Frame. Paint or chrome?

qhxakg said:

Are there any benefits to having chromed frame over a painted frame and
vis versa?

Chrome stands up to more battering and bashing than paint/powdercoat,
although the chemicals involved in the chroming process are pretty evil
and not good for the environment.

Powdercoating is tougher than spray painting, although it costs a bit
more and you can't do it yourself.

STM

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Thin, poorly done chrome will flake, and corrode quickly. Excellent
chrome will polish well and last a long time. Harley Davidson has made
an empire on the durability of their chrome. Old Harleys look so good,
that they sell a lot of new Harleys. Other brands, that looked equally
lustrous in the showroom 20 years ago, look like skin cancer victims
now.
The best paint is baked on powder coat. I don't know of any uni's
that come with it. It is not to $ to get it done locally in some
places.
I think it is easier to get a non chromed frame powder coated.
Muniaddict Terry powder coated his chromed radial though.
In general, I would not consider paint or chrome quality much of a
factor in buying a uni. Buy the uni you want based on other factors,
then powder coat it later if you want.

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feel the light said:

In general, I would not consider paint or chrome quality much of a
factor in buying a uni. Buy the uni you want based on other factors,
then powder coat it later if you want.

It is the same uni ,Nimbus isis, but i was wondering about getting the
black nimbus frame or the chromed one.

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Paint looks way cooler.

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Paint. Chrome looks super cheesy to me, I hate it.

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Ducttape said:

not gonna show you it tonight becasue I am going to play with it until I
go to bed to get it just right....

wickedbob said:

Paint. Chrome looks super cheesy to me, I hate it.

Yeah that is why I posted this thread to see if chrome had any benefits
other wise i was going to try and get the black nimbus frame.

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Go with the black

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go with black, when you start to chip, just scape off all the paint,
sand it, then apply duracoat paint, It lasts like 5x longer than normal
spraypaint.

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DustinSchaap said:

why would you kill the 5 yr olds? there's so much more fun things you
can do with them 🙄

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