[Skwerlee]

Decided to Plasti Dip my fork lowers flat black. I think it looks 100% better than stock. Not too bad for $7 and a few hours of my time

 

[11Stryker]

Nice Job Bro! Now the upper and lower triple trees?

 

[kraaazymike]

that came out great! +1 on 11 stryker

 

[Strykeback]

Looks great against the black wheels.

 

[Skwerlee]

Thanks guys! I'd like to do the lower trees too but that'll be a bit tougher to tape everything off.

 

[kevhill85]

Looks good !!!

 

[BuckeyeStryker]

Looks great. I may have to do this on my 2011 reddish copper now that I've seen how it looks. Thanks for the visual!

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[Skwerlee]

Looks great. I may have to do this on my 2011 reddish copper now that I've seen how it looks. Thanks for the visual!

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Do it! The key with the Plasti Dip is patience. I did 6 or 7 lite coats allowing 10-20 minutes to dry between coats. The first coat needs to be extremely light...maybe only 30% coverage. After 3 to 4 lite coats it'll all start to come together nicely.

 

[mikoloe]

Looks good. At work I seen an Audi with this plasti dip. Looks great, I thought he went a had it painted. A year later he has started to peel it off.

 

[BuckeyeStryker]

I'm assuming you aren't using a self etching primer or anything in case you wanted to peel off the plasti dip later? So are you just degreasing and then coating the plasti dip?

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[Skwerlee]

I'm assuming you aren't using a self etching primer or anything in case you wanted to peel off the plasti dip later? So are you just degreasing and then coating the plasti dip?

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I just washed the forks and then rubbed them down with isopropyl rubbing alcohol. If you spray the first coat extremely lite it will dry and act as a sort of "etch" for the additional coats to adhere to. Plasti Dip is 100% removable and will not damage the original finish at all. Its just a protective rubberized coating.

 

[Marvin]

WOW looking awesome.. and not so much expensive as you are saying its only 7 bucks.. but now your bike looking gorgeous, I like the idea, thanks for sharing the photos. You bike is really very beautiful.

 

[Skwerlee]

WOW looking awesome.. and not so much expensive as you are saying its only 7 bucks.. but now your bike looking gorgeous, I like the idea, thanks for sharing the photos. You bike is really very beautiful.

Thank you Marvin I appreciate it! There are several Plasti Dip how-to videos on YouTube that I found very helpful.

 

[3c's stryker]

Well done there!!! Keep up the hard work!!

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[Macc22nj]

That looks great, i will be doing that next weekend.

 

[chuchabrunn]

I asked someone at my local bike shop about plastidipping the lower forks, and was told I couldn't because that would obstruct the motion of the forks' movement to absorb shock. After hearing that I began considering the Low and Mean fork and gator covers, but those are $150.

 

[Skwerlee]

I asked someone at my local bike shop about plastidipping the lower forks, and was told I couldn't because that would obstruct the motion of the forks' movement to absorb shock. After hearing that I began considering the Low and Mean fork and gator covers, but those are $150.

Doing the fork lowers as I did has zero affect on suspension operstion. The shop must've thought you wanted to coat the fork tubes themselves.

 

[mikoloe]

I asked someone at my local bike shop about plastidipping the lower forks, and was told I couldn't because that would obstruct the motion of the forks' movement to absorb shock. After hearing that I began considering the Low and Mean fork and gator covers, but those are $150.

I wouldnt mess with that part of the forkes. Get you some shop vac hose and slide it in.