Anodized Forks

12/15/2013 6:27pm Edited Date/Time 5/28/2015 7:16am
Has anyone ever heard of this, seen this, or had it done?
Would it present any problems going back together?
I think it would be sweet getting forks anodized red, and look awesome too.
Thanks for reading.
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Riesenberg448
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People get it done often. Anodizing on the upper fork tubes/shock body and then DLC coatings on the chrome inner tubes and shock shaft.

No issues, it's actually an upgrade, though most do it for looks. It does help with durability.

Here's a bit more on Hard Anodizing.
12/15/2013 7:15pm
Might do the lowers kashima. I'll have to throw some pics up of my bike if I get it done. It'd look sweeeeeet.
Thanks for the help and link guys.
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12/15/2013 7:19pm
cant do the lowers with kashima, would wear off.
needs to be hard. thus why people DLC, TiN, hard chrome, ect.

can anodize the uppers easy, since youre only doing the outside.
hard anodizing holds up way better, but are limited on colors. Black, greenish grey, off grey, ect.
12/16/2013 4:33pm
TiN lowers and Red anodized uppers...
*drools*

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12/17/2013 6:35pm
I've done several bikes black not the lower tubes just the uppers and shock body local place does anodizing here in ne indiana super cheap.
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Mike the RM250 you had before you got that 450 was sick!
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12/17/2013 10:02pm Edited Date/Time 12/17/2013 10:05pm
heres my 09 kx stuff with anodized outers:


and heres my A kit:


btw, not post whoring or braging, just showing some different coating differences : )
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I've done several bikes black not the lower tubes just the uppers and shock body local place does anodizing here in ne indiana super cheap.
Where at in indiana? FT Wayne? What kind of prices did you get?
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12/18/2013 5:32am
Yeah well kind of Fort Wayne and new haven but it's called American anodizing they've done rims too turned out decent black and gold
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12/18/2013 1:24pm
you HAVE to tell them to plug the tubes so only ano is on exterior.
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you HAVE to tell them to plug the tubes so only ano is on exterior.
Is that a kit anodized or kashima? I'm color blind but don't think I have seen that color before.

Killer suspension!
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12/18/2013 7:32pm
first set is typical type 2 ano. 2nd set is kashima. the kashima varies in color for some strange reason. from anywhere to light gold to dark bronze. no idea why.
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12/18/2013 7:38pm
you HAVE to tell them to plug the tubes so only ano is on exterior.
Was waiting to see if anyone would mention this, most people just have the whole tube anodized and end up with a down grade.
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12/18/2013 8:06pm
If you guys dont mind me asking...how much did it cost to get anodized uppers? and what prep work is involved?
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12/18/2013 10:04pm
i'd shop around, its a super easy job for them to do, and to find out surface area on tube vs some complex part. should be able to have it done for 75-150$.
no prep work, they will chemically strip them in the line before the new anodizing.
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12/19/2013 2:48am
@JBernard
No worries, that A-Kit looks great. How much does the TiN cost?
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no idea. the A kit stuff i hadnt had to re-coat any of it.
honestly i havent found a company that does that color pattern for the TiN though. TiN and ALTiN is done a lot on machining end mills and tooling. and its always gold, or silvery grey, ect.
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12/19/2013 10:41pm
no idea. the A kit stuff i hadnt had to re-coat any of it. honestly i havent found a company that does that color pattern for...
no idea. the A kit stuff i hadnt had to re-coat any of it.
honestly i havent found a company that does that color pattern for the TiN though. TiN and ALTiN is done a lot on machining end mills and tooling. and its always gold, or silvery grey, ect.
Pro Circuit offers it.
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true. i just usually have some skills at researching things and cutting out the middle man. and i cant seem to find out who they are using. of course they wont tell you either cause they are making $ off the service.
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You're welcome guys :-)

Tubes I did for a Husqvarna back in 2010....no middle man, went straight to the company (2 pictures of same set of tubes to show color variance).





Company:
http://www.spaceagecoating.com/
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Its easy to find a place to do PVD coatings, the problem is few have a chamber large enough to do fork tubes. I've had them done in blue, green, purple and a rainbow of all.
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12/20/2013 11:03am
how much did they charge you for pieces that large?
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how much did they charge you for pieces that large?
The company I used was high volume and would only do a full batch @ $1500. I had 10 sets done, so $150 per set, but they said they could've ran a few more in the batch to bring down the per pair cost, but they wouldn't be economical for the average customer.
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heres my 09 kx stuff with anodized outers: [img]http://transfer.fleeangrybear.com/KXSaleParts/09Suspension/1.jpg[/img] and heres my A kit: [img]http://transfer.fleeangrybear.com/KX500AF/Suspension.jpg[/img] btw, not post whoring or braging, just showing some different coating...
heres my 09 kx stuff with anodized outers:


and heres my A kit:


btw, not post whoring or braging, just showing some different coating differences : )
so just to clarify, you got the gold set anodized? its not actually factory a kit stuff it was just made to look like it? who did the work on your suspension? the coloring is some of the best i have seen anywhere on the internet
5/17/2015 6:39pm
@,jbernard are they on your 300sx? If so can u post a pic?
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MOTO120 wrote:
You're welcome guys :-) Tubes I did for a Husqvarna back in 2010....no middle man, went straight to the company (2 pictures of same set of...
You're welcome guys :-)

Tubes I did for a Husqvarna back in 2010....no middle man, went straight to the company (2 pictures of same set of tubes to show color variance).





Company:
http://www.spaceagecoating.com/
I've seen pics of this bike floating around for a while now. Probably the coolest average joe Husqvarna I've ever seen.

@JBernard - That A-kit is beautiful !
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Goodwin253 wrote:
so just to clarify, you got the gold set anodized? its not actually factory a kit stuff it was just made to look like it? who...
so just to clarify, you got the gold set anodized? its not actually factory a kit stuff it was just made to look like it? who did the work on your suspension? the coloring is some of the best i have seen anywhere on the internet
nah the 'gold' set is kashima coated AKit. The ones i had recoated were the stock KXF forks upper tubes (first picture).
JM racing valved/sprung both.

Thanks for the kind words. The ugly yellow spring is off of it now. Here's the newly powdercoated spring on the shock.

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I do anodizing in house and have TiN done for extremely cheap in Minnesota. Im in the process of anodizing my YZ250 from top to bottom now. I'll start a thread on it to show what all can be done. I do chroming inhouse as well along with WS2 friction treatments.
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Goodwin253 wrote:
so just to clarify, you got the gold set anodized? its not actually factory a kit stuff it was just made to look like it? who...
so just to clarify, you got the gold set anodized? its not actually factory a kit stuff it was just made to look like it? who did the work on your suspension? the coloring is some of the best i have seen anywhere on the internet
nah the 'gold' set is kashima coated AKit. The ones i had recoated were the stock KXF forks upper tubes (first picture). JM racing valved/sprung both...
nah the 'gold' set is kashima coated AKit. The ones i had recoated were the stock KXF forks upper tubes (first picture).
JM racing valved/sprung both.

Thanks for the kind words. The ugly yellow spring is off of it now. Here's the newly powdercoated spring on the shock.

damn that shock looks good! where did you get your a kit from?

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