OUCH!!! Paint Question?
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From: Foristell, MO
OUCH!!! Paint Question?
I managed to let my GPS lead me down a one way street ending in a small hillside parking lot. I have to admit that my low speed riding skill sucks. I dicked around until I overbalanced to the down hill side. Some of you know what happened next. It was a slow motion lay down but it rolled over the engine guard and caught the fairing. The point of contact is on the edge of the right side of the fairing. That is bad enough but look what else happened. Large flakes of paint popped off. If look close you can see that the edge of the remaining paint is loose.
My question is, does this look right? There is no sign that the paint is actually adhering to the plastic under it. Will a paint shop be able to fix this?
My question is, does this look right? There is no sign that the paint is actually adhering to the plastic under it. Will a paint shop be able to fix this?
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From: Dover, DE
That doesn't look like its going to feather out very well....it also looks like there's an excessive mil build on that fairing. I'm thinking they didn't prep that fairing very well at the factory, picture doesn't show much of a scratch in the plastic. I would recommend stripping it to bare plastic and redoing it the proper way.
Are you the first owner? Is there a chance it was repaired before? Either way going to bare plastic would be the only way I'd do that job...or take the chance of it popping like that again.
Are you the first owner? Is there a chance it was repaired before? Either way going to bare plastic would be the only way I'd do that job...or take the chance of it popping like that again.
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