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Offline lazychubs

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diamond back resto
« on: November 18, 2006, 09:54 AM »
ok finally got me senior pro back from chromers
and am not best pleased the bars forks are ok ish but the frame is shit
hes not polished it properly and looks like hes chromed over the rust
so now bike looks like a pile of shite .theres loads of pin holes in it
hes even polished the brazing out the
craig missfits 101 did for me


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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2006, 09:59 AM »
Holy Shit , He's fooked that up no end  :2gunsfiring_v1: .I feel for you bud , i really do , I would be gutted also at that finish and i bet it cost a fortune too.  :tickedoff:

Chin up then go hit his  :daumenhoch:

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2006, 10:05 AM »
not good bro.my chromer /well polisher spends 95% of the time on the polishing dressing
and the chrome is the easy part then hours of re polishing .that looks a lazy job.

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2006, 10:05 AM »
its prob cos he under quoted me on the job
so rushed it thru 4 weeks
may powder coat it now as proper peed off with it
and cost me £80 quid with two rims bieng stripped aswell

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2006, 10:07 AM »
and i was thinking of giving him a free advert aswell so wont bother now
dont use proplate in benfleet lol

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2006, 10:15 AM »

Rhys - take the frame back and see if it'll fit up his a r s e.


Can you not get his to re-do it?

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2006, 10:16 AM »

Rhys - take the frame back and see if it'll fit up his a r s e.


Can you not get his to re-do it?
I agree right up  :2gunsfiring_v1:

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2006, 10:18 AM »
he said they cant polish it in the areas
so gotta live with it or powder it
may try and polish it and put a clear coat over it
or just use it as a thrasher

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2006, 12:06 PM »
tell him you want a refund, thats a proper piss take. those areas are are hard to polish but you could do it yourself. i'd tell him to strip it then give back to you to do all the prep work then give it back to him and tell him you want him to copper plate it first. my mate who did my gen 1 did this cos it was really pitted and rusty, i did a few evenings rubbing and stuff then he coppered it and chromed it and now it looks perfect. 
  you shouldn't let him get away with that just cos he thinks it's a kids bike. if you took your car to a paint shop and got it back like that you wouldn't stand for it would you...

   good luck,  joe

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2006, 01:28 PM »
Fack..!  :shocked:

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2006, 01:43 PM »
That's not good Rhys  :(

I'd return it too and get that numpty to srtip the new chrome . . . would be a shame to powder it

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2006, 01:46 PM »
basicaly any experienced chromer will know how things will turn out as soon as they see it , he shoulda told ya , but instead just took ya money a fcuk ya over imho ... go get him rhys !!

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2006, 02:54 PM »
Rhys, is that the same place jimwise used?
A long time ago, in a land far away!

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2006, 03:09 PM »
You shouldn't have paid for that.  :knuppel2:

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2006, 04:51 PM »
Rhys, is that the same place jimwise used?

no this place is in benfleet
prob is most of the work ive seen is top notch
fink he was a tad peed of with me for some reason
gonna take it back mon

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #15 on: November 19, 2006, 01:14 AM »
thats a bollocks rouge traders springs to mind but £80 is way too little for a decent chrome job , it is normally expensive cause of the man hours involved in the prep and finishing the geeser i use would never have let me take it away in that state , i could do better with a set of silver markers
« Last Edit: November 19, 2006, 01:17 AM by selfpreservation »

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« Reply #16 on: November 19, 2006, 05:39 PM »
deffo having a row tomorow now as its going rusty already lol
so goes to show his work is shite .gonna get me money back and have it stripped
so fingers crossed lol.plus may inform fair traders peeps

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #17 on: December 01, 2006, 08:02 PM »
so after me crap chrome job ive painted it as am a tad skint
will get dan to powder it one day lol
wot ya reckon then

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2006, 10:07 PM »
Lazychubs,

You sure that's a Senior Pro?

Anyway, the Chrome looks, erm, different to say the least.



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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2006, 10:17 PM »
wnaker, just go back and dip him in his own chroming bath by his jewels. the method is easy. copper strike(so the nickel will stick), nickel for rust proofing(ish) and smoothing, chrome for a nice hard shiny finish. get your money back. trading standards should help you.
ding dong

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2006, 10:25 PM »
im in the proces of reporting him to trading standards
and couldnt get money back as the owners wasnt there
sparky lol.the black is very shiny at the mo but gonna give it a good polish soon lol

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2006, 10:28 PM »
Nice paint job Rhys, what is that , Hammerite  :LolLolLolLol:
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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #22 on: December 01, 2006, 10:36 PM »
Nice paint job Rhys, what is that , Hammerite  :LolLolLolLol:

no bill 2 pack but seems to chip real easy tho lol

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #23 on: December 05, 2006, 07:16 PM »
added some more parts just waiting on me wheels to be polished and she.s done lol
added a 880 rear for now with a grey diacompe cable
and right tech 3 till i find anothe left one
original db seat and a wierd seat pole

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Re: diamond back resto
« Reply #24 on: December 05, 2006, 09:02 PM »
thats a lot better rhys

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