Powdercoating

[petevtwin650]

I've already had my stainless heel guards powdercoated blue, and as it seemed a close match for the Sv blue have opted to have the torque arm, rear caliper mount and Givi rack done.

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3064/powdercoating0018fv.jpg

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/8213/powdercoating0021gf.jpg

[Samurai]

look nice, 8)

was it expensive?

[petevtwin650]

Thank you. :)

Only 25quid which I think was very reasonable. The heel plates were a fiver the pair.

You know how minging the caliper mount gets so hopefully it should clean up easier with a smooth surface. The rack was very worn on the top plate and also those bare ali brakets are matched in now.

Of course only time will tell if the finish lasts.

[Samurai]

so the heel plates £5 for the pair is that including painting, where do you get this done. cheers

[petevtwin650]

I already had the heel plates, but they were looking a bit tatty where my boots touched. Could have polished em, but fancied a change. I wanted purple to match the wheels, but it was more pink, so I've gone for the blue. It's a solid colour, not metallic. They keep this in stock , but you can have any colour , although it costs £100 for them to buy the paint apparently.
I just visited a local place, only 5 minutes away, and they've been very helpful.
In this pic you can see the colour better.

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/6302/bolts0056ez.jpg

[madmal]

very nice pete :wink: like it a lot.

just out of interest, how tough and durable is the paintwork (thinking scuffs, stonechips, salt etc). how are you fixed for touchups if you ever need to do it :?:

[kwak zzr]

nice touches, altho the givi rack would look best left off the bike. :lol:
love the heel plates!! :thumbsup:

[northwind]

With the torque arm, get some heavy grease or silicon goop into the holes in the arm before you fit them, or it'll rust from there and spread under the coat. The nuts'll chew the finish up anywya when you fit it but hopefully not too badly. Looks excellent, now lets see 'em on the bike :)

[petevtwin650]

just out of interest, how tough and durable is the paintwork (thinking scuffs, stonechips, salt etc). how are you fixed for touchups if you ever need to do it :?:

Well that's the 64,000 dollar question Malc. Figured at the price it's not that much of a worry. The heel plates can be stripped back to the polished finish if needs be.
Our powdercoated wheels are about 30 months old and apart from a chip, when I dropped a caliper on it, are fine. In fact on our rideout today, a guy was there with a bandit that had the wheels done the same colour as ours. He'd seen ours and wanted em done. About a month old. Parked ours next to his and the shade was the same, ours hadn't faded at all.

With the torque arm, get some heavy grease or silicon goop into the holes in the arm before you fit them, or it'll rust from there and spread under the coat. The nuts'll chew the finish up anywya when you fit it but hopefully not too badly

Thanks for the advice Northwind. Gonna try and get some of those clear plastic washers to save the finish.

nice touches, altho the givi rack would look best left off the bike.

Agreed.

[northwind]

just out of interest, how tough and durable is the paintwork (thinking scuffs, stonechips, salt etc). how are you fixed for touchups if you ever need to do it :?:

It's not really paint, it's a baked-on coating. it's very tough... But it is vulnerable to crushing and blunt impact... This is because it's thick and a little soft. This tends to mean that with wheels, they get torn up in no time, just because dealers tend not to be as careful as you'd like. But it's more abrasion resistant than paint, tends not to chip badly from stones... Good stuff.

If you can find an exact colourmatch you can touch it up, but since the powders aren't colourmatched to any paints the same applies- you can't just go to Halfords and buy the right pen, you need to hope there's one that's just right. Pain in the ****, basically ;)

[Viney]

unless you have your wheels done in ford signal orange

[Last Action Pimp]

where did you get it done (i want my wheels done and osme other bits)

[Viney]

where did you get it done (i want my wheels done and osme other bits)
A place in essex that i really cant recomend. They took forever, and wasnt that cheap. However, i believe that A place next to sidcup motorcycles does powder coating

[hall13uk]

where did you get it done (i want my wheels done and osme other bits)
A place in essex that i really cant recomend. They took forever, and wasnt that cheap. However, i believe that A place next to sidcup motorcycles does powder coating

yes my mate marc, he owns the work shop nex door & does power coating 8)

[Samurai]

where did you get it done (i want my wheels done and osme other bits)
A place in essex that i really cant recomend. They took forever, and wasnt that cheap. However, i believe that A place next to sidcup motorcycles does powder coating

yes my mate marc, he owns the work shop nex door & does power coating 8)

so you can get us discount for forum members then :wink:

[jambo]

This is a point of intrest for me as the paint on the Kwak's wheels is pretty thin and didn't really survive the drive through the gravel trap at the end of druids captured here
<------ :lol:

How well can places colour match a powder coarting and how much do do a set of wheels if I could deliver the wheels without tyres, discs etc?

[Carsick]

They don't colour match, as such, you just pick a colour.