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Oddjob:
For a home brew kit that's pretty good. I thought you were using something like the Gateros kit, which TBH most people use on here.

Cb750r:
Thanks Oddjob, this is for sure a home brew in a cold workspace results.

We can’t buy chromate solutions in Canada, and I doubt I can get those chemicals shipped from the UK.

Pretty much the only kits are from Caswell and they’re expensive. $205 vs your Gateros $67 for the same sized kit.

Cb750r:
Shocks re assembled. Springs and upper collar powder coated. The aluminum shock collars are my creations as the old ones had cracked. Fresh paint for the body and ready to go.

These are old Boge shocks. I’m not certain how long they will stay on the bike. I have ideas in the wings for another potential swing arm.

Laverdaroo:
They look well, subtle colours and not the obligatory chrome finish


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Oddjob:
The problem with repainting shocks is that not matter how careful you are it's never strong enough to withstand the adjusting process, the paint on the top of the lugs gets rubbed off as soon as you move the collars, then sometimes just the collar moving can rub the paint off underneath it, the springs can touch the body when they compress and that rubs paint off, they look great until you use them. Makes me mad as hell, all that work, all that time and they look worse than they did before within a few months, not to mention scratching the paint with the spring compressors, Jesus my blood pressure is going up just thinking about it.

Calming down now, they look really nice, and the collars are really well made. Well done.

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