FJR Wheels 2007 AE

[Scotty]

Considering changing wheels to chrome(much easier to take care of).

possible consider getting stock wheels chromed on an exchange basis.

Any help appreciated.

 

[SkooterG]

PM Smitty141. He has had FJR wheels chromed. TWICE!!!! Crazy bastard. No doubt there will a third..............

Clicky HERE for your chromed wheel chubby.

And HERE for his first time around.

Yo Smitty - are you missing that FJR just a wee bit more today?

 

[Niehart]

Hey Skooter, was there a gal that polished the rims and did some blue high lights?

 

[madmike2]

Hey Skooter, was there a gal that polished the rims and did some blue high lights?

Yes. Carla from SoCal had her rims done and the "spoke" area is blue. TWN posted some pictures of the bike.

 

[SkooterG]

As well, a few others 'polished' their rims. Stripped the circumference of the paint, and polished the bare metal. They also looked great.

In fact...............

Clicky HERE for polished rims

And...............

Yes. Carla from SoCal had her rims done and the "spoke" area is blue. TWN posted some pictures of the bike.

Carla's puuurty rims

 

[mehaffydr]

I think Smitty will be sending off the KTM wheels for chrome SOON.

 

[Scotty]

Ok. on the Chrome. Has anybody done something creative with powder coating? Pix.

 

[double_entendre]

Ok. on the Chrome. Has anybody done something creative with powder coating? Pix.

Way back in the mid-80s I had a 500 Interceptor that I had the stock wheels powder coated to look like magnesium. Looked ok, pretty durable finish. But nothing to get excited about. I like that polish & paint idea. And if Warchild's suspension group buy and the Russell saddle group buy come though, well, with the bike down I might as well pull a wheel and go to it.

What's the best way to sand down those wheels? Wet/dry sand paper and a ton of patience? Start with XXX grit and work your way to XXX grit for the polished sections, then mask the polish, paint the spokes and then clear coat the whole thing? :huh: How about tire changes? Do they mess up the clearcoat?

Rancho

 

[Niehart]

Carla's rim are just to damn cool. Some talent there!