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Pkforbes87
Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 10:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Harley wants $80/quart for their denim black paint, so I found this cheaper alternative!

John Deere Blitz Black





So blitz black on all my S3 plastics, candy apple red for the frame..



.. and I was thinking black chrome powdercoat on the wheels, but I'm also considering chroming them. Any ideas?

I LOVE the way this following S3 looks, but putting polished aluminum wheels on my S3 is out of the question. (Betty looks good, but I HATE cleaning and polishing her)


btw I'm going to be using cast wheels instead of PM's simply because I like the shape/lines better on the cast wheels. The cast wheels I have are already stripped and ready to get whatever treatment I decide on.
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Jramsey
Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 10:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Be carefull of fuel spills on JD paint because it will blister until fully cured...............which takes about 5 years.

BTW are there any springs in the forks of the bike pictured?
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Phelan
Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 10:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Not when it's tied down lol. Very nice color combo. I was thinking of that on a rebuild as well, but with Carbon Fiber body panels instead of paint : D. If only my pocketbook aligned with my dreams...
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Lemonchili_x1
Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 07:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Awesome - I want the blitz black for my F100!!!
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Kalali
Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 10:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I didn't think the front could be compressed that much. Wouldn't that damage/deform the springs permanently?
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Oldog
Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 11:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I didn't think the front could be compressed that much. Wouldn't that damage/deform the springs permanently?

should-not hurt them short term, it looks like that set of forks may not have springs at that compression the springs are coil bound}
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Brinnutz
Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 12:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I really wish I knew whose bike that was...It was at the 25th, but no one here has claimed it lol
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Skntpig
Posted on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 02:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

BB FTW.

I am in the process of doing Blitz Black on a spare set of bodywork for the S1 right now.

$7 in a rattle can.

If you prep it right, and practice, you can actually get a decent finish out or an aerosol.

Careful if you're doing Black Chrome powdercoat. Ask to see a finished part. Sometimes the coating will be thicker on say a seam or crease and it will look much darker and not so uniform in color.
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