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Enjoy the build.  That stem isn't that bad, I've fixed worse.

Nice, glad to see you're doing up a real '87 and not killing that survivor '88 you got

tobin, yea man just trying to do the right thing   that's why some of my questions may sound simple but I just like to discuss and get other people opinions even though in the end it's on me.  Funny thing is I was all ready to sell the 88 survivor and now i'm thinking about keeping it.  If I sell it it will help speed up this restore but I think its going to clean up real nice.  Unsure, I still may sell whole thing like it is.  I will post it to the museum next week so it will have it's own thread to discuss

kbillan, thanks for stopping by   I will have to find that thread but I see what your saying.  Once you put a grinder or anything like that on it that texture goes away. I can definitely see taping the rest off and just sanding side to side.  Just have to do good job keeping the inside the gt lettering cle

Last edited by LegoMyDayGlo (2012-03-17 9:24am)

LegoMyDayGlo wrote:

GTOne, whats the difference?  Is one metal?  I would like ones like that are on the bike in my avatar, I think they were the plastc

AirInk, yea the last one I had powdered the guy didn't do as he was supposed to and he painted the whole thing (not the long part talking about the front with the gt logo)  and when I mentioned it when I picked it up he brought it in the back and ran it across a wire wheel or what not and it brushed those horizontal lines out of it and changed the texture.. But for this one I don't want that to happen, do you think I should just tape it up myself before bringing ?  Like tape it up and xacto knife the g t out of it? how do you prep the front before paint/powder.  Thanks for looking

These are the SR 474 pedals that im talking about. Im not sure if they were stock on the PFT's but i know they are era correct and go with this bike.

Last edited by GTOne (2012-03-17 10:47am)

Well heres one of my old photos looks like metal pedals this our sr 474?

LegoMyDayGlo wrote:

Well heres one of my old photos looks like metal pedals this our sr 474?

http://www.pimpmyxbox.net/bmx/87pft/web5.jpg

Yep, the same ones!! they are pricey though! Im restoring some right now for my own  build.

Yeah, building these bikes is really expensive! i took them apart, reflectors and the rubber parts. Going to repowder them black!

Last edited by GTOne (2012-03-17 7:36pm)

kbillan wrote:

the texture in the metal is restored or replaced w hen you use a coarse grit. It will never bee "the same" but does the trick...

I went as far as to clear over mine once done..


those tires are the BMX tread... but look good..

yes, the tires have those little knobs at the bottom, like i said some things will have to do for now   trying not to use anything new unless nos.  Somethings in the future I may replace out with nos as the opportunity present itself... you know how it goes.  Yea, Im going to bring this mallet to get powdered but I need to figure what else white I need to bring.  Thanks to olskool I have all these other parts already powdered.  If I had a powdered mallet and gyro I really wouldn't need anything white except poss the pedals.

Definitely superlace hubs but they kinda look like they may be looseball to me, but i'm no expert..no idea on the rims though

Just give them a bath and a re-grease and use them for thrashing. Buy some good ones to look at. 

I see this has moved to a new thread. Good to see the 88 turned out to be a sweet survivor! Sucks those Superlace hubs weren't sealed.

LegoMyDayGlo wrote:

LooseNut wrote:

I see this has moved to a new thread. Good to see the 88 turned out to be a sweet survivor! Sucks those Superlace hubs weren't sealed.

thank you   and yes, it is sweet.  I am going to have to do the tires, chain, brake work because if it's going to be a survivor frame i'm going to ride it.    It's even got black/silver tech 7s. 

it does suck that the superlace aren't sealed, but wouldn't they still be worth to restore or no?  they would look the part.  Im still trying to figure out if its worth restoring those rims to white??  The chrome is flaking either way.

Man, I've become a sealed bearing snob. But, you could have C4 powder them white, clean & repack the bearings, then decide. You could always sell them for a small profit afterwards if you decide not to keep them... no harm in that. (assuming it's not much $ to get them powdered white)

Option 2 - Sell em now and put the $ towards some sealed ones.

Keep in mind the sealed Superlace Hubs are going for around $200 unrestored... give or take.