sweetfa65
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posted May 23, 2010 10:24 PM
Painting ram air intake covers.
Has anyone had any success painting the ram air intake covers (the ones that cover the air ducts)? I've had the grilles painted on my ride, and would like to smooth the surface and paint the intake covers too. Can anyone tell me how to go about smoothing the texture on the panels for painting. I've thought about just sanding them smooth, but don't want to wreck my plastics if it doesn't work.
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68gts2
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posted May 24, 2010 03:31 AM
I think ordering the smooth replacement covers would be money well spent Stephen. Have you seen the carbon fiber covers? They are sweet.
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posted May 24, 2010 04:27 AM
Bestem Carbon Fiber Ram Air covers.
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posted May 24, 2010 07:27 AM
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sweetfa65
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posted May 24, 2010 05:46 PM
I am not a big fan of carbon for my bike. I'd prefer to paint all my plastics to match the bike.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
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eklipse636
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posted May 24, 2010 05:52 PM
Maybe a idea for smoothing the out would be to find a set of carbon fiber covers that are scratched and you can paint them.
I think it would be hard to sand the originals smooth without them being wavy.
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posted May 24, 2010 06:00 PM
I thought about painting too........... good luck matching metallic specks pattern in black paint. And it match OEM.
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posted May 24, 2010 08:20 PM
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sweetfa65
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posted May 24, 2010 08:49 PM
I'd thought about painting some carbon ones, but it'd be an expensive exercise. Trying to do on the cheap if possible. Anyone have some cheap carbon ones? Or, can someone tell me the cheapest supplier for carbon ones?
Cheers.
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posted May 25, 2010 04:02 AM
They can be had in fiberglass as well. I would research before ordering to make sure you don't get a pos set shipped all the way across the pond.
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sweetfa65
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posted June 06, 2010 05:09 PM
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They can be had in fiberglass as well. I would research before ordering to make sure you don't get a pos set shipped all the way across the pond.
I've done some searching for f/glass ones with no luck. Can someone hook me up with a link to a seller.
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