My brake pedals

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:01 am

Thought I'd put up a couple shots of my brake pedals that I finished yesterday. A marathon day of 8.5 hours working on these suckers, but they turned out great!!

Whatdya think?

Womack2005 · Post by **Womack2005** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:32 am

Chad, those are SWEET lookin! I like the way you painted em red before riveting so you can see the rivets.

I was able to get one landing light installed this weekend and about 1/8 of a fuel tank sealed

Not bad for only having one day off.

Post by **Spike** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:50 am

Very nice Chad!! You can come and do mine.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:53 am

Womack2005 wrote:Chad, those are SWEET lookin! I like the way you painted em red before riveting so you can see the rivets.

Yep! I thought the gold on red contrast would be sweet lookin!

dons · Post by **dons** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:33 pm

Nice looking 'STOP' pedals. I don't know if I would have thought to do the arms and nuts in red, but then I don't have much imagination when it comes to making things look neat. The contrast of the rivets gives it that little extra touch, I like it.

RV7Factory · Post by **RV7Factory** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:04 pm

Next week on MTV's Pimp my Ride....

(sorry couldn't resist)

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:09 pm

You know it!! Xibit'll be knockin' on my doe'!

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:16 pm

Those look real nice Chad. Did you use spray cans to paint them? The finish looks great in the photos. I was planning on just leaving mine aluminum but may have to reconsider. Some anodizing might go well there also.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue May 01, 2007 6:05 am

Yep, spray can. I thought about powdercoating them, but I decided against it because when the soles of my shoes are wet, powdercoating can be VERY slick! The paint may wear down after a while, but I'm okay with it for now.

Red anodizing like the Andair valve would be really cool too! It, too, would wear off after a while though.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue May 01, 2007 3:40 pm

Very cool looking, Chad. I think you are passing me!

Keep it up!

CJ

1:1_Scale · Post by **1:1_Scale** » Sun May 06, 2007 9:59 pm

Chad, those look really nice (as everyone else has stated)! I'm thinking there must be something that you could put over the paint to help protect it. I was thinking some heavy vinyl 3M stoneguard like they use for the front of car hoods, but that may be to slippery. So I thought maybe check a skate shop and see if there is any such thing as clear grip tape for skateboards

If they don't have any in clear, maybe they have some in red. Even black could look good if you just did the tops of the pedals (where they're likely to see more wear) and made the holes in the grip tape slightly bigger than the holes in the pedals so you could still get some of the red showing

TomNativeNewYorker · Post by **TomNativeNewYorker** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:53 am

1:1_Scale wrote:I was thinking some heavy vinyl 3M stoneguard like they use for the front of car hoods, but that may be to slippery. So I thought maybe check a skate shop and see if there is any such thing as clear grip tape for skateboards

Or something like 3M matte finish clear aircraft leading edge tape?

3M Leading Edge Tape

1:1_Scale · Post by **1:1_Scale** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:13 pm

http://www.skatesonhaight.com/Skateboar ... -s/111.htm
They have clear, red, and even PINK

jim_geo · Post by **jim_geo** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:25 pm

Those are VERY nice looking Chad.

aerial · Post by **aerial** » Tue May 08, 2007 7:21 pm

Sweet, I think pink would be a good color for the right side pedals, make the little woman feel right at home.

TomNativeNewYorker · Post by **TomNativeNewYorker** » Tue May 08, 2007 8:49 pm

Are the pedals dual control to operate the rudders and the brakes?

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:31 pm

Well...no pedals on the right, so no pink...

The pedals are brakes only, but you use the hang down bars for most of your rudder movement, at least on the ground.

Lorin Dueck · Post by **Lorin Dueck** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:40 am

Chad -
Those are looking mighty fine!!

.. and thx for the pics
Lorin D
RV-9A (Flaps)