My forks are red now......

[InPiEcEs]

Today, I decided to paint my forks red, after trying to polish them.
The aluminum had too much texture in a few spots, so paint it was.
I use self-etching primer,and urethane paint. I had to play with the color a bit to get it right, but it's pretty close.
Just for reference, if anyone is looking for a spraypaint that's close to Passion Red, try Painter's Touch, by Rustoleum. The color is Apple Red. I have used it for some of my brackets and stuff, and it seems to be really close in color.
Anyway, here are some pics of the forks.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c15/hemo123/250R/P1000875.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c15/hemo123/250R/P1000878.jpg

[edog]

You got paint all over the bottom of the boots.WTF:rolleyes:

The red forks are too much.

[chris200x]

My forks are red now......


And so are most of your fork boots. :rolleyes: Maybe you should of taped them off or took them off all together.

The red looks good though and that's the exact reason I went with painting mine instead of polishing them. too many gouges and imperfections.

[tyman]

AHHHH tell me you covered it up when u painted?!!? overspray gets everywhere!!!

[InPiEcEs]

Yea......It was all masked off. Trust me......I know what a mess overspray can be.
That's why my pipe and stuff were taken off.
The fork boots are garbage, so they got used for masking.:D
The weather was nice, and the wind was nill today, so it went outside for paint.
I think it turned out pretty good, and the new moisture trap in the airline helped, too.
My old one was just not cutting it.:(
I'm debating wether to go blue boots again, or red ones.
I just don't know

[hondahaulic]

lookin pretty good, I think i'd personally go with blue boots again so theres a little contrast on the forks but thats just me. Then again, red ones could look pretty nice too. Oh and by the way thats a darn nice lookin R!

[Derrick Adams]

I love the red forks. Really looks different! Stay with the blue fork boots IMO. I would also spend the extra on OEM boots. The ebay ones look cheap.

[nate b]

looks pretty cool