Project SMX [Pic Heavy]
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@NINJA No, I meant why would the manufacture spend money on paint for aluminium cases. Aluminium will oxidise, but it's not like Iron where it becomes a problem.
Yeah I gave my cases a quick spray of VHT and then the skull cap was powdercoated.
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A small update; I spent the day cleaning up some parts and a bunch of bolts too, all ready for the big re-installation. I was gonna buy a new set of fork guards, but at £64 a pair it was a purchase I just couldn't justify. So instead I decided to see how well my current set would clean up and I have to say that I'm pretty impressed with the finished result. Their not perfect mind, but I have a rather sexy set of decals I plan on, which will cover most of the plastic up anyways, so I really just wanted a nice smooth base for the decals to stick too.
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Update; More parts cleaned up all ready for refitting. The Oil tank was filthy and covered in grime, so it needed a damn good clean.
I decided to spray it, as it still looked tacky and horrible really. Also a few new parts arrived, new throttle and cable, new lock set and I cleaned up the power valve assembly and fitted a new cable, as the old one was frayed.
I cleaned these up too;
And finally this arrived today, yet another ebay special all the way from Germany, new control switches as the original set are badly scratched;
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@Louis-James LOLLLZZZZZZZZZZ Thank you. And DAMN I forgot to take some photo's of all the bolt's I spent 3 hours cleaning up!!! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes: :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat: :face_with_tears_of_joy:
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@Calum Yep tedious as hell, but I guess it will be worth it in the long run. I plan to swap a lot of em with SS one's I have bought, but the larger one's and some specific bolts are not easily replaceable so it had to be done. Plus if I can't fit the replacement SS bolts, I will have a back-up plan - anyways thank god that job is finished. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
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@Calum I basically secured one end of a bolt in a vice and then cleaned it with the rotary wire brush wheel in my drill. Then I would flip it around and do the other end, removing the nut and cleaning the thread before putting the nut back on. I find these rotary wire brush wheels to be the quickest and easiest way to clean up any metal parts really well. They are really good at removing old paint and rust off parts too. Plus it's a lot less hard work as the drill does it all for ya and the added bonus is there as cheap_as_chips too!!! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: