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Old May 6, 2007 | 01:01 PM
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r6 tank dent

my first time denting a tank....i'm painting the dent gloss black in a couple hours, what do you all think?


Old May 6, 2007 | 01:14 PM
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Re: r6 tank dent

looks good! might wanna leval/smooth it with some light bondo work. and i highly suggest metal etching primer before paint
Old May 6, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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so lighty go around the hole dent with bondo? so its ncie a smooth the whole way around then spray paint it yoru sayin?
Old May 6, 2007 | 01:32 PM
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yeah just use bondo to make it look as smooth as spots with out the dents. and buy some metal etching primer.
Old May 6, 2007 | 01:33 PM
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oh ok gotcha, i'm gonna go pick some up now, thanks man
Old May 6, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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buy the ultimate bondo ****. it doesn't flake as easy
Old May 6, 2007 | 01:39 PM
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ok, how much is that **** anyways? very expensive?
Old May 6, 2007 | 01:44 PM
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6-15$ the have small medium and large cans of it. u only need small
Old May 6, 2007 | 01:48 PM
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Old May 6, 2007 | 01:52 PM
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so the process is bondo, primer, paint :YEAH
Old May 6, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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yes sir! you got it.
Old May 6, 2007 | 02:49 PM
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ok. i got the goods, i've never used bondo before, this should be interesting

they nevr had ultimate just regular body repair kit, so that'll do i guess

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Old May 7, 2007 | 01:44 AM
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looks great...did you ever get that scrapeworx subframe?.
Old May 7, 2007 | 06:30 AM
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looks great...did you ever get that scrapeworx subframe?.
yeap i got it, and its on the bike, it was a bitch to install alot of cutting of the electronics tray to get it to fit right
Old May 7, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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hey if u have any pics let me see them..mines on the way
Old May 7, 2007 | 11:37 AM
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Re: r6 tank dent

Nice job on the tank Ryos. Did you do any holes in it? Looks like you cracked the middle? Was the cap getting close to hit the bottom?
Old May 7, 2007 | 12:40 PM
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yea the cap hit the other side which sucks, i don't have much of an opening for pumpin gas in but oh well,
the middle never cracked, but i just JB welded over the seam for some extra strength

and heres a pic of my subframe righthooks

Old May 7, 2007 | 01:09 PM
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Hey thanks ryos...how do you like it?...
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hey if u have any pics let me see them..mines on the way
you already order that bitch...nice:YEAH
Old May 7, 2007 | 02:05 PM
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Re: r6 tank dent

well i haven't scraped it yet, haven't been able to try it still doin work to my bike, but its looks strong, it was a pain in the *** to install so i hope it works good, i like how i chopped my tail lots of 12 bar foot room now



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