man we JUST had a thread about this let me find the link... gah i cant find it


yes check out my pic's in the Ride of the month section mine are painted

 

lol pics of your painted are on page 1

 

yeah i was too sleepy to notice this was page 2 yesterday rofl

 

Reading this thread got me wanting to tidy up my plastic. Went down to Advance Auto before dinner, bought some of that Krylon Fusion paint, popped the panels, cleaned the plastic real good, and gave 'em a couple of coats. A few minutes work and a couple hours later and it looks so much better. Here's the before and after. Thanks for giving me the idea, you guys. Always looking for cheap ways to make the bike look a little better.

Before:


After:


Tidy's it up quite a bit, don't it? And all for under $5 for a can 'o paint. Booyah.

 

What finish black did you use? Semi gloss maybe? Looks really good by the way



Brian

 

Used the Krylon Fusion gloss black. I think it turned out pretty well. I thought at first about going matte black (as i did with my passenger pegs), but figured i'd get as close to the gloss black that's on the fairing as i could. I think it looks nice.

If you wanted to try and match the black on the frame, a semi gloss would probably do the trick. The plastic does look a bit glossier than the frame.

If you really want to match the black on the fairing, after looking at the finished product, i'd say the Krylon gloss black is a very close match, but you're gonna have to sand the plastic down smooth. The texturing on the plastic keeps it from looking the same as the fairing, even though the color is extremely close. I might end up sanding it eventually, but that's a lot more work than i want to put into it right now. As it is, i think it looks 100% better.

 

they make an adhesion promoter for plastic.. called bull dog i think.. can get it at an autoparts store..
and i think there is a bumper paint that is made to paint the plastic parts on bumpers..

 

ya if you were to have sanded your covers they would look exactly like the fairing i think.

 

they do look at my pics close you can not tell the diffrence in person sanding is teh way to go if you want it to look perfect, but im a fan of krylon too )