Lets See Your Suspension Coatings!!

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Edited Date/Time 12/28/2015 5:07am
just a little thread to see the awesome suspension coatings! ill start it with mine!





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mb 12/25/2015 9:37am
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Should also include where you got it done & how much you paid, for people like me who want to know! OP I like your lower coating the best out of anything available.
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Justin345 12/25/2015 9:43am
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KB5 does really nice coating work. Looks great!
Here is mine







Putting that A kit to work



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dcorbett62 12/25/2015 10:39am
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nice guys! and i got mine done at KB5 They hooked me right up! awesome guys there! I'm liking that a kit there CrGuy! quite a piece. i have my rm 250 build in the works gonna have a thread up on it soon it turned out awesome!
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CrGuy2T 12/25/2015 11:17am
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Thanks! Yours look great as well.
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moto455va 12/25/2015 12:00pm
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CrGuy2T wrote:
Thanks! Yours look great as well.
How in the world do you get your hands on such trick stuff? Are you a wizard?
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CrGuy2T 12/25/2015 12:30pm
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CrGuy2T wrote:
Thanks! Yours look great as well.
moto455va wrote:
How in the world do you get your hands on such trick stuff? Are you a wizard?
It's out there l. You just have to meet the right people. Honestly most of them are right here on this site.
SeaClassExpert 12/25/2015 1:42pm
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Does anybody know a ballpark cost just to get the lowers anodized in that Ti-Green? And bronze the uppers?

Thanks!
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SeaClassExpert wrote:
Does anybody know a ballpark cost just to get the lowers anodized in that Ti-Green? And bronze the uppers?

Thanks!
Uppers around $800_ lower green maybe 1k
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SeaClassExpert wrote:
Does anybody know a ballpark cost just to get the lowers anodized in that Ti-Green? And bronze the uppers?

Thanks!
mxb2 wrote:
Uppers around $800_ lower green maybe 1k
Seaclassexpert. FCR suspension does upper for 250 and lowers for around 800. if you can find a local anodize shop they will do the uppers cheap..
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mxb2 12/25/2015 9:52pm
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SeaClassExpert wrote:
Does anybody know a ballpark cost just to get the lowers anodized in that Ti-Green? And bronze the uppers?

Thanks!
mxb2 wrote:
Uppers around $800_ lower green maybe 1k
jaredkeller96 wrote:
Seaclassexpert. FCR suspension does upper for 250 and lowers for around 800. if you can find a local anodize shop they will do the uppers cheap..
Yea, depends who does them, and if ya have a hookup.
Travis_Hudson 12/25/2015 10:10pm
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slipdog wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/12/25/116823/s1200_crf3.jpg[/img]


Titties.
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Justin345 12/26/2015 5:03am
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mxb2 wrote:
Yea, depends who does them, and if ya have a hookup.
Gotta make sure that cost includes disassembly as well. That could add a few hundred bucks. I know the lowers can be a real PITA to remove from the fork lugs without damaging them, especially with stock cast lugs.
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mxb2 wrote:
Yea, depends who does them, and if ya have a hookup.
Justin345 wrote:
Gotta make sure that cost includes disassembly as well. That could add a few hundred bucks. I know the lowers can be a real PITA to...
Gotta make sure that cost includes disassembly as well. That could add a few hundred bucks. I know the lowers can be a real PITA to remove from the fork lugs without damaging them, especially with stock cast lugs.
Exactly, .

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Thelen20 12/26/2015 9:08am
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That color changing green/purple on the lowers looks sooo trick! That's what I picture when I think about fancy coatings!

Here's mine, excuse the messy shop, I was in a hurry to get a pic to show my buddy's, lol


dbrunski125 12/26/2015 11:24am
12/26/2015 11:24am
I want to dlc coat the lowers soon. Just anodized upper tubes for now.

Travis_Hudson 12/26/2015 11:59am
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I want to dlc coat the lowers soon. Just anodized upper tubes for now.[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/12/26/116919/s1200_Screenshot_2015_12_26_14_23_14.jpg[/img]
I want to dlc coat the lowers soon. Just anodized upper tubes for now.

That looks sweet man! Digging the wheels too!
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and with powdercoated spring, was tired of the hideous yellow. can the guys at FC please coat them a more neutral color?

Also, the shock shaft is gold nitride. But its a bit worn off, wanted to get it re-coated but was advised against it not holding up on a 'used' part. Didnt want to chance it. Then tried to search around for a NOS dlc coated shock shaft and never could find one. Oh well.
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JBernard_401 wrote:
[img]http://transfer.fleeangrybear.com/KX500AF/Suspension.jpg[/img] and with powdercoated spring, was tired of the hideous yellow. can the guys at FC please coat them a more neutral color? Also, the shock...



and with powdercoated spring, was tired of the hideous yellow. can the guys at FC please coat them a more neutral color?

Also, the shock shaft is gold nitride. But its a bit worn off, wanted to get it re-coated but was advised against it not holding up on a 'used' part. Didnt want to chance it. Then tried to search around for a NOS dlc coated shock shaft and never could find one. Oh well.
You can recoat the shaft even the stanchions as long as there are no grooves, rust, and the chrome is still good.
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JBernard_401 12/26/2015 5:28pm
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do you think they can coat over an existing coating though. say dlc OVER TiN? thats the issue, its not just chrome, has TiN already on it. I don't know if they can coat over.
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CrGuy2T 12/26/2015 6:32pm
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Him pretty sure they can recoat it cause pro circuit asked my buddy if he wanted his re coated.
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JBernard_401 12/26/2015 9:03pm
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cool. guess they can remove it.

keep in mind those prices, are pretty inflated. those guys just ship it off to the guys that do the coating. the machine that does the PVD depositing is insane. they just take a nice deferral cut.
Travis_Hudson 12/26/2015 10:10pm
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JBernard_401 wrote:
[img]http://transfer.fleeangrybear.com/KX500AF/Suspension.jpg[/img] and with powdercoated spring, was tired of the hideous yellow. can the guys at FC please coat them a more neutral color? Also, the shock...



and with powdercoated spring, was tired of the hideous yellow. can the guys at FC please coat them a more neutral color?

Also, the shock shaft is gold nitride. But its a bit worn off, wanted to get it re-coated but was advised against it not holding up on a 'used' part. Didnt want to chance it. Then tried to search around for a NOS dlc coated shock shaft and never could find one. Oh well.
Are those kashmia coated on top or anodized? Either way, they look sweet.
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JBernard_401 12/26/2015 10:35pm
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yep, kashima coated upper tubes.
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Tspace88 12/27/2015 5:37am
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KB5 Did all my work. Love it, bronze coating front outer tubes and bronze outer coating on rear as well

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