bluecycle7
Joy Rider
Painted gauge cluster area, rear fender, rear plastics, rotors, & calipers
I've been wanting to paint the plastics around the gauges to match the bike for a long time. Have had the bike four years and finally decided to paint it. I also painted the side plastic around the seat(all blue, before it was blue on top and black on the bottom) and painted the rear fender. I also plan on painting the footpegs and the side of the radiator covers.
To buy enough of the exact Yamaha color coded paint would have been 60 plus bucks, so instead I went to autozone with the side plastics to find the closest paint color possible. I found a Honda paint called Electron Blue Pearl, that is a close as you can get. it's about 7.50 a can and I bought four plus clear.
I had to go to four different auto stores in two towns to get all the paint the same day. From what I looked up, this color paint was used on Honda models around 98-02 which is why the stores only had one or two cans at the most. One store didn't even have any.
I've been wanting to paint the plastics around the gauges to match the bike for a long time. Have had the bike four years and finally decided to paint it. I also painted the side plastic around the seat(all blue, before it was blue on top and black on the bottom) and painted the rear fender. I also plan on painting the footpegs and the side of the radiator covers.
To buy enough of the exact Yamaha color coded paint would have been 60 plus bucks, so instead I went to autozone with the side plastics to find the closest paint color possible. I found a Honda paint called Electron Blue Pearl, that is a close as you can get. it's about 7.50 a can and I bought four plus clear.
I had to go to four different auto stores in two towns to get all the paint the same day. From what I looked up, this color paint was used on Honda models around 98-02 which is why the stores only had one or two cans at the most. One store didn't even have any.
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