| Author | Message | ||
     Crazyman54783 |
thought you guys might want to see. first time posting.    | ||
| Malott442 |
what grit are you using? Are you going to bring the grit to over 800 before you polish? | ||
| Skntpig |
Looks good. I found Sanding Grease from an industrial polishing supplier and it works well. Makes the job go quicker. It kind of lubes the paper almost like wet sanding and you don't get all the dust. Keep 'er goin' | ||
| Brinnutz |
I'll get mine boxed up and ready for ya! | ||
| Guell |
im going to be working on mine soon, i have all the tools to do it, just no motivation. | ||
| Chasespeed |
I normally do a regular sand up to 1000... THEN, wet sand with 1200.... THEN polish... brings a NICE DEEP polish... Chase | ||
| Phelan |
don't forget the 4 lbs. of Mother's  . | ||
| Brokeneck |
I'm sure it'll be beautiful -- personally I do mine with windex a couple times a year -- | ||
| Chasespeed |
don't forget the 4 lbs. of Mother's : p. Actually, I dont like the mothers. The stuff I use, I have to pick up at a T/A, travel Center(truck stop). Its a "White Rouge" basically. Works incredibly. The mothers, eh, I not fond of it at all, its starts to haze the polish after a while. Chase | ||
| Numb_nutz |
I use a product called Purple, The best metal polish i have ever seen. | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
Looking nice  How difficult is it to get the swingarm out of an X1? | ||
| Chasespeed |
Sawzall or torch? | ||
| Brokeneck |
Numb -- Does that Purple polish dry into a Purple Haze ?? | ||
| Crazyman54783 |
Im using 80, 120, 230, 400, 600, 800, 1000, then buffing course, then fine. I didnt think that this would take this long but man it looks good. I have one side done. Ill post some pics again here this week. | ||
| Crazyman54783 |
Lemonchili_x1 Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 09:08 pm: -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Looking nice How difficult is it to get the swingarm out of an X1? It wasnt to bad the only thing that sucked was you have to take the oil out of the bike and take your oil filter off because it hits the frame when you drop the engine. Make sure to unhook all your oil lines from the tank or you will have some issues. But other than that it was pretty easy, oh one more thing.. to take the swingarm out there is a torx bit that is huge its like a 60-65t and you have to put some back into it to break them loose.  | ||
| Lemonchili_x1 |
Cool, thanks for the tips! I'm itching to get my bike back on the road, so I'm going to leave the swingarm in for the moment, maybe do it after Christmas... | ||
| Easy_rider |
im going to be working on mine soon, i have all the tools to do it, just no motivation. +1 I bought a swingarm so I could polish it up without taking the bike out of commission. I knew there was a possibility that I'd get lazy and not finish over the winter. That was two years ago..... |
