After weeks of doing my head in I’ve decided I can’t stand the gold (hey I tried to add a little colour, but I always tend to go back to subtle/less is more). I’ve found myself googling around desperately for an all black ATR shock, but there are none left anywhere. I’ve even considered dropping $200 or so on a new black shock, which would be silly as the ATR shock works so well.
After a little bit of test sanding I realised the anodizing on the shock wasn’t that hard to remove. I headed to the local bunnings and bought some Easy-Off brand heavy duty oven cleaner, as well as some rubber gloves + steel wool. I sprayed heaps of the stuff on and within seconds there was a chemical reaction. I left the stuff on for 45 minutes and after a rinse with water this is what everything looked like.
It cleaned up really nicely on the flat surfaces, but damn the harder to get to edges were a pain in the ass! Never again! Ultimately I’m very happy with the end result though :)
Holy crap dude. In the dictionary under obsessive compulsive is a photo of you :D
So when do you start on the front forks :D
Looks better though. less tacky.
Definitely some sort of disorder Paul!
makes that swingarm look a bit feral x_x
totally!