make my restos look shite lol mind you iv only got a dremmel :'(
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: ron burgundy on October 12, 2008, 08:30 PM: Those cages look great, did he re-engrave the lettering and paint in the white too?

Well impressed :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: trasher on October 12, 2008, 08:45 PM: Quote from: Ron '2elliot' Burgundy on October 12, 2008, 08:30 PM
Those cages look great, did he re-engrave the lettering and paint in the white too?

Well impressed :daumenhoch:

there decals mate
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: ron burgundy on October 12, 2008, 08:59 PM: Quote from: the gay pensioner on October 12, 2008, 08:45 PM
Quote from: Ron '2elliot' Burgundy on October 12, 2008, 08:30 PM
Those cages look great, did he re-engrave the lettering and paint in the white too?

Well impressed :daumenhoch:

there decals mate

...on the outside of the cage? clever stuff...
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: kdw712 on October 12, 2008, 08:59 PM: wowsers :shocked:

they turned out rather nice :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: Haro82 on October 12, 2008, 09:07 PM: Quote from: Ron '2elliot' Burgundy on October 12, 2008, 08:59 PM
Quote from: the gay pensioner on October 12, 2008, 08:45 PM
Quote from: Ron '2elliot' Burgundy on October 12, 2008, 08:30 PM
Those cages look great, did he re-engrave the lettering and paint in the white too?

Well impressed :daumenhoch:

there decals mate

...on the outside of the cage? clever stuff...

They're not decals. He was just careful round the lettering when he polished them and I got my brother to re-paint them, he's good at shit like that as he makes false eyes for a living :shocked:
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: trasher on October 12, 2008, 09:10 PM: Quote from: Haro82 on October 12, 2008, 09:07 PM
Quote from: Ron '2elliot' Burgundy on October 12, 2008, 08:59 PM
Quote from: the gay pensioner on October 12, 2008, 08:45 PM
Quote from: Ron '2elliot' Burgundy on October 12, 2008, 08:30 PM
Those cages look great, did he re-engrave the lettering and paint in the white too?

Well impressed :daumenhoch:

there decals mate
:4_17_5:wow i stand corrected ,awesome ,,you can get decals though :LolLolLolLol:

...on the outside of the cage? clever stuff...

They're not decals. He was just careful round the lettering when he polished them and I got my brother to re-paint them, he's good at shit like that as he makes false eyes for a living :shocked:

:4_17_5: wow i stand corrected ,awesome ,,you can get decals though :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: ron burgundy on October 12, 2008, 09:20 PM: Thought so, I've only had 2 bottles... my eyes aren't rolling yet ;D

Fantastic stuff :)
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: MartyC on October 13, 2008, 04:58 AM: Outstanding restoration work :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: beaglepopper on October 13, 2008, 08:52 AM: They look spang dangle!!!! I like them alot :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: double chevron on October 13, 2008, 02:21 PM: That's just great !! :daumenhoch:
Congrats to your brother aswell ;)
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: virtualmeuk on October 13, 2008, 02:32 PM: What did they cost you to get done like that?

They look spankin!!
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: magna13 on October 13, 2008, 03:43 PM: :shocked:
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: Mattdub on October 13, 2008, 04:04 PM: Good cage work :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: Haro82 on October 13, 2008, 10:30 PM: Quote from: Kendo on October 13, 2008, 02:32 PM
What did they cost you to get done like that?

They look spankin!!

They were very reasonable :daumenhoch: . After I got them back and looked at the job he'd done I felt like I should have give him more.
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: Glynnyboy on October 18, 2008, 06:31 AM: Those look fantastic. I think my cages could be winging their way to paul :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: sweetbeats on October 18, 2008, 07:23 AM: They look mintos you could box em up and sell em as brand new :daumenhoch:
Can't beat good resto pics.
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: steve Beech TA on October 18, 2008, 08:42 AM: Nice job mate :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: Steve P on October 18, 2008, 11:32 AM: Nice work ... very impressive :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: jimmyp on October 18, 2008, 09:03 PM: They look great, wanna sell em :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Suntour XCII Resto
Post by: Haro82 on October 19, 2008, 05:07 PM: Quote from: jimmyp on October 18, 2008, 09:03 PM
They look great, wanna sell em :daumenhoch:

Errrrrr............ No ;)