well im about to buy an f4i ex-stunt bike conveted back to street, but it has a paint job im not so fond of. i wont be able to spend $500ish at a shop.so im gonna have to paint it my self. just wondering if anyone did this before. if you got pics post em too. progress pics would be sweet as well.

 

heres the f4i i might get



the paint job is the only thing steering me away from it

 

Former stunt bike?

I'd pass on it.

 

yea that doesn't sound like a great idea.. thats kinda like lettin all your buddies run the train on your girlfriend right before you get married lol

 

If the price is right, and you don't expect a solid bike, go for it. If you want something reliable and don't want to potentially have to fix a lot of things, stay away. But it might last thousands of miles without problems, who knows.

Anyways, I painted mine flat black, using spray cans. Basically, I sanded the fairings with 220, sprayed them with numerous coats of flexible primer, then sanded with 320 or 400, then sprayed the black on (make sure it's heavy enough to not dry too fast, but without runs). Did some minor wetsanding (had some spots dry too fast) then sprayed more black. Probably 4-5 coats of black. No real good pics yet, but here are a few:

Before the bodywork on the tail was finished:



I'll get some better pics this weekend, hopefully with the new front wheel and signals installed


Modified by fatboy01 at 7:59 AM 4/11/2008

 

F2/F3 with F4i front end and SV tail?

I like the shorty exhaust

 

My buddy's 996...all rattlecan except the tank and airbox. But you can't easily see the difference unless you're up close.

 

 

[QUOTE=marmaladeboy]My buddy's 996...all rattlecan except the tank and airbox. But you can't easily see the difference unless you're up close. [QUOTE]

noice noice....yea i rattle canned my zx6r flat black and it wasn't that bad..here's one

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i rattle canned my first bike. it went from this:



tp this:





i spent about $100 in paint and materials. it looked pretty decent for the first few weeks and then it started looking like ****. imo, its not worth it if you want your bike to look presentable over time. you'd be better off just prepping the plastics and then taking it to a shop and let them shoot it for a couple hundred bucks.

 

^ that looks really good! do you think it would have lasted if you clear coated it?

 

that flat black streetfighter zx6r looks really good. i might actually get a cbr600rr instead, i dont like the idea of my friends running a train on my girlfriend

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sup gurl &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">F2/F3 with F4i front end and SV tail?

I like the shorty exhaust </TD></TR></TABLE>

It's a custom 600rr tail, sv1000 taillight, 1000rr fender, f4i gauges, f4i upper and lowers, f3 built into an f2 frame (still have to put the f3 wheel on) with a 637cc 13:1compression motor, and some other things along with countless hours of work. Race header with a shorty exhaust, cept it's a little too loud for the neighbors. I'll see how long they hold out until I get complaints

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ...rohit &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">^ that looks really good! do you think it would have lasted if you clear coated it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

that was with clear coat

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AzntaggeR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

that was with clear coat </TD></TR></TABLE>haha, looked good either way, what kind of spray cans did you use?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by G-stack double R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yea that doesn't sound like a great idea.. thats kinda like lettin all your buddies run the train on your girlfriend right before you get married lol</TD></TR></TABLE>

LMFAO

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