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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: stuntmaster on June 27, 2007, 09:12 AM

Title: araya 7x
Post by: stuntmaster on June 27, 2007, 09:12 AM: can you chrome alloy araya 7x or not ? also if not what different on the chrome ones
Title: Re: araya 7x
Post by: Zippy on June 27, 2007, 09:22 AM: I would have said you could because they're no different than the anodised ones. Albiet a tad heavier. I've got a pair I was going to have chromed after I'd had them polished.
Title: Re: araya 7x
Post by: Bananaman on June 27, 2007, 09:31 AM: Me too :D
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Post by: stuntmaster on June 27, 2007, 10:17 AM: cool as just got some nice silver ones
Title: Re: araya 7x
Post by: Zippy on June 27, 2007, 04:47 PM: If we're all going to get this done would it be better to send them all off together as it will be cheaper.
Title: Re: araya 7x
Post by: login_user on June 27, 2007, 07:04 PM: Quote from: stuntmaster on June 27, 2007, 09:12 AM
can you chrome alloy araya 7x or not ? also if not what different on the chrome ones

You sure can. Get them polished first for a better finish. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: araya 7x
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on June 27, 2007, 07:26 PM: i got a pair that needs chroming
Title: Re: araya 7x
Post by: Bananaman on June 27, 2007, 08:14 PM: Quote from: Zippy on June 27, 2007, 04:47 PM
If we're all going to get this done would it be better to send them all off together as it will be cheaper.

Sounds like a plan, where we gonna send em :-\ will the custom guy sort em all out :-\
Title: Re: araya 7x
Post by: Zippy on June 27, 2007, 08:33 PM: Mine still haven't arrived yet so I need to get them, have them trued and stripped and then sent to Paul at CCA for polishing. Once that's done I'd say we see how many pairs need doing and then send them in bulk. we could find out how many pairs need doing and ring round for prices. We could then bring all the rims to MK and then box them up and send them out. What do you guy's think. ?
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Post by: ron burgundy on June 27, 2007, 08:33 PM: I believe Hutch used to chrome Arayas... even before Araya did :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: araya 7x
Post by: sawzall on June 27, 2007, 08:50 PM: why not just polish them,chroming alloy is ok but it tends to flake off because alloy oxidises and will lift the chrome,i had a set bitd which flaked after a couple of months >:( i polished these for jimmy p they came up like chrome
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y77/sawzall717/cin023.jpg)
Title: Re: araya 7x
Post by: Zippy on June 27, 2007, 09:07 PM: They look good, but you can't beat a nice chrome 7X rim can you. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: araya 7x
Post by: login_user on June 28, 2007, 01:00 PM: Quote from: sawzall on June 27, 2007, 08:50 PM
why not just polish them,chroming alloy is ok but it tends to flake off because alloy oxidises and will lift the chrome,i had a set bitd which flaked after a couple of months >:( i polished these for jimmy p they came up like chrome
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y77/sawzall717/cin023.jpg)

They do look good polished,But that can dull and damage easy And also you can't beat using the original finish that was there before resto. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: araya 7x
Post by: CD17 on June 28, 2007, 10:01 PM: Yes Iv got a pair that could do with Chrome