Post a picture of your custom GS

[midnightcafe]

she cleaned up nice! Where'd you get that headlight grill?

[FreshStart]

Yeah skyler nice brat

[laserred97gt]

she cleaned up nice! Where'd you get that headlight grill?

Thanks!

I got it on ebay after searching lots of different terms.

It is called a stone guard, and I had to buy a set of them. Thankfully I sold the other one to a member here...

My dad has these on his '57 Corvette. I've always loved them, and it's kind of a nod to the 60's styling.

[mvalenti]

Here Goes....

[jtobin57]

Question

Is there a good process to painting aluminum inexpensively

[midnightcafe]

Is there a good process to painting aluminum inexpensively

ask that in the technical board, but first do a forum search so you're not asking questions that have already been asked.

as for this thread, here's a pic I took earlier today:

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[laserred97gt]

ask that in the technical board, but first do a forum search so you're not asking questions that have already been asked.

as for this thread, here's a pic I took earlier today:

First time I've ever said this to a guy, but ... nice tail!

Did you make that?

[Guest]

Is there a good process to painting aluminum inexpensively

Scratch it, DP it and paint it.

[midnightcafe]

First time I've ever said this to a guy, but ... nice tail!

Did you make that?

Yeah, I can't recall what gauge steel I used, but it's overbuilt, heavy and a pain in the ass (literally). I was able to convince the sculpture professor that it was art HAHA! It's was more of a I avoid highway and it's all good

[trinitysj]

here is one of mine that I took today... i totally got my inspiration from some pics that I found on the internet of MidNightCafe's bike.. did not know you were on here. Thanks for the inspiration, hope I did you proud with my version.





Next up is new tail light as well as new turn signals front and back.

[midnightcafe]

here is one of mine that I took today... i totally got my inspiration from some pics that I found on the internet of MidNightCafe's bike.. did not know you were on here. Thanks for the inspiration, hope I did you proud with my version.





Next up is new tail light as well as new turn signals front and back.

Ok so this is what you were talking about, nice! Only thing I'd change is the rear lights-I bought a ninja taillight for $11 shipped of eBay that matched the trail pretty well. Cheers!

[Charlie G]

ask that in the technical board, but first do a forum search so you're not asking questions that have already been asked.

as for this thread, here's a pic I took earlier today:

[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Owner/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png[/IMG][IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Owner/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.png[/IMG]

here is one of mine that I took today... i totally got my inspiration from some pics that I found on the internet of MidNightCafe's bike.. did not know you were on here. Thanks for the inspiration, hope I did you proud with my version.





Next up is new tail light as well as new turn signals front and back.

Looking good you guys. Midnight I think you should have a broad sword or mace in you hand in that picture.

cg

[trinitysj]

yeah looks like we may have started some sort of Mad Max kind of look... LOL

[russr33]

Ok so this is what you were talking about, nice! Only thing I'd change is the rear lights-I bought a ninja taillight for $11 shipped of eBay that matched the trail pretty well. Cheers!

Midnight post a pic of the rear/taillight.

[midnightcafe]

Midnight post a pic of the rear/taillight.

here ya go:



it matches the edges okay but you can see there's a lot of dead space underneath. I'm not a metal forming expert and can't produce the contours to make the tail light completely flush (that would be a lot of work for just an $11 taillight!).
Also the lines are rather mismatched along the length of the bike, something I didn't foresee wih building the seat. Good advice is to take a step back and look at the complete picture during the rebuild process.