| Author | Message | ||
     Norrie |
Just had the wheels painted to match the bike and fitted an RRC tail end and had the lot polished.  What do you think? Norrie. | ||
| Madbandito |
Excellent! Good choices without being gaudy..  | ||
| Kaveman |
Like the Wheels! Do it yourself? Kaveman | ||
| Brad_buell |
Very COOL!!!  | ||
| Lpd22 |
Very nice. I like that look a lot. Good job. | ||
| Stou |
It look very good, nice job! | ||
| BadS1 |
Looks good just enough yellow without over doing it. | ||
| Chris_mackay |
I like the way the wheels look with the polished rim and the spokes matching the bodywork. I think a black one would look pretty good too!  | ||
| Andreyev |
I might have to paint my own wheels. Every paint guy I've talked to tells me to get mine powdercoated "because the paint is just going to chip off." While I'd like powdercoated, the hassle, money, and time of getting bearings pressed out, powdercoating, polishing the lips again after coating, pressing in new wheel bearings.... What kind of paint are you using Chris and Norrie? | ||
| Black_sunshine |
Nice work Norrie....Great minds think alike. I had my painted as well. It was clear coated with a special paint just for wheels to resist chipping. 1000 miles or so and no problems. With painting you don't have to replace the bearings.   | ||
| Stou |
I do painting and if it's done correctly, the only chipping problem you can have it's around the wheel when you change the tire because of the tools. But if the guy who change the tire use good tools with plastic pieces to protect the wheel, there's really no problem. But if you polish the lip, there's no problem at all. Painting the wheel with car paint is tough enough. The wheels MUST BE VERY CLEAN and sanded or for the best result, sanblasted. You must polish the lip before painting and masked for the painting. After you use epoxy primer, 2 or 3 small coats of base color en 2 or 3 coats of good quality clear will make a really good job. But if not done properly, it can chip easily. (Message edited by stou on April 16, 2005) | ||
| Chris_mackay |
I used industrial epoxy. It was available at the time I decided to do it. I'm sure it'll chip and scratch, but there's gotta be something to do next winter. And who knows, might need to be a different color then anyways. | ||
| Stou |
I painted the wheels of my Yam R1 in '99 and when I sold it in '02, the wheels look like new. The lips was polished too. |
