Painting the panels question

[Blinc]

OK, let's hear it from the pro's...
Wife wants her red/black spyder painted Peal like the newer models.
The question is, should I just buy the pearl panels off ebay or from BRP, or should I have her red panels painted the Pearl color?
My concern is if painted, is there a good chance for peeling etc later on down the road since the panels are plastic?
Any idea what it might cost to have them painted like that?

Thanks!

 

[Justin]

OK, let's hear it from the pro's...
Wife wants her red/black spyder painted Peal like the newer models.
The question is, should I just buy the pearl panels off ebay or from BRP, or should I have her red panels painted the Pearl color?
My concern is if painted, is there a good chance for peeling etc later on down the road since the panels are plastic?
Any idea what it might cost to have them painted like that?

Thanks!

Just make sure you get a good paint shop and you'll have no issues. I'm having my wife's bike done in white and the total cost is $650.00 with getting the black panels painted also. I bought a whole body of a silver Spyder with 280km for $300.00. I have the Phantoms models and didn't want to paint the stealth panels.

 

[irish2themax]

I had mine painted gloss black and, no matter how good the paint job is, eventually you will get small chips in it from road debris.

 

[Firefly]

I would check the prices both ways, but you'd be hard pressed to find a local shop that could make them look as good as the pearl white BRP factory ones---

Also make sure it's a shop that knows how to paint PLASTIC! Heard many horror stories of cracking later on because they didn't use the correct modifier in the paint.

 

[Justin]

I had mine painted gloss black and, no matter how good the paint job is, eventually you will get small chips in it from road debris.

That's what is nice with the phantom panels. They don't chip.

 

[mtdoragary]

OK, let's hear it from the pro's...
Wife wants her red/black spyder painted Peal like the newer models.
The question is, should I just buy the pearl panels off ebay or from BRP, or should I have her red panels painted the Pearl color?
My concern is if painted, is there a good chance for peeling etc later on down the road since the panels are plastic?
Any idea what it might cost to have them painted like that?

Thanks!

I painted dozens of scooters back in the eighties using Imron. It chemically bonds to the Tupperware and you can't scrape it off!

 

[EricDeub]

Buy the BRP pearl panels off ebay and sell the red ones White over red not a good idea the chips will stand out like a turd in a punchbowl :shocked:

 

[Justin]

Buy the BRP pearl panels off ebay and sell the red ones White over red not a good idea the chips will stand out like a turd in a punchbowl :shocked:

There wouldn't be no red. They would be sanded, primed and painted.

 

[EricDeub]

They will still be red at the base.

There wouldn't be no red. They would be sanded, primed and painted.

 

[Blinc]

Awesome,
Thanks guys, looks like verdict is to order the BRP panels.
They are spendy though, so if anyone wants to give me a set, I am accepting donations!
JK, I will sell the red ones and use it towards the new panels.

:doorag:

 

[venom]

using a good epoxy primer will do the job

 

[Blinc]

Yep, saw those.
Wife keeps bugging me to get them, lol.