Painting Dirt Bike Rims
The knackered old wheels from our man julian s 2001 ktm exc250 were sent off to central wheel components in the uk where they transformed the tired old hoops into things of great beauty once again.
Painting dirt bike rims. I ve been photoshopping it for years and finally got around to it. I ll confess i m sort of cheap. When a bike is left outside for a long period of time it rusts oxidizes and generally just looks terrible. Dirt bike no possible way it can look good long.
Using these procedures you will be able to prepare your atv and dirt bike plastic for painting. And because they retained the oem hubs it was a straight fit back into the bike. Dirtbike forums dirt bike atv suspension forums general discussion. You can take a few extra bucks a little.
Joined jun 12 2005 messages 229 likes 0. Dec 31 2005 1. Last weekend i finally painted my motorcycle rims black. So here is a quick little video on how to paint your rims wheels on your bike.
Believe it or not most factory black wheels are painted not anodized. Pj1 sells the oem pait kit. It goes without saying that the first step is to clean the plastic. I m fully aware that powdercoating is the way to go when painting your bike rims but here s a quick way to paint your rims yourself using appliance epoxy paint without even having to remove the tires.
They work on stock hubs you just might want to get some new spokes to go with just in case. I can get a set of excels for 170. For these instructions i m going to use some photos from a 1971 yamaha rd350. Restoring the wheel of an old beat up motorcycle is a labor intensive job but if done right it is comopletely worth it.
And impatient to ride. It is like a utathane or something. It s worth just shelling out for the rims. If it is a super moto bike or somethg i can see that.
Mark forums read linkback. The right way duration. Most people don t understand why dirt bike wheels are so expensive it s not the rim that s expensive it s the hub. Hubs are about 400 each.
Start date dec 31 2005. No way pinnt will stand up to rocks. The key to successfully painting atv and dirt bike plastics is proper preparation. Affordable paint gun produces amazing results.
But rather than just go with off the shelf replacement getting the stock wheels refurbished may be a cheaper option.