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Plastic side panels need a birthday....where?
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 11:37 am
by exrm193
I have plastic side panels on my XR650L. I'd like to give them a refurb.
Anyone know of anywhere it can be done?
Thanks
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Re: Plastic side panels need a birthday....where?
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 12:08 pm
by Teflon Jnr
Any car sprayers can paint on plastic using plastic primer
Re: Plastic side panels need a birthday....where?
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 12:21 pm
by johnnyboxer
Buying new ones would be cheaper :whistle:
Re: Plastic side panels need a birthday....where?
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 1:02 pm
by Jack Union
Sadly what Jonnyboxer says I think^^^
Jumped on this hoping to find the perfect answer as I had the same question over a year ago for an XT project...
Unless you invest in your own buffing kit I don't think theres a way to achieve this for sensible money but I'll keep an eye out here just in case someone has the magic cure.
Good luck!
Re: Plastic side panels need a birthday....where?
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 1:11 pm
by Redmurty
Re: Plastic side panels need a birthday....where?
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 7:00 pm
by zimtim
just in process of doing mine, could do with a a machine to buff it a bit more but doing it by hand getting a pretty good result though I probably won't get the depth of shine on mine.
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Rub down panel
3 coats plastic primer 600 grit rub down on last coat
4 coats colour 1200 grit rub down after second coat 1500 rub down on last coat wet'n'dry allowed 12-24 hrs between coats nice hot day in sunroom
3 coats petrol resistant lacquer 1500 wet n dry last coat.
Turtle wax colour magic black lost count on how many applications so far. see slight improvement after each.
Re: Plastic side panels need a birthday....where?
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 7:43 pm
by exrm193
Hmmmmm....liking your thinking!
