Author Topic: argh decisions decisions (Read 5110 times)

miggsy · « **on:** April 17, 2014, 11:57 AM »

[ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] In a bit of a pickle ive got a survivor blue max which is all complete but i keep looking at it looking sorry for it self

so do i leave it as is

restore as factory spec

or do a cru jones rep from RAD

fischflo · « **Reply #1 on:** April 17, 2014, 12:40 PM »

Personally i'd just switch chainwheel/spider, seat clamp, pedals ~~and the calipers maybe~~
boba says the stock parts were kind of cheap, so first just give it a good clean, some grips and get this bike a pad!

(http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=162981)

miggsy · « **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2014, 12:44 PM »

it does have mx brakes and i have the grip ;-)

fischflo · « **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2014, 12:57 PM »

hows the chrome? Looks swell from here, bit dull, scratched on the top tube...? Can't really see, and i don't really know what that would mean, if it were a bit scratchy there........ Can one polish these bits out?

miggsy · « **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2014, 01:13 PM »

ill put some better pics up later today

miggsy · « **Reply #5 on:** April 17, 2014, 05:03 PM »

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miggsy · « **Reply #6 on:** April 17, 2014, 05:04 PM »

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miggsy · « **Reply #7 on:** April 17, 2014, 05:06 PM »

think im gonna do this citric acid trick on the whole thing and see how it comes out but deffo want to change the chainring etc

fischflo · « **Reply #8 on:** April 18, 2014, 01:20 PM »

ooo, that'll be ok, was going to post Sean stidds before and after chome GT, but that'll come out sweet

miggsy · « **Reply #9 on:** April 18, 2014, 02:19 PM »

You got a link to the above post as haven't done this citric acid before and don't wanna screw it up lol

fischflo · « **Reply #10 on:** April 18, 2014, 05:10 PM »

heres Clint oldschoolace on citric acid .....dunno if there are better posts concerning details, just had this in mind
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,170618.msg1715320.html#msg1715320

what i mentioned before was this: Sean used jeweller's rouge to polish shot chrome, good results methinks
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,171323.0.html
http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,171744.0.html after

miggsy · « **Reply #11 on:** April 18, 2014, 06:07 PM »

superb best i get on with it

BMX1973 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 20, 2014, 12:29 PM »

Strip it - Dip it - Clean it = that will be a nice survivor.

miggsy · « **Reply #13 on:** April 20, 2014, 02:13 PM »

Allready stripped just waiting to dip lol

miggsy · « **Reply #14 on:** April 27, 2014, 07:32 PM »

WOW citric acid really is top job quite pleased how this has turned out [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ]