2002 Buell Blast Paint

[dbemtit]

Hello all, I am a new owner of a 2002 Buell Blast with 6K on it. I'm a new motorcycle owner as well as this is my first. To me the bike looked great and checked out great and I think I got a pretty good deal on it. The only problem is I hate the color. As a guy I personally don't think I look good riding on a purple bike and would like to change the color. I've seen different suggestions from swap the plastic parts to re-paint them. I'm also looking for the least amount of cash option. If swapping parts where is the best place for a good price(eBay has very little right now)? If painting how can I do it myself and with what kind of paint? Is this even possible with the color all the way through the plastic? Thank you!

 

[BuellyBagger]

cheapest and easiest way to paint buell plastic( this is coming from a pro collision painter with thousands of dollars of fancy materials at his disposal)... use krylon fusion. Its a specialized paint for plastic parts. I'm havent got ne straight answers from a paint rep yet on y it sticks to plastic so well but it does... especially for the cost. so if ur capable remove ur plastic parts.. scuff them with a grey scotch brite and spray. But if its been repainted over the factory raw plastic(which if its purple it might have been) just scuff with a red scoth brite pad and use ne regular enamel or lacquer poof can that suites u just practice on some junk parts first. U'll b able 2 tell the difference between paint and raw plastic if u scuff/sand a small area. plastic wont make much dust or powder as much where as paint will... (white power if it is base-clear purple if some sort of single stage) Hope that helps

 

[fwkapaun]

Congratulations on your purchase, stay safe, have fun and ride the piss out of your Blast!

 

[BuellyBagger]

fyi dbemtit if u want 2 spend the cash and ur in the mid west i can paint it 4 u(prolly kinda spendy for a blast though)

 

[dbemtit]

Thanks.....fwkapun

Thanks for the info and the offer BuellyBagger! I'd love to take you up on your offer but I know I don't have the cash for that. Any thoughts as to where the best place is to get some decent Buell tank decals since I'll obviously be taking those off to paint?

 

[BuellyBagger]

Well, they might be a lil hard to get but i have seen blast decals online for sale and dealers might still be able to order them. I just took mine off and stuck em on my tool box.Heres a few pics of my paint on my uly.

 

[dbemtit]

Very nice!

 

[dbemtit]

I'm getting blue powder as I sand. I've go all the purple plastic parts off except for the front fender as it looks like I will have to remove the front wheel in order to get the fender off (which I'm not pleased about). I also could not get the scotch brite pads anywhere so I have the 3m wetdry 3 step sand paper.

 

[BuellyBagger]

That will work for scuffing the plastic. Dont use too heavy a grit 400 at the heaviest. If ur gettin blue powder and the parts r color all the way through u should have raw molded-in-color plastic.