powdercoating is it the way to go ??

tzrlover · Post by **tzrlover** » Oct 18th, '06, 16:00

ello peeps havent been on for a while been sorting shit out lol , anyways hows everyone hope your cool, my tzr is finaly takiing shape and soon im going to be at this dilema i have whitch is do i get the frame and other parts powdercoated or do i just spray them. if you guys can help me on where i could get me parts powdercoated and roughly how much im looking at then that would be great help cheers .

parts i wanna get done are

frame , swinger , rearsets , wheels , front faing ,subframe and little other bits like chain adjusters ect . basicly i wanna make the bike look nice an decent intsaed of just sparying the frame to save time and money and it looking crap. also ill need to get the frames strip down will the powdercoaters be able to sand blast the parts as well or will i have to go elsewere for that ?? .

cheers guys

tomr6 · Post by **tomr6** » Oct 18th, '06, 16:04

I have used Steve Leach in Roborough for powder coating before and he was pretty good. Fair price and a good job. Just needed to remove all bearings but he done all the blasting. Heard he was in financial difficulties a while ago so it might be worth trying to ring him first. His number is in yellow pages.

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Oct 18th, '06, 16:52

its shitloads better than painting it yourself - much harder and more durable finish, as well as being easier to clean. Even with decent acrylic paints it will chip relatively easily compared with decent powdercoating.

someone suggested a place out by exeter airport on another thread recently - might be easier to get to for you.

by the way, you dont happen to have a 3.5" tzr rear wheel you want rid of do you? or want a fzr400 swingarm, shock and wheel/tyre to graft into your tzr?

tzrlover · Post by **tzrlover** » Oct 18th, '06, 17:34

mate if you need a tzr rear wheel then hey why the f**k not i would luv a fzr set up on the back would look sweet as , i know theres work involved but hey , also bud you still after some clocks as i got some rr clocks for me project but if we could come to a deal then im sure we could sort sumthing out let us know mate , also i need yokes powdercoated as well , anymore info on this place near exeter airport

Post by **TLS-Moose** » Oct 18th, '06, 18:22

Revells are out by the airport, and the other place to suggest 1st Choice finishers in Exhibition way. I'd suggest calling both and getting quotes.

Note plastic items such as fairings, etc., will need to be sprayed rather than coated as they will melt in the baking process

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Oct 18th, '06, 19:42

good idea to try 1st choice too - think they do a collection/delivery service as well which is handy.

re the fzr bits, its an 88 1wg back end, 18" 3 spoke white 4" rim, with braced swingarm, think its a 140 tyre on there - nearly new dunlop d205 (i think) from memory. Its a complete back end though - shock, swingarm, wheel, linkages, caliper, disc all ready to offer up. I was tempted to graft it into my RD but got enough projects on at the moment really. I'll send u some pics soon as I can get them.

is it a 3.5" wheel on the back of yours? Its for an xs650 project, and the front sprocket is quite close to the centre line of the bike, so anything over 3.5" and a 130 tyre and theres problems with the chain fouling the wheel hence the FZR one being no good for me. far as i know the 125rr uses a 3.5" 3-spoke back wheel, is that right?

tzrlover · Post by **tzrlover** » Oct 19th, '06, 14:48

cool mate , as for powdercoaing fairing etc that was a typing error lol, anyone got numbers for both these guys, as im deffoo going to do it just got to finish making brackets for the rs125 tail unit, mate the tzr i have is a 2rk not a rr ive just used usds etc cos they look so damn good on her but i did the rear disc conversion not sure on width you had to check that out but let us know, cos i quite intrtesed in this fzr back end