Yep, once I get it all back together, it's headed for the sand. She's not going to be a trailer queen, that's for sure.. heheh
The sand will be hard on all the finishes, that's for sure, but I'm not convinced clear coat is the way to go.. I bead blasted, sanded and polished up one footpeg and then clear coated it with DupliColor 500 degree clear.. Un coated, the peg looked almost like chrome.. Once it was coated, it didn't have that "jump out at you" shine.. maybe it's just this particular paint, dunno, but it's now what I'd envisioned.
As for the polished parts, I've opted to just wax them for now until I've got the bigger pieces assembled. I'm sure there will be a few scuffs that need touching up before final assembly. Once I get it to that point, I'll probably bite the bullet and get the Zoop stuff.. $130 isn't a whole lot when I consider all the labor that's gone into this thing so far (And I haven't even started the suspension parts yet) and if I get two years out of it before I have to break out the buffs again, I think I'll be happy.
I'm still going to VHT clear the cast aluminum parts I've bead blasted.. Between the polished stuff, the new red paint and the nice clean aluminum, it's starting to look really nice.
I added a couple more pics of my progress at
www.net-cetera.com/banshee. Should have the clutch cover done tomorrow afternoon and I'll add pics of that when it's done along with some better pics of the case.
BTW: Does anyone know of any retailers that carry VHT products? I'm striking out locally here in So. CA... THX!