Need help with painting

[gsxrsuzukistud]

I just recently bought a 85 gpz900r (zx900) and the plastics are nasty. I started sanding and saw that the plastics need repairing, bad. I was wondering if someone with some time and experience can fix the cracks, sand, and paint the plastics for me. The owner before me fixed some cracks, but their all breaking loose.

OR

If anyone knows anybody that has some plastics for sale let me know!

Thanks,
Derek

[gixxert]

i can put them in primer for you and fix them but i cant really paint in my new place yet

[CoderHead]

I know of a guy who can paint plastics (a real nice, professional job) for a very reasonable price. Let me know if you get to that point. For reference, here's my bike he painted:
http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/586838/

[gsxrsuzukistud]

Thanks for the reply guys. I'll get in touch!

[Crooked]

I have been going through the same exact thing with my ninja. The previous owners had repaired the fairing with bondo and freakin elmers glue or something and it was cracking apart. I removed most of the bondo and basically re-broke it into the 6 pieces to get a fresh start.
I tried many types of model, plastic, and ABS glue, and the Devcon Plastic Welder from Wal-mart ($2 a tube) works incredibly well and is very strong on plastic and ABS fairings. I used this to adhere the cracked pieces back together. It dries fairly quick and you don't have to hold the pieces together very long.
Once the pieces were back together it was very strong, but with such a bad break I knew reinforcing was in order. I used fiberglass cloth, and epoxy resin on the back side of the fairing. Make sure cracks and holes are sealed or it will leak through to the front. It is really, really strong now with the repair, and still has a little flex to it. Then the sanding fun begins.
I used sandable filler primer to help cover the cracks even though they seemed pretty flush. I shot my main coats with gray, and a top coat of contrasting red so I could see the low spots when sanding through. Here are some pre-final sand and clean/ pre primer pics so it still looks rough here. It has turned out amazingly well considering it's my first time at this sort of thing. I guess the final color coats will tell the tale though.

[Crooked]

Here is the epoxy resin/ fiberglass side. You can see a little bondo in there where I filled some holes. Most of the information that helped me do this came from CNI & IQRaceworks (Steve & Ian). Without their tips and advice I wouldn't have been able to do this. I owe them a beer when I finally meet them! This is not a fast process and there are quite a few hours wrapped up in that hunk of plastic and fiberglass! PM me if you want any more info. on the process I went through to do this. Good luck, and if you can find another sucker to do it for you I would recommend it!

[gsxrsuzukistud]

wow.. thanks for the advice. I already have some fiberglass but I'm afraid to use it. I tried fiberglassing once and lets just say It looked like a car ran it over.

[gixxxer351]

Originally posted by Crooked
This is not a fast process and there are quite a few hours wrapped up in that hunk of plastic and fiberglass!. Good luck, and if you can find another sucker to do it for you I would recommend it!
That is true. I covered the the turn signal wholes on a set of gixxer plastics to get a custom look one time and it took several hours to get it done. I have repaired minor cracks on fairings and it too took a while, so if you're going to do it, expect to devote some serious time and effort into it.