my zx6r spruce up..

after buying my ninja its finally got to me about the colour difference in the panels front/side, so as the lad in the bodyshop owes me a favour.....and the manager is off this week its time to get it started.

how it looked before



its going to be a similar shade of blu-the vauxhall vxr arden blue and a black that the lad has mixed up.

stripped most of it wednesday night at my mates garage








the wheels and rear subframe are now off too, all the frame work is going to be done in satin black hammerite.

got the wheels and black bits back on saturday morning







so i built the wheels back up and put the rim tape on





got a couple of light and 1 medium coat on the frame too, more rubbing down monday night and a couple more coats to go on

excuse the camera phone quality pics

 

should look good but watch that satin hammerite m8 - i did my frame in it & it looked great til i splashed fuel on it.
it isnt fuel resistant & will bloom, plus you cant put a lacquer over it cos it bubbles it off.

probs best asking the paintshop lad to mix some 2 pack up for you - you can probably get it put in rattlers if you ask around.

keep the pics coming

 

I know. Id already put the light coats on when you mentioned it on t'other thread lol. Ill just have to be carefull with the fuel i think

 

you can t cut out the bloom but then you end up with a gloss bit against the satin black.
i ended up waxing mine over the top which does help.

it chips quite easy as well so make sure youve done all your spanner work first before finishing it off.
also, be carefull flatting it between coats - i found mine was laminating, like peeling off in layers.
you need a proper good keyed surface for it to stick well

 

just a bot of an update, not far off now.

got most of the panels back now just waiting for the seat unit




up close on the black..




built up the nose




front wheel and hugger on







back wheel




rear hugger and tail tidy







petty tank is on and just put the nose on,
just waiting for the new mirrors to come.




not to far off really.
next pay day ill get some new brake lines and a set of short levers

 

Looking nice and Shiney !! :thumbsup:

 

Looking good matey, love the blue colour! Are the wheels painted or powder coated? they look awsome :thumbsup:

 

Good job mate

 

Looking sweet mate,nice project.

 

Wheels have been painted chief

 

Thanks fella

 

Cheers

 

Ta. Hopefully be done for the weekend if the weather is gonna do anything other than rain

 

I have just put a new set of fairnings on mine as i was not happy with the paint on mine and its lookin good.

 

When you planning on having it finished mate?

 

Ayup doug, ya run out of fuel near kersley round about? that was me on the Tuono who pulled over to make sure ya was alreet.

Sure I regocnised the 6r, seen it a couple of times around that area on the turf home

 

Should be done for weekend. Just waiting for new mirrors

 

Ive not ran out of fuel yet ....... Touch wood. Might have seen me up and around kearsley roundabout though, i live in farnworth

 

looks nice that fella, keep the pics comin. also iv got some tokico 6 pots if you need any

 

whats the fixing centres on them m8? thinking of putting a set on my vtr.
the oem ones are like nipple clamps