Subframe powder coating?

[5hort5]

How much do you think it would cost to get a curvy subframe powder coated?

[DarrenSV650S]

About £30 (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=144234)

[5hort5]

Excellent cheers Darren, I did a search but didn't see it, well that's worth doing then :-)

[5hort5]

Darren, did you strip the paint off and take it back to metal yourself?

[DarrenSV650S]

Naaaa powdercoaters did that for me

[5hort5]

ok, i wonder if I clean it all up and take the paint off and pop some bolts into the threads then I may get it a bit cheaper, worth a go as I have some striper around here somewhere and a few spare bolts (old crap ones)

[DarrenSV650S]

jeeez man it's only £30

[5hort5]

yer it all adds up though 30 quid for that bit but there's a fairly long list of other things I want to do so if I can save say a tenner on this job and some money on indicators and then a few quid on fitting brake lines etc etc I can afford to buy say a stainless engine bolt set. Look after the pennies and etc etc :-)

[Bibio]

you wont save money, they will still have to blast it prior to coating or the coat will not take properly.

start with the hard to reach places first, then add to the bike over time. that is if you plan on keeping it.

[arenalife]

Triple S are very good and are motorcycle specialists, they'll mask all the threads for you and wrap it in bubble wrap before sending it back. You can find them on google. I just had a pile of stuff done, very happy.

[Dicky Ticker]

We had just had our 600 Kawasaki track bike done in dayglow lime green and it cost us £250 but that was for frame and 4 wheels.

[yorkie_chris]

If you can go round to a local place see if you can get them to put it through with another lot of stuff. That's what my guy does and a subframe is a tenner, main frame about £40. So long as it's black or green, if you want other colours that aren't in constant use it is more expensive.

Also be careful of the mounting bolts. They are fine pitch on curvy.

[dizzyblonde]

Triple S are very good and are motorcycle specialists, they'll mask all the threads for you and wrap it in bubble wrap before sending it back. You can find them on google. I just had a pile of stuff done, very happy.


Triple S are indeed extremely good. You get what you pay for. I couldn't really afford to have my little lot done there so took two rear subframes and a front subframe to my local powdercoaters. IIRC it was around 60 quid for the lot. I took one subframe there last year and it was 40 quid for that on its own, so if you can strip bits off for a bulk go it works out cheaper.

As above for mounting bolts as YC found on one of my frames ...ooops they filled most of the holes to protect them but missed one or two very important ones!

[yorkie_chris]

M10 fine taps are expensive. Mask those holes off yourself if in doubt.