Ok so i got a gsxr 1000 and im keeping it just as a pretty bike,, i barrel down the highway on one wheel sure but other then that noo serisous stunting on it.. Its black with the gold gsxr sticker, and im chroming and polishing everything on it.. I wondered if anyone knows if getting it anodized gold will turn out good, or not.. I want to do the Frame, rims, and swingarm.. Can it even be done ? Non of the chome shops here will chrome my rims, i dont understand why..

 

Yeah anodized gold actually looks pretty good.
A friend has anodized gold aluminum hubs on his BMX and they look like real gold.

 

anodized parts don't last long from what i was told. i was told the parts have to be real clean and free of imperfections or eles it turns out like garbage. you could get it powder coated last longer than anodize parts will just my 2 cents.

 

so if you polish your frame then anodize it will it turn out better ? And is there some sorta clearcoat or something you can put on to make it last longer ?

 

^true
powder coating will hold up against scrapes and scratches a whole lot better.

 

but will powder coating look as good ? it would look like paint, no ? I want it to be shiney

 

anodized stuff wears off
it sucks to clean but you want it
like this

 

thats what i want.. its all about the bling,, but all the chrome and polishing shops here are *****es and say they cant or wont do rims,, wtf ??

 

rims get weak from chroming process to much liability.

 

i have not had any problems with them and i had them on my 929 that was stunted

 

weak shmeek,,, you dont need strong rims..

 

that would look cool.....somtimes it fades though

 

you can anodize all that stuff, just know when you anodize things, any blemish or imperfection will be alot worse once anodized. anodizing makes things like ten times worse. if you have a barely noticeable smudge, once its anodized it will stand out like mad. and the better the finish before anodizing, the better it will look once done, so a polished peice will look better than a cast piece. i think your biggest problem is gonna be finding a company with a big enough tank to dip your frame. and for a somewhat affordable price. you could just polish the stuff or chrome it. some one said chrome makes the rims weaker, now im not sayin that isnt true, but ive never heard of it making things weaker. because adding metal to almost anythign makes them stronger, unless you plate something thats meant to have flexability. because it make the material more rigid. chrome is actually used on many parts to make them stronger, like some bearing surfaces etc (jet engines). the only time chrome makes things weaker (to my knowledge) is with heat disipation (like exhaust pipes, turbo housing etc) because it make it harder for the material to disapate heat, which is why alot of chromed two stroke pipes crack easier.i guess the only reason i see it making them weaker is cuz you have to sand the casting mark off the wheels, but that what youd have to do if you polished them, so theyd be no weaker than polished wheels. but im interested in why it makes wheels weaker. cuz this would be new to me. but if you want them stronger you can always hard anodize the parts. but its alittle more expensive than regular anoding.

 

You cant anodize CAST parts or anything with welds on it........Aluminum must be solid BILLET to be anodized...If you want the adodized look on a frame you must use a anodize look powder coat.

 

Shock bodies are cast and we get them anodized all the time.

Anodizing holds up a lot better than powder coating. That's why forks and dirtbike rims are usually anodized from the factory.

But powder covers imperfect stuff a lot better.

Be aware any coating will add a little thickness to your parts. We usually have to hone out fork tubes and shock bodies when they come back.

I'll talk to our coating people tomorrow and see if they can anodize a frame.

 

just fuking powder coat it already

they make some bad *** powder coat colors now

i just went with white and alot of it