TNRC51 Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 Some of you may have seen this on Facebook already but I had a few minutes and thought I would share it here. I acquired this very nice 2006 / ABS model a few years ago and decided pretty quickly that I did not like the graphics or the overall look that much. I began thinking about what I wanted to do. I changed out the rear wheel with a nice 8 spoke that I found on Ebay early on. This helped but still not what I wanted. Then I looked at a lot of paint schemes to see how I wanted to go. I wanted this to be a little understated but "sporty". I am lucky that I have a friend who is a painter who agreed to help me out. I did all of the prep work. I scuffed the existing plastics and the tank with 1000 grit paper to give the new paint something to grip. It's really pretty scary to see what you've done to a pristine finish the first time you try this. Trust that when the clear goes back on it really is like magic. Next I laid out the design and let my friend shoot it. I used two additional colors. This one is a Lexus/Toyota color called "Storm Gray". The second color is from Jaguar and matches the wings on the tank. I finished by adding a pinstripe that we put under the clear. Once the paint and clear was on, I did the final buffing and leveling. Here is the final result... 8 1 Quote
Member Contributer Knute Posted November 30, 2018 Member Contributer Posted November 30, 2018 I like it. Nicely done. Quote
Member Contributer Brown81 Posted November 30, 2018 Member Contributer Posted November 30, 2018 Wow, looks great! Quote
Member Contributer rangemaster Posted December 1, 2018 Member Contributer Posted December 1, 2018 Understatedly stunning. Quote
mello dude Posted December 1, 2018 Posted December 1, 2018 Very sweet! I like the black/gray split with the red pin stripe and how it extends across the tank. Quote
TNRC51 Posted December 3, 2018 Author Posted December 3, 2018 Getting that line to follow across from the side to the tank was challenging. I ended up using a laser to strike a line for the tape. 1 Quote
duccmann Posted December 3, 2018 Posted December 3, 2018 OH HELL YES! LOVE IT GREAT JOB Getting kind of tired of my all red. Thanks for the inspiration Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
Member Contributer MaxSwell Posted December 4, 2018 Member Contributer Posted December 4, 2018 That's fabulous. Love it too. Quote
Member Contributer Grum Posted December 4, 2018 Member Contributer Posted December 4, 2018 Excellent paint work, a very nice smart looking color scheme, looking brand new. Enjoy that beautiful 6gen. Cheers Quote
Member Contributer VARIABLE9 Posted December 4, 2018 Member Contributer Posted December 4, 2018 That looks awesome! Great job! 1 Quote
Member Contributer VFRpilotDave Posted December 6, 2018 Member Contributer Posted December 6, 2018 That is really well done! Quote
VFR80025th Posted December 18, 2018 Posted December 18, 2018 Now I can appreciate all the prep work. I'm not feeling the paint scheme. It actually takes away from the VFR design which is a beautiful machine. My take. Ride safe. 1 Quote
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