DT125R ARCHIVE

TheSnake1 · DTR Respected Member

Best way to get tired plastics looking new

mr karnage · Guru

http://dt125r.activeboard.com/t45729150/repairing-your-scratched-up-panels/

TheSnake1 · DTR Respected Member

how long does it take to do it that way? its just i dont wana put tonnes of effort into to making them like new only to scratch them falling off green laning :P cheers

mr karnage · Guru

if they arent that bad then id say a few hours

id only do it that way if theyre scratched quite a bit, otherwise some rubbing compound and bodywork polish will make them shine

TheSnake1 · DTR Respected Member

Thanks for the advise, think im gonna give that a go :) just seen your build thread, nice dt you got :) hows it coming along?

mr karnage · Guru

just waiting on a chain roller and bracket to stop the chain rubbing the frame

then just have to sort the plastics then, its taking ages becuase theyve got some deep scratches all over them

TheSnake1 · DTR Respected Member

not bad :)

mr karnage · Guru

thanks mate, still got quite a bit planned for it just sorting main things first

get some pics of your bike, the pictures section is a little dead atm lol

TheSnake1 · DTR Respected Member

Ive got some up here - http://dt125r.activeboard.com/t47017051/black-1999-dtr-d/
The pics are the ones that were on ebay but ill be getting some up to date one up soon :D

mr karnage · Guru

oh yh i seen it, didnt realise it was you lol

is that a gianelli exhaust you got?

TheSnake1 · DTR Respected Member

No its got a full athena, also got a slightly damaged DEP front pipe and a big one can that came spare with it lol

mr karnage · Guru

oh right, you making the bike a project or leaving it how it is?

TheSnake1 · DTR Respected Member

im gonna make it a project :) theres a fair few thing that i want to get for it and i think im gonna strip it once the bad weathers out of the way and get the fame and swing arm powder coated

mr karnage · Guru

yh man, thats what i ended up doing

id get it out of the way in the winter so its ready for the nice weather

TheSnake1 · DTR Respected Member

i just need to scrape some money together first :( god, i wish it grew on trees lol

TheSnake1 · DTR Respected Member

im not sure how long it should take but im on the the polishing stage and my plastic is really smooth but it dont seem to be polishing up? ive done about 3 coats using halfords cutting compound and about 3 coats of autoglym super resin polish. its improve the finish a bit but it doesnt seem to be coming up shiney much more? :S hope someone can help lol

NEV · Guru

Thought I'd try and polish up my panels today, so I used Sonus tyre and bumper dressing gel I have for detailing the car, brought them up as new, deffinately reccomend, I'll put a couple of pics up tomorrow when its daytime.

NEV · Guru

Dunno Karnie, only thought I'd try it on the panels last night mate, but on the car plasticss, etc, about a couple of weeks depending on weather/road crud.

Also found out today if you don't buff it after applying, and just let it dry, its like glass.

-- Edited by NEV on Friday 9th of March 2012 04:29:35 PM