Author Topic: painting tuffs (Read 3407 times)

graeme · « **on:** October 17, 2005, 08:08 PM »

ok, if i want to change the colour of some tuffs, what can i do. I know they can be dyed, and yellowed ones can be bleached, but can you bleached coloured ones back to white? Would it be generaly a bad idea to paint em? I know it will wear off where the brakes contact.

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #1 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:09 PM »

wot colour u got?

graeme · « **Reply #2 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:12 PM »

Im thinking of buying the lilacs on ebay, keep it quiet though

or someone will get him to end early

Dont really want lilac, i want white, with coaster.
Can you swap the rear hubs? So if i bought the lilac coaster pair, could i swap the actual wheels for whites and swap over the coaster hub?

theRuler · « **Reply #3 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:13 PM »

dont paint them mate

see if anyone wants to do a trade first to get the colour you want.

if you want white, just hold out for white

or buy the lilacs, and see if anyone wants to swap for white.

dordymush · « **Reply #4 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:15 PM »

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someone will get him to end early

hmmmmmmmmmm lilac eh sounds good

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Waxintaxin · « **Reply #5 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:16 PM »

yea , white are pretty common , do not paint any they will look poo and people will laugh at you

wait for white , its the only way , i know you want them now but they will turn up

Rich

graeme · « **Reply #6 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:16 PM »

Oi, watch it, im likely to get angry!

graeme · « **Reply #7 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:19 PM »

Yeah, i know what your saying, but i have no wheels! At all, well apart from my old ammaco wheels, but there warped, and all the spokes are bent/loose/rusty and the bearings are nackered!
My ammaco silver star is going to my bird, 180 miles away in sheffield.
So, i have no real choice, the ones on ebay are indeed skyways, and coaster, so ill just have to live with the colour.
Hmmm, lilac wheels on a green bike, lovely!
Anyhow, can the hubs be swaped over?

dordymush · « **Reply #8 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:19 PM »

you oviouslly dont know me do ya

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Rombloke · « **Reply #9 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:21 PM »

if they are a metal hubbed tuff then yes

Dave

theRuler · « **Reply #10 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:22 PM »

buy some aero zytecs

graeme · « **Reply #11 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:24 PM »

Quote from: dordymush on October 17, 2005, 08:19 PM

you oviouslly dont know me do ya .

Nope, but i believe it was you who pinched then green coasters from under my nose

Aero's are my last resort, i nearly ordered em today.
If i dont get the lilacs, i think aero's it is.

Rom bloke, but plastic hubbed then no?

dordymush · « **Reply #12 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:27 PM »

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Nope, but i believe it was you who pinched then green coasters from under my nose

i pinched them off you. and there was me thinking i bought them off iain

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theRuler · « **Reply #13 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:27 PM »

aero zytecs are sound

i paid 20 quid for a NOS set the other day.

stoke bloke · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2005, 08:31 PM »

hi mate , don't paint them . If they are a good price , i would say buy them. you can always swap or sell them later. Old skyways in good nick will always be a saleable item
If you want some white ones , just wait around a bit , they will turn up . i was looking for a decent set of white ones for about six months . cheers dave

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dordymush · « **Reply #15 on:** October 18, 2005, 12:39 AM »

there loads of sets of NOS ones on the bay. why dont you get a set of white ones.

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #16 on:** October 18, 2005, 09:00 AM »

cos they are too dear. they are alright if u are desperate but not a bargain.

zytecs are good, but most of em have yellowed with age.

dordymush · « **Reply #17 on:** October 18, 2005, 09:32 AM »

i ment for graeme

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graeme · « **Reply #18 on:** October 18, 2005, 04:12 PM »

yeah, he was passing on my thoughts, too much money. I think ill go with zytecs, and bleach em white again. Thanx

Oh, and the pinching comment was very tongue in cheek

dordymush · « **Reply #19 on:** October 18, 2005, 04:14 PM »

yeh mate no worries.
i will say though i gave a fair bit more than the new white ones cost for the green ones

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i'll keep my eye out for some for you.

graeme · « **Reply #20 on:** October 18, 2005, 04:20 PM »

out of interest, how much? I was going to go to bout £120, hope you paid more

dordymush · « **Reply #21 on:** October 18, 2005, 04:23 PM »

mate you know you can get brand new green ones from the states for cheap money.its just i've only just set up paypal so could'nt do it. have a look.

graeme · « **Reply #22 on:** October 18, 2005, 04:26 PM »

not with coaster brake, which if i remember rightly, those ones were.

ORB · « **Reply #23 on:** October 18, 2005, 04:28 PM »

I still recon a tuff is not a tuff unless at least one is metal hubbed.

Oh, dont paint any. thats bad.

dordymush · « **Reply #24 on:** October 18, 2005, 04:29 PM »

graeme how come you want a coaster so bad. i think there a bastard thing to ride with.
one had me over the bars at southsea on my orange skyway.

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