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Offline Steve P

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Just Restored These Z's
« on: July 21, 2008, 08:20 PM »
Just got these delivered from 'harorider' ... thanks Paul  :daumenhoch:

BEFORE - NOS but well faded







DURING - the good old salt 'n' Dylon treatment





AFTER - well chuffed  :shocked:







Steve

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2008, 08:21 PM »
they have come up a treat steve nice one

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2008, 08:23 PM »
 :)  they look great 

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2008, 08:24 PM »
look good buddy :daumenhoch:

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2008, 08:27 PM »
lookin' very nice Steve  ;)

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2008, 08:28 PM »
nice job steve,can't beat a bit of resto :daumenhoch:
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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2008, 08:28 PM »
They look great Steve  :daumenhoch:

Have a word with Del, he gave me some decals for Zs  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2008, 08:33 PM »
Have a word with Del, he gave me some decals for Zs

Chris ... these are the early Z's which didn't have side logos  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2008, 08:36 PM »
You are the resto man steve - nice one buddy

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2008, 09:05 PM »
Great job Steve, i have a pair exactly the same, patent pending with no branding.

Dylon really is the answer then   :LolLolLolLol:

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2008, 11:47 PM »
cool. got an NOS set downstairs looking as sad as they did. know i know what to do. pat pending also so no declas needed. thanks for the inspiration. :daumenhoch:
ding dong

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2008, 04:59 PM »
Steve they look fantastic  :smitten:

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2008, 06:32 PM »
Thanks for your comments guys ... I've just finished building the Z's so that's another job done  :smitten:





Right then ... on to the next project  ::)

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2008, 01:56 PM »
Fook me Stevo, is there no resto you can't do a top job on?

Look brill mate  :daumenhoch:


Better to crash and burn than fade away

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2008, 07:44 PM »
 8) :daumenhoch:
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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2008, 07:50 PM »
Pre 83 unstamped ...........Very nice  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2008, 07:51 PM »
Very nice mate is it posible to do it from cream to white

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2008, 04:18 PM »
WOW

they came out good  :daumenhoch:
cheers Kev
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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2008, 04:38 PM »
woop woop
beep beep
toot toot :4_17_5:

Offline Steve P

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2008, 04:39 PM »
Thanks again for the comments guys  :daumenhoch:  I've got a red set undergoing the same treatment now :coolsmiley:

 

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #20 on: September 11, 2008, 04:56 PM »
Thanks again for the comments guys  :daumenhoch:  I've got a red set undergoing the same treatment now :coolsmiley:

 
Show off ........

When i first got into OS bmx Z's was all i had ......I dont even own one set now  :-\


I do love z's  :smitten:
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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #21 on: September 11, 2008, 05:13 PM »
buy my pre 83's craig. send em to stevo for a resto and hey presto they will look the besto ???
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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #22 on: September 11, 2008, 05:22 PM »
buy my pre 83's craig. send em to stevo for a resto and hey presto they will look the besto ???
My mate bigtimerob has a set of NOS ones in blue  that i imported from the USA ...............Im not in the market to buy anthing at the moment  :-\
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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #23 on: September 12, 2008, 11:45 PM »
Here's the red Z's I'm restoring  :)

BEFORE ... a bit grubby and well faded







DURING ... they've now been stripped, cleaned and drowned in the red stuff





More pics to follow soon  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Just Restored These Z's
« Reply #24 on: September 13, 2008, 12:23 PM »
All done ... good old Dylon does it again  :daumenhoch:






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