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Title: Custom paint and bodywork?
Post by: GambitDash on July 11, 2016, 04:00:15 AM

Hi folks!

Any custom paint jobs out there? I hear that getting replacement plastic is pretty cheap, and am thinking about doing a metallic blue paint job on mine. Any thoughts or suggestions for approach?

Title: Re: Custom paint and bodywork?
Post by: BrianTRice@gmail.com on July 11, 2016, 08:20:47 AM

There's this guy: http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=3926 (http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=3926) http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=5477 (http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=5477)

Harlan has a custom blue paint job, and Ben Rich recently got something a little bolder...

Wraps were discussed as well: http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=5401 (http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=5401)

FWIW the tail plastics are the only difficult part to remove for work (see the wiki manual for some instructions).

Title: Re: Custom paint and bodywork?
Post by: benswing on July 11, 2016, 11:05:11 AM

This is what my SR looks like now. 

Wraps are good, but if you can afford it there is nothing like a good airbrush artist.

Mine was done by SM Airbrushing in NJ.

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160711/d89fff4ea32b224b75c56ff7717fdd34.jpg)


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Title: Re: Custom paint and bodywork?
Post by: GambitDash on July 11, 2016, 09:40:03 PM

Ballpark, how much did that cost,  Ben? Current thought is to get new plastics at the same time as a new charger (once those become a "thing"), and roll it all into one update.

P.S. Sorry I missed you in Seattle! Been out of the forums lately and just saw you were in town.

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Title: Re: Custom paint and bodywork?
Post by: Edwin-SR on July 12, 2016, 06:53:46 PM

Not really custom but painted bodywork.

http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=4647.msg30932#msg30932 (http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=4647.msg30932#msg30932)

Title: Re: Custom paint and bodywork?
Post by: GambitDash on July 12, 2016, 10:09:01 PM

Quote from: Edwin-SR on July 12, 2016, 06:53:46 PM

Not really custom but painted bodywork.

http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=4647.msg30932#msg30932 (http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=4647.msg30932#msg30932)

Nice! Did you take those plastics to a shop or order new ones or what?

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Title: Re: Custom paint and bodywork?
Post by: benswing on July 12, 2016, 10:14:02 PM

It cost about $1700 all told.  Including a portrait of Tesla and a lithium atom.(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160712/72074dd28206ebdb474b5f66823dd504.jpg)(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160712/644a0a7c53a1df44455b6f6e83cdde6d.jpg)


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Title: Re: Custom paint and bodywork?
Post by: Edwin-SR on July 14, 2016, 04:30:34 PM

Quote from: GambitDash on July 12, 2016, 10:09:01 PM

Quote from: Edwin-SR on July 12, 2016, 06:53:46 PM

Not really custom but painted bodywork.

http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=4647.msg30932#msg30932 (http://electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=4647.msg30932#msg30932)

Nice! Did you take those plastics to a shop or order new ones or what?

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The dealer brought the original parts to the painter and mounted them afterwards.