Before and after of swingarm. sandblast, clean, apply powdercoat.

did some work today on paint prep for silver parts.
Headlight body:










Tailight blast and primer:


Rear Fender, more work to do here: (but headlight brackets in final primer). going to need to weld the crack, little more metal work, filler, then primer.



this is AFTER some metal work. look like someone put the fender on with a hammer before:

A few updates, painted all but fender, which still needs some work. was painted outdoors, so going to need a light buff to clean up.





Paint sequence below:

1 light coat self - etching metal primer
2 light coats primer gray
3 coats DupliColor Starlight Silver Metallic
3 coats Spray Max 2 K Clear Glamour

Rear fender update: welded crack, but found about 10 more dents that resemble hail damage. Front fender, going to try and smooth it much as possible, then use build up primer on it. At least its not cracked. Will probably replace this just to speed things up. wondering what would happen if I poured fiberglass resin over plastic. I could easily sand glass smooth.








wondering what would happen if I poured fiberglass over plastic. I could easily sand glass smooth.

So, back at it. Decided to have frame powder-coated. When it came back, found a flaw near a very visible point,...back to powder-coater. delays delays.

In the meanwhile, DEET restored the oil pump, speedo/tach gauges, and was a great resource for a lot of hard to find parts.

In my opinion, the parts were restored to a condition that looks better than new. He even added the original paint markings. Excellent work.

Ohhh....... Shiny things.....
Nice work there and worthy investment.

Great work Pabdt. I am also working on a dt 360 but have been stuck on the wiring. Would appreciate it if you could post some photos when you start on the wiring. Cheers

Frame finally back from powder coater. Looks real good. I am officially in the "assembly" stage now!

I'm starting with a new harness by DEET so hopefully won't be too bad. I will post in detail as I go. The only way I can learn is by reading and documenting it step by step myself.

Very nice frame!! Very fun to work on a nice new clean frame like that.