Just got my new Diablo hood and nose piece in today. What a killer hood, killer price, and shipped fast!!! I cannot believe how light this is too... i carried it out to my truck and carried my custom lowered oem hood back in to ship to my nephew... holy crap what a weight difference...
I bought Rust-o-leum marine coatings top side paint. It sells by the quart and it only took about 1/8 of a quart to have adequate coverage. Applied by brush.
It's pretty tough stuff, just make sure to clean any oil, grease or dirt out really good. I used a 2:1 mixture of water:ammonia...
Thanks guys... i'm hoping to have it all ready for paint by this weekend.
Gonna call my friend Tony (he builds and paints custom choppers) to see about having him paint it for me. Bottom white - Top KTM orange. Handle pole is already black, and will go with black turf.
Placed orders...
got the tray all together and fitted my WCF footholds for installation. Finally epoxy sealed the hood and it will just need a quick light sand before painting.
hood is nearly done now... just need to epoxy seal it.
got my XFT scupper in, and the tray poly foamed and back together. just need to install my WCF footholds. after that, i'll reinforce the pole mount area and the ski will be ready for paint.
my wife washes my wetsuit, gloves, boot inserts rash guards and tour coat about once a month. she puts it in the washing machine on the delicate cycle with a little detergent and some oxy-clean. comes out nice and clean and no problems.
of course, we do not smoke though...
Glad to hear you'll be back on the water bro. Maybe you can concentrate on surf style and leave the big air tricks to the youngsters. At least this way you can continue riding with less impact on your back.
hahaha... thanks...
he's a great kid, and was crushed when he got dinged at daytona... he thought his weekend was over. We duct taped the hole, and used a ratchet strap to hold his hood on...
Thankfully, Kevin (Legdrag) gave him a loaner hood to hold him over until I get this one shipped...
thanks guys... all the work I put into it, and I am not even going to use it. LOL - it's going to my nephew in Florida who got his hood busted up at Daytona. I am buying an AM hood.
i think i called them to order once and got the discount however, it was some time ago and I do not recall what that discount was. You should give them a call... they are cool do deal with.
or email them even...
just got a nice new digital camera and too some higher res pics of the hood mod. gotta do one more skim coat of filler, and epoxy seal it. then it's ready for paint.
and sitting on the rear of the ski is that XFT scupper...
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