My Brat
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you can do alot with those bikes, theyre good when you dont have access to alot of good bikes being that they are cheap and come with decent parts to begin with
check out what i did with mine in this thread
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3800&sid=f99d4d2ecc806f63d24f90d4b7066874
i had to change the bolt in the springer cuz i bent it, apparently i dont weigh the same as a 10 year old girl
so i stuck a grade 8 in there and no more problems
check out what i did with mine in this thread
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3800&sid=f99d4d2ecc806f63d24f90d4b7066874
i had to change the bolt in the springer cuz i bent it, apparently i dont weigh the same as a 10 year old girl
so i stuck a grade 8 in there and no more problems
Yeah it's kinda annoying that I got one, it requires barely any real custom work, but I still like it and so does everyone else wen they see me going down the road. I'm gonna show it off on Halloween with a sick display I've been thinkin of, pics to come!
Yours looks good too by the way!
Yours looks good too by the way!
Great job on the clean up! I too had to do some work on my little girl's! not as much as yours !
....she rides it when ever she gets the chance. I found it in a shop in the big city.
they look great just like they are......
FW
....she rides it when ever she gets the chance. I found it in a shop in the big city.
they look great just like they are......
FW
Not sure what eclc350 used ....and I do not mean to steal the post....sorry but I use Castrol Super Clean
and a nail brush at first than move on to SOS pads for the harder stuff
If I can than on to the polish wheel or Chip Foose power ball :mrgreen:
and a nail brush at first than move on to SOS pads for the harder stuff
If I can than on to the polish wheel or Chip Foose power ball :mrgreen:
Opps sorry Steve! no that is the way it was when I got it. Not knowing much if anything about low riders at the time we felt it looked good that way.... so we left it. But now seeing eclc350 there may be a change in the future :lol: :mrgreen:
The trick to polishing is the smoother the surface the better the shine!!!! 
When I do metal I will use sandpaper. Moving from corse to fine and than on to the polishing wheel and then again using compounds from corse to fine
for idems like chrome or other prefininsh metals then one should use 0000 steel whool or like I had said before the SOS pads....an emery cloth works well aswell . If you use sandpaper on a prefinish idem it will create scratches that will not come out and in turn giving you a limited shine.
an example of this would be this crank that I just finished....sorry I did not take a before pic. But to give you an idea it has been around since the 60s and was full on rust!
here are some pics of my 1974 news paper delivery bike
and the polishing work of the parts
I have much yet to learn but I have a fun time with it....any questions feel free to ask
maybe I should do a thing in the tec section?
FW
When I do metal I will use sandpaper. Moving from corse to fine and than on to the polishing wheel and then again using compounds from corse to fine
for idems like chrome or other prefininsh metals then one should use 0000 steel whool or like I had said before the SOS pads....an emery cloth works well aswell . If you use sandpaper on a prefinish idem it will create scratches that will not come out and in turn giving you a limited shine.
an example of this would be this crank that I just finished....sorry I did not take a before pic. But to give you an idea it has been around since the 60s and was full on rust!
here are some pics of my 1974 news paper delivery bike
and the polishing work of the parts
I have much yet to learn but I have a fun time with it....any questions feel free to ask
maybe I should do a thing in the tec section?
FW
