Rebuild of my Raptor 350

[spdfrk1990]

Thanks, its powdercoat for everything including the swingarm which they have to redo its $330.

 

[tyler]

Wow thats looks great!!

 

[spdfrk1990]

Really the frame turned out better then I thought I didnt think the color was going to have metallic in it.

 

[tyler]

Ya and i bet it will hold up really well also.

 

[spdfrk1990]

Yeah hopefully ill have the skids on it now also.

 

[tyler]

A arms, swing arm and engine skid or what?

 

[spdfrk1990]

Engine skid and swing arm no a-arm skids tho.
I got the shocks cleaned up and the front end together.

 

[beastlywarrior228]

man thats clean

 

[tyler]

Haha ^ thats what i was thinking. What kind of shocks are them?

 

[spdfrk1990]

Thanks they are just factory shocks for a raptor.

 

[tyler]

Oh they look just a little different from the warrior.

 

[spdfrk1990]

Heres some of the parts I painted today. I also painted the rear hubs and some caliper brackets.

 

[spdfrk1990]

Little frustrated had the steering stem all painted and I messed it all up today guess it wasnt dry enough yet. I think I might just get it powder coated. Ill put up some pics in a few of the front hubs mounted I put them in the oven before I put in the new bearings and it helped bake the paint in.

 

[spdfrk1990]

Heres the hubs installed finally.

 

[91warrior]

looking great man, love the great pictures with the updates.

 

[tyler]

Looks awesome! What did you do to prep the steering stem for paint?

 

[spdfrk1990]

Looks awesome! What did you do to prep the steering stem for paint?

Sandblasted it I thought about painting it with some really good ppg paint this time but I might just get it powder coated cause it will need to be tough for the cables not to rub the paint off.

 

[tyler]

Cables will rub the paint off no matter what powdercoated or not

 

[spdfrk1990]

Maybe eventually but its pretty tough it takes a long time to sandblast powder coating off and even takes longer to grind it away then regular paint. It seems to chip easy sometimes but the black they used seems to hold up well.

 

[tyler]

That's good my handle bars are powder coated and they seem to hold up pretty well.