Deuce Pictures
Tourer
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From: Dirty Jerzey
It was only a bare steel fender. The company doing the paint is http://www.bmazz.com/index.html. I looked at the site last night and figured it out. I posted the picture of the paint on a car. I am thinking of powder coating the console and doing the main color brandywine with a kandy finish and instead of the silver doing black. What do you think? I also posted a pic of the rims.
6th Gear
Joined: Jan 2009
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Hi Guys
I am in the middle of a conversion on my Deuce :
240 Heartland rear kit
RRW fat daddy rims (chrome rim/black spokes)
Gloss black paint
Black lower forks
Black triple trees
Black apes
polished floating discs with anodised black centers
half moon front fender
240 rear
120 x 21 front
My question is should I powder coat the front end or wet spray. I know powder coating is more durable, but on the flip side wet spray is alot easier to repair. If I powder coat I get an instant finish opposed to painting and polishing a lacquer coat.
If I powder coat do I need to dechrome?
If I dechrome then I guess I have to go through the hassle of taking the forks apart.
I am told that dechroming is more expensive that chroming?.
Also I have been told that the baking of the powder coating can mess with the aluminium parts. I think my forks are ali castings. Will this be an issue (anybody had problems).
Also my powder coater tells me that they dont like chrome as even when shot blasted it can come off.
I am leaning towards shot blasting the full assembly, masking the sliding section and spraying and lacquering, but not 100% sure.
Any comment or experiance to help point me in the right direction would be appreciated
Yorkie
I am in the middle of a conversion on my Deuce :
240 Heartland rear kit
RRW fat daddy rims (chrome rim/black spokes)
Gloss black paint
Black lower forks
Black triple trees
Black apes
polished floating discs with anodised black centers
half moon front fender
240 rear
120 x 21 front
My question is should I powder coat the front end or wet spray. I know powder coating is more durable, but on the flip side wet spray is alot easier to repair. If I powder coat I get an instant finish opposed to painting and polishing a lacquer coat.
If I powder coat do I need to dechrome?
If I dechrome then I guess I have to go through the hassle of taking the forks apart.
I am told that dechroming is more expensive that chroming?.
Also I have been told that the baking of the powder coating can mess with the aluminium parts. I think my forks are ali castings. Will this be an issue (anybody had problems).
Also my powder coater tells me that they dont like chrome as even when shot blasted it can come off.
I am leaning towards shot blasting the full assembly, masking the sliding section and spraying and lacquering, but not 100% sure.
Any comment or experiance to help point me in the right direction would be appreciated
Yorkie
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Joined: May 2005
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From: Montreal, Canada
My guess would be to powder coat. The front end takes alot of abuse and powder coat is much, much tuffer. You could buff and polish powder coating as well. As for how you would get the chrome off to prep for powder coating. I'm not sure how that would be done. If you check out around the forum, I'm not sure if there's a place for painting, but there's a guy on the forum that owns a powder coating shop and has helped alot of folks with your type of questions. Btw, welcome to the Deuce forum to you and all the newbies. Oh yeah, pics please!!!!! LOL
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From: Montreal, Canada
Yorkie,
I think this is the guy. Send him a pm.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/membe...dercoater.html
I think this is the guy. Send him a pm.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/membe...dercoater.html
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Joined: May 2005
Posts: 2,525
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From: Montreal, Canada
Yorkie,
He was the first one I found in the search. I'm sure there's a few more powder coaters out there. Do a search and see what you end up with. Cool, love those before and after pics. I'm sure it'll be awesome man.
He was the first one I found in the search. I'm sure there's a few more powder coaters out there. Do a search and see what you end up with. Cool, love those before and after pics. I'm sure it'll be awesome man.
Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 512
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From: Johnstown, PA
Thanks rats. The seat is a custom built one from Guy's Upholstery in Mesa, AZ. And my bike is on air, that is a setup from a company called Street Boutique Customs, also in Mesa, AZ. I highly recommend both. Anyway, I took these pics for you today, hopefully I can get this to work again.
Thanks,
Jon
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Road Master
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 899
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From: Franklin, TN
Thanks rats. The seat is a custom built one from Guy's Upholstery in Mesa, AZ. And my bike is on air, that is a setup from a company called Street Boutique Customs, also in Mesa, AZ. I highly recommend both. Anyway, I took these pics for you today, hopefully I can get this to work again.