Back from the dead! Brat's Down and dirty lowrider.

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Re: I V-Dub thee.......The Brat Rod chubby lover

Blackwell said:
That thing is cool. Just posting here so I can keep an eye on it....


Me too!

I can't believe that started as a bratz bike! It looks great!
 
Re: I V-Dub thee.......The Brat Rod chubby lover

Back from the dead! I kinda lost interest and got a bit sidetracked with this build so it was parted out. I finally got another brat bike so now it's on! I am keeping the idea of the "Brat Rod" but dropping the VW influences. Also now that I have a welder I can mod the frame the right way. Here's the starting point.
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Re: Back from the dead! Brat Rod

ya been watching this build for a long time man! shame you've gotta start from scratch now :roll:
 
Re: Back from the dead! Brat Rod

Yeah but now I can build it up from beginning to end. I have been planning it out in my head for a year so everything should go smoothly. Now to find a few WCC tires. :mrgreen:
 
Re: Back from the dead! Brat Rod

I just picked up a pair of these for free and one had a set of 40" apes :lol: Are ya still going with the 3" tires?
 
Re: Back from the dead! Brat Rod

FatBoy said:
I just picked up a pair of these for free and one had a set of 40" apes :lol: Are ya still going with the 3" tires?
As soon as I find a set I am planning to at very least go with one on the back.
 
Re: Back from the dead! Brat Rod

Well I got sick of waiting on tires so I decided to just do a simple low rider build for now (I was bored). Little paint and put it back together, then I will re-do it when I get the fat tires if I decide to go through with it. Anyway I got it broken down and the frame mostly painted. Started by laying down a coat of flat black then covering it with a purposely blotchy (I was running out of paint) coat of Krylon X-Metals red anno paint. Gives it a deep dark rich red hue to it that just looks sinister in person. Pics really don't do it justice. Well enough yacking here's what you came here for...PICS!

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Brat Rod....Currently down and dirty low rider

Ah, despite the heat I got it back together with the other fenders I had laying around and it looks great. I had to use one of the old fender braces to hold the front fender but it wasn't hard to modify it. I took it for a test ride down to the end of the block and back (too hot to ride much further) and it rides great but I still need to swap out the grips and pedals, that purple just doesn't go with anything. The red anno over flat black kinda looks cool if I do say so myself. Kinda has a patina look to it when it dries. :mrgreen: Take a look and tell me what you think!

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Re: Back from the dead! Brat Rod

When I get more time and money I'm going to take apart the wheels and anno red the rim hoops for that modernized Rat Rod look.
 

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