The right way to bring your plastic back to life.

[Budweiserebel07]

Thanks man !! from the time i started sanding till getting it to look like that id say i had 4 1/2 hours in it. But I had some pretty horrific plastic. The buffing took the longest for sure.

When I first bought the bike I thought it was going to take way too much money to fix up to where I wanted. Turns out I only had like 250 bucks in the restoration. Including the aluminum handguards and pro taper grips, paint for the motor and frame, and bearings. The guy I bought it off of gave me the piston, hotcam, and gasket kit for free. My 400 ex decals should be in today along with my plastic fuel switch.

[chronicsmoke]

Originally posted by Budweiserebel07
Thanks man !! from the time i started sanding till getting it to look like that id say i had 4 1/2 hours in it. But I had some pretty horrific plastic. The buffing took the longest for sure.

When I first bought the bike I thought it was going to take way too much money to fix up to where I wanted. Turns out I only had like 250 bucks in the restoration. Including the aluminum handguards and pro taper grips, paint for the motor and frame, and bearings. The guy I bought it off of gave me the piston, hotcam, and gasket kit for free. My 400 ex decals should be in today along with my plastic fuel switch.

Keep it up! I noticed the hand guards, they really set it off.. now all you need is a front bumper lol!

[Budweiserebel07]

haha Oh YA !! hold on ive got one. The goober before me welded the top bracket shut and Ive got to torch it off but hers a pic of it with the bumper just sitting on the bracket. here it is..

[chronicsmoke]

Originally posted by Budweiserebel07
haha Oh YA !! hold on ive got one. The goober before me welded the top bracket shut and Ive got to torch it off but hers a pic of it with the bumper just sitting on the bracket. here it is..

Haha at least it's keeping you busy

I wish deals like that came up around me!

[Budweiserebel07]

LOL Craigslist man. It rocks.

[sheweezy]

Man, you did an excellent job....been hesitant to try this, but if mine would turn out a fraction of the quality of those i would be satisfied

[Budweiserebel07]

thanks ! biggest cost for that project is time.

[thebig450es]

Thanks for the post, my black plastics need help, i'll give your process a try

[Budweiserebel07]

Sweet. for black, I would really be tedious with the wet sanding. Cause we both know black shows every scratch, lol. However it looks bad ***. The more elbow grease the better the shine ! Good Luck !

[grovesbm]

i've been thinkin about doing this for awhile ......i got black plastic that looks like a gerbil has been gnawing at it for awhile..........anyway, looks sweet man! thanks for posting!





sanding begins tonight!