[Nyle]

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Originally Posted by garrettjkubiak

Cool, sounds like I should powdercoat the triples matte black and anodize the inserts and bolts red. Should look pretty cool. Anyone know a good place in SoCal to do this?

There is a place in Santa Ana called Olympic Powder Coating. They did my swing arm gloss black.

Or you can try Specialized Powder Coating in Huntington Beach. They also do Ceramic exhaust coating.

[Rocky123]

Wow nyle i like that swingarm in gloss black. it looks good with the red frame. would be trick to see one of the members with the matte greyish black frame and swingarm to have both done in gloss black

[jesterdfw]

Originally Posted by Rocky123

Powdercoating is the route id choose without a doubt. Although id consider the thickness it will add to the clamps so they still fit on your forks. let the guys know that end up doing it that it should be thin on the inside. You dont want to have to shave down the nice finish in order to get them to fit properly. ive never been a fan of anodizing it just never seems to come out right and even if its close it ends up looking like crap after any decent length of time no matter how high the quality is.

Any place worth a darn will make sure the interior area that clamps the forks is not powdercoated.

[captain douchebag]

Got my pipes done at Specialized. They did a good job.

Specialized Ceramic Coatings of Huntington Beach, CA (California)

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[Wingnut]

A good anodizing shop will do it better so that keys won't scratch through. I do anodizing in my home with a bucket and some stuff from Eastwood. A bumper shop will do it better as they're outfitted for it.

Anodizing is flat by nature, a flog of keys tossing around scratching tree's up are what jacket pockets are for (or you'd scratch the tank too). Powder coat all you want, but if you flog keys around you'll want a Painter too.

[jsgbearpaws1]

Multilayered coatings such as chroming have grown leaps and bounds. Black chroming,cobalts,etc are the newest rage. I counted over 200 different coatings on one site alone.....so many options..

[garrettjkubiak]

hmmm, black chrome could look awesome on a stealth! or it could look like shit. I'm not worried about the finish because of keys, more because of the triples adjustability and constantly changing things to try new settings.

[jsgbearpaws1]

Reliable Plating Corp.- Black Chrome Plating (Black Chromium Plating)

California Chrome Wheel Inc. - Black Chrome Plating for automotive alloy wheels and rims. Black Chrome your wheels! From CalChrome

Black Chrome [MIL-C-14538C] A hard, non-reflective, abrasion-resistant, heat and corrosion resistant coating

just a few to get ya thinkin!

[nfwb11]

As a previous post mentioned, a couple of poorly anodized parts I bought over the years (SSR Wet Clutch Cover) sun faded to a nasty bronze in no time at all so I'd suggest going the powder coating route. I'll snap some pics for the OEM top triple and a couple other pieces I had coated recently at a place up in Chatsworth:

Andrews Powder Coating

Andrews Powder Coating. Custom and Semi-Production Powder Coating.

[Wingnut]

Keep in mind though: Powder coating is just thick paint really. I'd equate it to 2 base coats and 2 good clears. The only reason you wouldn't paint it is the lower cost of powder coating.

I favor anodizing in this case. Not in a bucket like me, but from a good bumper shop.