I finally got around to doing the rear fenders with Plastidip. Pretty damn happy with the results. Going to let them cure for a couple days, then touch up a couple rough edges, rub off a bit of overspray, etc....
I finally got around to doing the rear fenders with Plastidip. Pretty damn happy with the results. Going to let them cure for a couple days, then touch up a couple rough edges, rub off a bit of overspray, etc....
2024 Tri Glide! Only modifications so far - transferred Rider backrest from old 2015 Freewheeler, just added highway pegs!
Lookin good Red.
I did mine a few years ago and last time I looked, the edges are starting to peel.
The good thing about the stuff is it can be removed fairly easily and redone, or not, if/when one feels the urge for change...
Isn't it weird that in AMERICA, our flag and our culture offend so many people...but our benefits don't???
It's my understanding that there's a solvent mixed in, which makes sense considering it's liquid rubber, basically. So for your fraying/peeling edges... you *might* be able to just mask as appropriate and spray again, might melt the peeling edges and re-adhere as it dries. Worth a shot!
FYI to anyone interested... took her up to my dealership for a weekend hooha (Guardians of the Children fundraiser). About 100 miles roundtrip, hot and not too humid. Speeds up to a little under 80. No peeling or any other issues after about five days of cure time. Probably would have been good after a day or two, just tied up with other things. Pretty damn happy with the looks!
2024 Tri Glide! Only modifications so far - transferred Rider backrest from old 2015 Freewheeler, just added highway pegs!
Red, that looks pretty darn good on your Free.
2021 CVO TriGlide - Sunset Orange & Black
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave in a well-preserved body, but to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting...Holy Sh!t What a ride!
Yeah that looks good against the orange. That plasti- dip brings out the artist in folks. I remember when it was rare. Sold via mail order from ads in Popular Mechanics. Now Wally World stocks it in dip and spray. I used the black spray to cover a masked off rectangle on the left side cover. My boot when mounting always scuffs/ scratches it up. I use the left passenger foot rest to mount the trike. No more having to buff it out now.
Looks really good Red! For those of you that don't get the DK Customs news letter (one of the sponsors on this forum) go to their website and read the interview with Red. I salute you Red! I enjoyed meeting you at last year's Kerrville meet.
Sunman
Took her out for about 300 miles last Friday. Got a little peeling on the leading edge down below, not a big surprise. I'll just make a portable mask (cut about a two inch square out of the middle of a large piece of cardboard) and do some touchup shots as needed after I clean the surface with a little Dawn suds. Still pretty happy with the results!
I did the same thing with a bed liner spread. I did like you all the way a cross. form a distant it looked like the fender was cut of square. I had a body man remove some form the out side, just a 2 " on top and to 1/2" on bottom. he repainted the small place he removed the bed liner and put some hardener in the paint. looks much better and no chips at all. now just above the liner I do have a couple.
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I did the same thing with a bed liner spread. I did like you all the way a cross. form a distant it looked like the fender was cut of square. I had a body man remove some form the out side, just a 2 " on top and to 1/2" on bottom. he repainted the small place he removed the bed liner and put some hardener in the paint. looks much better and no chips at all. now just above the liner I do have a couple. <br>sprae