Re: painting ur-q rear spoiler?

[steve.powers@spdg.COM (Steve Powers)]

Steve adds:
> >Subject:Re: painting ur-q rear spoiler?
> >
> >>Anyone ever repaint an ur-q rear spoiler? Tips & hints?
> >>
> >>What kind of material are these? Anyone ever strip/blast one?
> >>
> >>Anyone know of an ABS plastic or similar lightweight and easy-to-paint
> >>replacement?
> >>
> >>TIA,
> >>
> >>-glen
> >
> >When I was looking at painting my TQC, I found that there is an elastomer that
> >can be added to the paint to make it flexible for the spoiler.  Supposedly
> >works fine, but I never did it.  Also, I've got a hand laid fiberglas spoiler

Glen,

Trot on over to your local BMW motorcycle dealer and ask who does their
paintwork. The stuff Steve M. talks about is mixed into the paint that is
used on the front fenders of K model motorcycles. The paint is _really_
flexible when done properly. The guy who backed into my K100 folded my
front fender in half backwards. Only then did _some_ of the paint let go.
It came off in a nice sized _flexible_ chunk.


steve powers ... '95.5 S6 ... '95 620RX/C ... '91 K100RS-16V ... '88 R100S
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