Posted by nospam on August 7, 2007, 11:03 pm
Some little $#*U@#($! kids scratched the fender of my 02 V-Star 1100
Custom. Can someone recommend an inexpensive place to get a replacement?
The best price I've seen so far is $130, but I'm not sure if that was
pre-painted in the purple and brown color of the original fender.
-Thanks
Posted by Fake Name on August 8, 2007, 12:45 am
Is the fender damaged or only the paintwork?
If it's just the paint then I would recommend the following:
Go buy a cheap sauce pan with a painted bottom. Scratch it like your
fender. Then go buy various grit sand papers from 200-2500 at the
autoparts store along with some cheap spray paint.
Smooth out the scratch starting with the lower grit paper and working
up to the highest. Each grit increase should be able to remove the
sanding marks of the one before it. When the pan is smooth, paint it.
Lightly sand the pan after each coat of paint with the finest paper.
If you can make the pan look right then you can repaint your own
fender. But for the fender you will want to go to someplace like
cyclecolor http://www.cyclecolor.com/id33.htm and select the real
paint for your bike and a compatible clear coat.
Posted by J. Clarke on August 8, 2007, 7:36 am
Fake Name wrote:
> Is the fender damaged or only the paintwork?
> If it's just the paint then I would recommend the following:
> Go buy a cheap sauce pan with a painted bottom. Scratch it like your
> fender. Then go buy various grit sand papers from 200-2500 at the
> autoparts store along with some cheap spray paint.
> Smooth out the scratch starting with the lower grit paper and working
> up to the highest. Each grit increase should be able to remove the
> sanding marks of the one before it. When the pan is smooth, paint it.
> Lightly sand the pan after each coat of paint with the finest paper.
> If you can make the pan look right then you can repaint your own
> fender. But for the fender you will want to go to someplace like
> cyclecolor http://www.cyclecolor.com/id33.htm and select the real
> paint for your bike and a compatible clear coat.
Don't start by sanding. Meguiars and 3M both have graduated grades of
polish and rubbing compound and sandpaper designed so that you end up
with an "auto show" gloss. Start with the least agressive and work up
until either the scratch is gone or you're through the paint. If you
can get the scratch to go away then you can bring the gloss back up by
working down through the grades.
Cyclecolor can give an approximate match--between differences in
different lots of paint and the effects of aging it can't be exact. If
you don't blend with a spray gun or paint the whole fender then you'll
still see the color difference.
If the fender is available prepainted for $130 then painting it using
Cyclecolor colors isn't cost -effective--they want more than that for a
basic kit.
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Posted by nospam on August 8, 2007, 10:25 pm
On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:45:17 -0500, Fake Name wrote:
> Is the fender damaged or only the paintwork?
>
I'm fairly sure it's only the paint. If I can get a fender
at a reasonable price, I'll probably just replace it. If
not, maybe I'll try what you recommended.
-Thanks
Posted by Albrecht via MotorcycleKB.com on August 8, 2007, 8:47 am
nospam wrote:
>The best price I've seen so far is $130, but I'm not sure if that was
>pre-painted in the purple and brown color of the original fender.
If you go to www.bikebandit.com > OEM parts > Yamaha > 2002 V-star > fender,
the Yamaha paint codes are listed with the part number.
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> If it's just the paint then I would recommend the following:
> Go buy a cheap sauce pan with a painted bottom. Scratch it like your
> fender. Then go buy various grit sand papers from 200-2500 at the
> autoparts store along with some cheap spray paint.
> Smooth out the scratch starting with the lower grit paper and working
> up to the highest. Each grit increase should be able to remove the
> sanding marks of the one before it. When the pan is smooth, paint it.
> Lightly sand the pan after each coat of paint with the finest paper.
> If you can make the pan look right then you can repaint your own
> fender. But for the fender you will want to go to someplace like
> cyclecolor http://www.cyclecolor.com/id33.htm and select the real
> paint for your bike and a compatible clear coat.