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Trek 7.0 to 7.5 and paint job.
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Just wanted to share my SC project.

Bike front end was upgraded to 7.5 as well as the groupset and paint job.
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Re: Trek 7.0 to 7.5 and paint job. [Thi011] [ In reply to ]
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Looks great! Any more info on the process?
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Re: Trek 7.0 to 7.5 and paint job. [blueapplepaste] [ In reply to ]
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Guess it's all in the pictures.

Had the 7.0 frame and bought an used 7.5 cockpit. A friend of mine did the paint job here in Brazil and the groupset was bought on eBay.

Wheels are bootlegs chinese. Hopefully will get something decent soon.. So far I don't have any complain on them though.
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Re: Trek 7.0 to 7.5 and paint job. [Thi011] [ In reply to ]
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Cool. Should have been clearer was more interested in the painting of it. Is your friend a professional? Or just some DIY guy who painted a $3k bike for fun?
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Re: Trek 7.0 to 7.5 and paint job. [blueapplepaste] [ In reply to ]
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Yes he's a professional and have been working on carbon frames for the last 30 years. Repairing, painting for teams as well, he does really cool stuff.
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Re: Trek 7.0 to 7.5 and paint job. [Thi011] [ In reply to ]
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Very nice. You wouldn’t know it wasn’t a Project 1 bike.

So was this a real budget build where you got a Miller deal on parts or was the overal price still kinda high compared to a new bike?
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Re: Trek 7.0 to 7.5 and paint job. [grumpier.mike] [ In reply to ]
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Didn’t spend too much at all.
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Re: Trek 7.0 to 7.5 and paint job. [Thi011] [ In reply to ]
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Nice!
I would love to have my SC re-sprayed, but the typical cost here in US or Canada is north of $1000 for a paint job, too much to put into a 6 year old frame... :(
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Re: Trek 7.0 to 7.5 and paint job. [SBRcanuck] [ In reply to ]
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A friend of mine had his SC 9.9 professionaly wraped with matte black decal material.

I got really impressed. Pretty clean, fast and even cheapper service. Also if he wants to take it all off in the future it’s possible.

I’ll take some pictures of his bike and make a topic.
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Re: Trek 7.0 to 7.5 and paint job. [Thi011] [ In reply to ]
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Thi011 wrote:
A friend of mine had his SC 9.9 professionaly wraped with matte black decal material.

I got really impressed. Pretty clean, fast and even cheapper service. Also if he wants to take it all off in the future it’s possible.

I’ll take some pictures of his bike and make a topic.

Thanks, I've thought about that. Also thought about spraying with black plasti dip.
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