kili comp restoration

[wizz]

I have got my 96 kili comp back. Its in a sorry state. 9" of seat post stuck fast. In the middle of hacksawing. All shifters and deuraliers are fine. Marzochhi bombers. What is the best way of stripping the frame. I will need original green metallic decals. Where can I get them?

 

[coomber]

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Pictures speak a thousand words

Gil_m will sort you decals. Pm him.

Have you tried penetrating oil first? Hacksawing is a long tedious job.

Is it a silver model?

 

[wizz]

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Thanks for decals info. I have tried everything, hacksaw is the last resort. It is a silver model, I will figure out how to post pics.
Thanks

 

[coomber]

Caustic soda works. See my kili resto or youtube it

 

[hamster]

In terms of stripping and repainting, get your sprayer to do the stripping. That way the frame is pristine before spraying.

 

[dazdc5]

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PICS!! I had a Kili Comp, the decals were a nightmare due to the shape of the extruded downtube with its ribbed effect and the fact the decals were very flimsy foil-esk.

 

[wizz]

http://s28.photobucket.com/user/wizz71/profile/
hope this works. let me know please

 

[coomber]

Nope! Need to use the bottom code IMG like this

 

[02gf74]

you've tried penetrating oil (plusgas not WD40) on the seat post? give it a few days of soaking - you could put a short length off inner tube to create a receptacle for the fluid - use a scribe between the post and the frame to cler any corrosion to allow the fluid to flow between the two.,.

heat - you can go quite host as you have no worries about damaging the paint, then cool totry to break the seat - hold the post end in a vice and try twisting it.

all the fails, then it is caustic soda time.

my 96 killicomp was purple -not sure why yours isn't; it was also for rigid forks.

 

[coomber]

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Purple kili was 94. Silver 96. Good point on penetrating oil though