In the process of restoring/customising a 1979 GT250 X7. Have stripped the wheels, de-greased and now need to make a decision on what finish. Have read many recommending to paint over powder coat due to the fact of cracks, or unable to detect cracks on the wheels? Regards Mitch
Mitch personally I like the idea of painting for a couple of reasons, you can change the color as you please or if you are not happy with the out come, both are going to fade over time but paint is easier to cover or touch up, painting is a lot cheaper then powder coating because if you are not in the powder coating industry they will hit you up for sand blasting, cleaning, then the coating and if you decide to go with a blend or a marble look it will cost you extra again and you cant be too sure that the person on the other end of that sand/soda blaster has had any experience and wont butcher your rims (I worked as a powder coater for some time). Sure powder coat does with stand quite a bit of punishment but once it starts to crack it is a lot harder cover (unless using touch up paint which is extremely difficult if going a custom paint) and if you cant cover due to the extent of the damage to the coat then you pay through the nose again to get it recleaned reblasted and recoated. Whereas paint is paint. This is just my personal opinion but it comes with alittle knowledge on the subject of powdercoating.
Depends on what kind of condition they are in and what kind of finished look you are after and of course the condition of the slide area. If the slide section is pitted then you are going to chew out your seals as the out slides in the inner, if the slide section is still good its amazing how well you can bring back the original finish with a bit of elbow grease and a couple of different products......as far as the products go everyone has their own personal preference of what they like to use.
Mitch I apologize I completely misread your question, blonde moment bro But it does still depend on the condition of the fork legs as they are sitting eg how much pitting color fade etc and how you want it to look at the end of the resto. Did you want it to be just like factory or did you want to ad your personal touch to the resto project.
All good bro Just hoping to match the fork lowers to the frame and wheels. Painting the wheels in a gloss black rattle can VHT brand. Gonna probably powdercoat due to its higher durability to potential stone chips on the fork lowers, was thinking satin black but might need to be gloss to match the wheels. Thabks for your professional input Aaron
More then welcome mate. You can get some extremely nice custom colors when powder coating and there are a couple of plus sides to it, but when considering that either way you go you will get stone chips and the likes paint is a bit easier and cost effective to cover but mate which ever way you choose is completely up to you and all I can say is good luck with however you handle it I wish the best possible outcome for your project mate. Have you started a build/resto thread in the garage yet?
Hey mate, here http://2fiftycc.com/index.php?threads/79-suzuki-gt250-x7-customised.8510/ Not a great deal to look at yet. Cheers Mitch
