My deal on a new 2014 backrest, re-dyed and ready to go!

[Jayson]

Hi all. I just recently purchased a 2014 Spyder RT-S. Due to my back issues I had been looking for a backrest. The Can-Am backrest was crazy priced @ $460. Then I came across a E-Bay deal. A stock backrest for $350. Only problem was that it was burgundy. Then I remembered what a friend of mine did to his cars leather seats. Looking around at all the options I settled on a product from ColorBond found on Amazon called:

ColorBond (1873) Ford Lincoln Charcoal Black LVP Leather, Vinyl & Hard Plastic Refinisher Spray Paint - 12 oz.

It started out looking like this:


I un-zipped the cover from the mount and followed the instructions to prepare the material. I wanted to preserve the Spyder logo so I took one of my wife's tea candles and lit it. I then took a small paint brush and covered the logo stitching with the hot wax. Once I was happy that I had it covered well I hung it up in my garage:



And proceeded to re-dye or paint it. Once done I carefully "scratched" off the wax with an exacto knife and re-fit it over the mount. And here is the results:



Matched very nicely!!! And I saved $100!

Cheers!

[Chupaca]

very nice job. Looks great congrats..!!

[Cruzr Joe]

Very good

cruzr joe

[ARtraveler]

You did well. It looks very nice.

[trikermutha]

Let us know how it holds up the outdoor environment

[Big Arm]

[Bob Denman]

[SPYD1]

Great job!!!

[Tasian]

Looks great and excellent narrative on what you did to get it ready!

[Tango]

Looks great! Tom

[Myron Ah]

Nice job and saved money. Can't beat it.

[Jayson]

Thank you all for your comments. I've put about 60 miles on the backrest. Not much time yet, but no issues so far. The color seems to be very fast to the leather. Still looks great. I love saving money! hehehe