1. Hello Guest. You have limited privileges and you can't "SEARCH" the forums. Please "Log In" or "Sign Up" for additional functionality. Click HERE to proceed.

yx600 radian fuel tank paint job

Discussion in 'XJ Modifications' started by Jake750, Jan 25, 2021.

  1. Jake750

    Jake750 Member

    Messages:
    126
    Likes Received:
    24
    Trophy Points:
    18
    Location:
    Detroit
    Gas tank turned out so well that my girlfriend let me use it as a table centerpiece (for now).
    tank 1.JPEG tank 2.jpg
     
    Fuller56 and Brent NZ like this.
  2. Fuller56

    Fuller56 Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    760
    Likes Received:
    345
    Trophy Points:
    63
    Location:
    Cary, NC (winter) Harpursville, NY (summer)
    She was right, that is NICE!
     
    Jake750 likes this.
  3. a100man

    a100man Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,597
    Likes Received:
    346
    Trophy Points:
    83
    Location:
    Bedford, UK
    Girlfriends are like that, it's wives that get the hump in my experince.
     
    Jake750 likes this.
  4. Fuller56

    Fuller56 Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    760
    Likes Received:
    345
    Trophy Points:
    63
    Location:
    Cary, NC (winter) Harpursville, NY (summer)
    Is that professionally done, well obviously so. But are you the professional who did it or did you send it out to be done?
     
  5. Jake750

    Jake750 Member

    Messages:
    126
    Likes Received:
    24
    Trophy Points:
    18
    Location:
    Detroit
    Professionally done by an amateur :). I stripped it, filled, sanded, primed and base coated. I had to collaborate with a buddy to do the color coat since I don't have a paint gun setup (yet). I know it's colorrite paint but I don't know the exact color. I got the paint from a local collision shop that had some leftover after a job that they were going to throw away.
     
  6. 50gary

    50gary Active Member

    Messages:
    343
    Likes Received:
    128
    Trophy Points:
    43
    Location:
    Saginaw, Mi. USA
    Very nice, as long as she doesn't put flowers in the gas filler, ha ha. Excellent job (nice color too) I must say.
    Cheers, 50gary.
     
    Jake750 likes this.
  7. Jake750

    Jake750 Member

    Messages:
    126
    Likes Received:
    24
    Trophy Points:
    18
    Location:
    Detroit
    Just finished the seat cowl.
     

    Attached Files:

  8. Franz

    Franz Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    3,646
    Likes Received:
    1,037
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Location:
    Scotland UK.
    Nice paint colour and finish.
     
    Jake750 likes this.
  9. lostboy

    lostboy Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    1,225
    Likes Received:
    324
    Trophy Points:
    83
    Location:
    Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada
    If you keep up this good work you and your girlfriend will not have any room to sit and eat at the table.
     
    Jake750 likes this.
  10. Antothoro

    Antothoro Member

    Messages:
    107
    Likes Received:
    9
    Trophy Points:
    18
    WOW, great job. I'm looking to paint my bike as well. Would you mind jotting down some notes to guide a newbie like me in painting?
     
    Jake750 likes this.
  11. Jake750

    Jake750 Member

    Messages:
    126
    Likes Received:
    24
    Trophy Points:
    18
    Location:
    Detroit
    99% prep. 1%painting.

    Use an adhesion promoter for plastic. Prime and sand it. Then prime again and sand again. Then wet sand. Then pray to Cthulhu. And THEN start your color coats.
     

Share This Page