Front Forks/Front Discs Colours

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MostyVFR400
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Front Forks/Front Discs Colours

Post by MostyVFR400 » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:59 pm

Just seeing if anyone has any recommendations on colour for the Front Forks and Gold centered front discs.

I have an early 1989 NC30 so it's the aluminium colour fork legs and gold centred dics.
On close inspection the gold centred dics are more of a gold/bronze colour, rather than a brilliant gold.
After a trip to Halfords, the closest i could find was 'Ford Arizona Gold'

Basically wondering if anybody else has any other suggestions

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Re: Front Forks/Front Discs Colours

Post by force-v4 » Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:32 pm

i had my discs bead blasted & then had the centres powder-coated black to match my front wheel. makes the discs look like their floating.

ive also just had my fork legs shot blasted & powder-coated black.

for the legs, any colour between silver > grey > black would look good but it all depends on the rest of your bike & your taste, i have seen a couple of bikes with red, blue & purple legs - horrible!

as far as the disc centres go, i'd use hammerite if you're going to do it your self, i wouldnt spray it as its likley to flake off. but again, its down to your taste.
it takes a while as it well fiddley! & what-ever you do dont paint the centre to disc fittings, these will need masking up.

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