Krylon fusion paint on fork boots ?

[Huffa]

Think it would work, adhere to the rubber and also would it start cracking from the compression and expansion of boot?

[Nightbiker07]

will NOT work. will flake off faster than you can spray it on.
you need some VINYL paint for that :)

[84honda200s]

will NOT work. will flake off faster than you can spray it on.
you need some VINYL paint for that :)




i love the stuff and use it allot but i agree.

[chris200x]

What color you have in mind. I'm thinking you want the stock boots though correct?

Here's some diffrent colors but sorry.. their fresh outta pink! :lol:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Motorcycle-Dirt-Bike-Fork-Boots-Shock-Boot-Honda-Suzuki_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34284QQihZ010QQi temZ200160020883QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[Huffa]

Did you ever try the vinyl on boots Nightbiker ?

Most likely I'd be the gunie pig !

[Nightbiker07]

no, but the boots should be some kind of vinyl composite, and vinyl paint sounds about right.
other than getting new boots, vinyl paint is your best bet.

i believe that, as long as the boots are made out of a material the paint is designed for, the vinyl paint will work, no prob. ]]but fusion will most definitely not work. it has different adhesion properties, and is SLIGHTLY more flexible then regular bugbomb paint, but is for plastics mainly due to the adhesion. will crack and flake and just piss you off.

[Huffa]

What color you have in mind. I'm thinking you want the stock boots though correct?

Here's some diffrent colors but sorry.. their fresh outta pink! :lol:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Motorcycle-Dirt-Bike-Fork-Boots-Shock-Boot-Honda-Suzuki_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34284QQihZ010QQi temZ200160020883QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

You notice in that video of the different boots that some have a smaller heigth on the very bottoms, mine (stock ones) are the longer heigth and I want the royal blue which has the longer heigth.

[Rustytinhorn]

I tried the Krylon Fusion Paint on one of my faded red boots. It stuck and did not and still has not flaked off, but it never dryed, and was sticky for about 3 weeks afterwords. Did not coat evenly or smoothly, and the color did not turn out like it was supposed too.
I like the fusion paint, but sadly it does not work on fork boots.:(

[jcraig]

i painted my rear fender with it. looked fairly good. wait the 7 days before touching it again so it would cure properly well when i put my decal on the left side the damn plastic your pull from the decal when its set in place, ripped all the paint off from around the decal. BS

[Huffa]

What color you have in mind. I'm thinking you want the stock boots though correct?

Here's some diffrent colors but sorry.. their fresh outta pink! :lol:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Motorcycle-Dirt-Bike-Fork-Boots-Shock-Boot-Honda-Suzuki_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ34284QQihZ010QQi temZ200160020883QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

That place has their dimensions (they don't notice that???) saying two different sizes, one in pic below and other here ......

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16" Fully Extended (mine are 13" but that certainly won't matter they never go fully extended anyway)
#
11" Relaxed (close enough)
#
4" Collapsed (right on)
#
1 1/4" Top inside diameter (right on)
#
2" Bottom inside diameter (right on)

If it's the above dimensions they will fit, in pic, won't fit, too large of diameter.

I'll email them and tell them to :idea: WAKE UP :idea: !!!:crazy:

They look like the same ones as here although this dude has the same ones on at two different prices, what's with these fork boot guys?

Hmmm, let me see now, which ones should I take :lol: I got them, the 9.95 jobs, they should work fine. Hopefully the dude will post :naughty: my R in his adds once it's done, because I asked him to :beer

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-FORK-BOOTS-BLUE-250r-350x-200x-250sx-tecate-kx250_W0QQitemZ120171333756QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4397 2QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-FORK-BOOTS-BLUE-250r-350x-200x-250sx-triz-tecate_W0QQitemZ120169959975QQihZ002QQcategoryZ439 72QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Huffa]

Dang, I just noticed the boots on my 85 SX looks identical (I measured tube diameter also) to the 84 R so I could of got blue OEM 85 SX jobs for them! :mad:

Oh well, those that I got should work fine.

[Huffa]

I tried the Krylon Fusion Paint on one of my faded red boots. It stuck and did not and still has not flaked off, but it never dryed, and was sticky for about 3 weeks afterwords. Did not coat evenly or smoothly, and the color did not turn out like it was supposed too.
I like the fusion paint, but sadly it does not work on fork boots.:(

Why don't you give nightbiker's #6 post suggestion a try ?

[oldskool83]

huffa,

you should just get some dirtbike ones. i got a blue set on my 200x front end. they look way better then old trike ones. they kinda look like the 350X ones, the cords are closers together. dennis kirk sells them in all kinds of colors...black too.

[rally4x4racer]

oldskool - you have a link?

I have been thinking about the cloth type covers.. but might discard that thought if I could find some boots i liked. The ones I got off of ebay have fat ribs and an off color

[oldskool83]

the far ribs look like crap...also make it look like ya have non shock travel

denniskirk.com

they are daystar 69 series. i have these blue ones, but from dirt and stuff that turned darker blue. they make all the cool colors.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b160/fzrrkid/daystar-69-series.jpg