Author Topic: Suntour Stem Resto on the cheap. (Read 995 times)

N13L VV · « **on:** May 30, 2011, 11:54 PM »

Ok guys just thought id share these few pics as i was quite pleased with the results for very little Â£Â£Â£Â£ . This was a totally scratched and faded suntour stem , I was only experimenting so the next one will have more time spent on it as i only had a short while to play today .

I sanded the deep scratches off then gave it a quick run on the polishing wheel . Then painted it with an aerosol of Plastikote Glass Paint . I was very surprised at how good the blue colour was and best thing is it cost next to nothing to do as i hardly used any out of the tin. Finally a set of Retrorichs replacement bolts really finish it off .

Last pic shows it beside the NOS blue stem on my MK1 Pro.

All in all a nice cheap job that we can all do ourselves easily . It also comes in red , just a shame theres no gold .

Gnarlyscoots · « **Reply #1 on:** May 31, 2011, 12:00 AM »

Thats really really cool that

and excellent advice and help

N13L VV · « **Reply #2 on:** May 31, 2011, 12:01 AM »

if anyone wants to try it you can get it in B&Q for about six quid a tin or theres some on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PLASTI-KOTE-GLASS-PAINT-BLUE-CRAFT-WINDOW-SALE-200ML-/280638698486?pt=UK_DIY_Material_Paint_Varnish_MJ&hash=item41575eb3f6

kuwahero · « **Reply #3 on:** May 31, 2011, 12:06 AM »

Nice and simple resto. Good work mate

Spen69 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 31, 2011, 06:14 AM »

That's a cracking job for £6 and a little elbow grease - gonna give that a go myself on a seatpost clamp and stem I think

Any reason why it wouldn't work on caliper arms do you think?

Spen

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN · « **Reply #5 on:** May 31, 2011, 09:44 AM »

looking good there mate

the blue works well

top wok

N13L VV · « **Reply #6 on:** May 31, 2011, 10:07 AM »

Quote from: Spen69 on May 31, 2011, 06:14 AM

That's a cracking job for £6 and a little elbow grease - gonna give that a go myself on a seatpost clamp and stem I think

Any reason why it wouldn't work on caliper arms do you think?

Spen

Cheers Spen . mine were even cheaper as i got my tins at a car boot sale for £2 each and he had more so im going back next week to get them

. As for the caliper arms it would work no problem and would look good . Im going to do some caliper arms myself so they match the stem exactly. Im looking foward to trying the red also.