Sacrilege?

[deorman]

Rust is included in the plating and polish category. :mrgreen:

 

[stretch]

what about bare metal man? some of the coolest(krams especially) bikes are bare metal.

 

[deorman]

Also covered in the plate and polish category :mrgreen: .

 

[slacker]

Paint? Why paint?

One word: engraving!

 

[deorman]

Also covered in the plate and polish category :mrgreen: .

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:shock: Wild Bill's Wild West show quality example!

 

[isutriguy]

Very very cool, not sure im that skilled with a dremel though.

 

[deorman]

Actually, with aluminum, you can use a hardware store wood chisel set.

 

[lobsterboyx]

youve got kind of a rare bike.. its a 35 with the "windows"... how do i know? i have one too.

not to discourage you from customizing, but just dont do anything you cant un-do. ive been half ... polishing mine for months now..

 

[isutriguy]

Paint can be undone/removed right?

 

[sensor]

yeah paint can but to get the paint to stick you have to sand the surface and thats not so easy to undo

 

[ogtripleog]

go crazy with pinstriping

 

[ratina]

I would polish the crap out of it and leave it alone, I think it looks good as is.

 

[stretch]

do what ratina and ogtripleog said. polish the crap out of it, THEN go crazy with the stripes.

 

[Leroy]

Anodizing would be sacrilege. Otherwise do what you want. Just make sure you do it with fork trusses and upside-down bars.