suntour mp1000 resto

[markyp]

as a few of you may know ive been off line for a week or so due to a fooked laptop,it was like losing a limb not being able to tune into rad on tap but one good thing that came of it was that it gave me time to resto a set of suntour pedals.id been  after set of pedals for my robbo build for a while but couldnt decide what i wanted.hutch beartraps would have been cool but the price tag was putting me off,suntour xc11's were the next best option but my last build an mrd had set of those all polished up so my next choice was suntour mp1000's,i had a nos set from radman last year and love them,alot rarer and more desirable than kkt  lightnings, although nos they are fetching crazy money now so i hung out for a used set.within a few days a battered set came up on bmxmuseum.com so i took a gamble that with my limited resto skills i could salvage them,at £56 posted it was worth a shot!!!



TO THIS!!

[Sparky24]

there never the same pedals

[southern andy]

Top work Mark mate.  


You sure love your bling.

[markyp]

and i only lost 3 fingertips hand polishing them

[sid1972]

just fantastic that mate... 

[glenboy]

very nice marky ,very very nice 

[markyp]

just fantastic that mate... 

if only rims were that simple

[In2 bmx]

I'm sure I saw some of them go for £20 while your PC was broke Mark





Top work mate they look mint.  I'm looking forward to seeing your robbo.

[southern andy]

I'm sure I saw some of them go for £20 while your PC was broke Mark

Tis true carl and that included postage, i wasn't going to tell mark that.


Oh well.....



could have bought a Rickman Pro for what he paid for those pedal things. 

[Jaymz]

massive respect great job

what technique did you use, you say you did it by hand, what did you use, i do all my bits by hand as i dont have any buffing or sanding equipment, tell us your secrets!!

[markyp]

massive respect great job

what technique did you use, you say you did it by hand, what did you use, i do all my bits by hand as i dont have any buffing or sanding equipment, tell us your secrets!!

just work your way thru the grades of wet and dry,i started with 400 on the ends as they were fooked then thru to 1500 then auto sol.im no expert but its how i do it and it seems to work

[Macmania]

Top job Mark, they look sweet  

[brummie]

    

[NORTY40]

Great resto there Mark  

They look mint  

just work your way thru the grades of wet and dry,i started with 400 on the ends as they were fooked then thru to 1500 then auto sol.im no expert but its how i do it and it seems to work

   Jeeez you must of been at it all fookin week    I would have hit them with 180 or 240's at least to begin with to get shut of them scrapes/gouges  

Get yourself a bench polisher and a polishing kit , it's so much easier , you would have had them done in a few hours  

Hardest thing when using a bench polisher is not to get carried away and start distorting the lettering/stamps. But it would have been a god send to do the rest .  You have done a great job in retaining all the lettering  

[Glynnyboy]

Very very nice Mark. I look forward to seeing these mounted.

[animal]

Tremendous job that 

[tobytyke]

    Superb