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GambitDash

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Custom paint and bodywork?
« 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?
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Re: Custom paint and bodywork?
« Reply #1 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=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

FWIW the tail plastics are the only difficult part to remove for work (see the wiki manual for some instructions).
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Re: Custom paint and bodywork?
« Reply #2 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.




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Re: Custom paint and bodywork?
« Reply #3 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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Re: Custom paint and bodywork?
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2016, 06:53:46 PM »
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Re: Custom paint and bodywork?
« Reply #5 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
Nice! Did you take those plastics to a shop or order new ones or what?

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Re: Custom paint and bodywork?
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2016, 10:14:02 PM »
It cost about $1700 all told.  Including a portrait of Tesla and a lithium atom.


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Re: Custom paint and bodywork?
« Reply #7 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
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.
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