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Title: LakeMaryKid Restoration *BIG UPDATE!* Post by: LakeMaryKid on April 09, 2006, 09:52:10 PM For the past 3/4's of a year, i have been concentrating on getting a truck. At around 4200, but thats besides the point. It has come time that i will be getting the quads going again. This will be the thread where all restorations will be taking place on my bike. I will be doing a "General Lee" theme type bike with Orange Frame, hubs, brake hub, and other small misc. parts. Black swing arm, engine mounts, axle and maybe more. I will then be doing my a-arms (Stock 400ex) a-arms with the Dupli-Color Aerosol can bedliner. I will be doing this as you can not powdercoat stock a arms. Tomorrow or sometime this week there will be a thorough step by step process of how i do the a arms. First i will strip the previous paint followed by a medium grit sanding with sand paper then followed by a real fine grit finishing sand paper. Will then whipe down with paint thinner and spray with the bedliner. All this will be photographed.
As they sit now: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0582.jpg) Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration Post by: Bigscrb15 on April 09, 2006, 10:01:06 PM Thats gonna be awesome! I want to do General Lee theme on my Vinson, but no one makes orange plastics for it and I don't want them painted. Good luck with it, it's gonna look sweet.
Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration Post by: LakeMaryKid on April 09, 2006, 10:07:09 PM Thanks, I am going to be doing Red plastics with the orange frame then get a confed flag seat cover and maybe some custom graphics.
My bike before tear down: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/LMK%20RIDE/Picture011.jpg) Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration Post by: klutchbuster400 on April 09, 2006, 10:56:55 PM gonna come out nice lmk, i was thinking of getting an orange kfx instead of the z just to put general lee stickers all over it.
i like your style ;) Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration Post by: Mrs.Nightbreed on April 10, 2006, 08:03:02 AM OMG! :o Your putting aside girls and trucks to finally work on your quad!?!
:o Are you feeling ok? I might be able to recommend a good doctor ;) Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration Post by: bigscrub79 on April 10, 2006, 09:47:05 AM OMG! :o Your putting aside girls and trucks to finally work on your quad!?! He never mentioned puttin aside girls. ;D:o Are you feeling ok? I might be able to recommend a good doctor ;) Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration Post by: Ida_Mann on April 10, 2006, 12:33:11 PM Thanks, I am going to be doing Red plastics with the orange frame then get a confed flag seat cover and maybe some custom graphics. My bike before tear down: ([url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/LMK%20RIDE/Picture011.jpg[/url]) hey, that grass looks familiar ;-) seriously though,,,,,your'e gonna get the quad running again? Id@ Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration Post by: Honda328i on April 10, 2006, 06:07:23 PM You are definately doing the right thing kid. Git-r-done ;D
Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration Post by: LakeMaryKid on April 10, 2006, 08:55:52 PM Ok, got all of my supplies. Originaly we(I) was going to use paint stripper. We couldnt find this aerosol kind so my dad went ahead and bought a gel kind. That wont work with the a arms with all the little nukes and cranies and welds. So tomorrow i am taking one a arm to school to see if i can sand blast it in my 7th period auto tech class. Here are some pictures from today.
Products being used: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0585.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0586.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0589.jpg) Result after stripper AND SANDING with 100 grit: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0590.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0591.jpg) Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration *NEW* Post by: Smoknbanshee on April 11, 2006, 04:52:34 PM bansheeboy tony farrow has a general lee banshee....have him send ya some pics, it looks freaking sweet...
Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration *NEW* Post by: Dr.Dirt on April 11, 2006, 05:08:26 PM Sounds like a sweet project. I saw a General Lee themed Blaster in Dirt-Wheels a few months ago.
Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration *NEW* Post by: rubicon500kid on April 11, 2006, 05:23:45 PM sounds like its going to turn out cool
i just got a realy good deal on a Ceet rebel flag seat cover for 35$ for my 400ex ill post pics of it when it comes in Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration *BIG UPDATE!* Post by: LakeMaryKid on April 11, 2006, 08:12:10 PM Well today i was able to get home by about 4:30 or so from school. I got to work on all 4 a-arms right away. It is now 8:05 so it took quite a while to do all 4 but it was fun. I was not able to sandblast the a arms till thursday so i did it the hard way. It all turned out great so far. Here come the pictures.
1 Upper stripped and one not: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0592.jpg) Here come some finished pictures: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0593.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0594.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0596.jpg) Uppers: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0597.jpg) The Texture: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0602.jpg) The Fantastic Four: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0603.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0604.jpg) Here are some pictures of the plastics of my little 90cc 4wheeler. I painted them with Krylon Fusion Plastic paint on Sunday. So far they look GREAT! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0599.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lakemarykid/IMG_0600.jpg) Well folks that is all for now. Hope it looks good. So far it looks awsome and im stoked! Thanks, LakeMaryKid aKa Curtis Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration *BIG UPDATE!* Post by: MotoMike on April 11, 2006, 08:18:41 PM Sweet bro...finally.
Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration *BIG UPDATE!* Post by: WOODY_450r on April 11, 2006, 09:39:10 PM i thought that you were restoring your 400ex.......why did you paint your little 90's fenders??
Title: Re: LakeMaryKid Restoration *BIG UPDATE!* Post by: LakeMaryKid on April 11, 2006, 09:40:42 PM i thought that you were restoring your 400ex.......why did you paint your little 90's fenders?? Cause they also needed some work lol. Why not. |