What a long week! Pearl white it is!

[Shifty]

A few months ago I chipped up my fairings pretty bad while removing the decals with a 3M wheel, but I touched them up and said "eh, I'll wait to paint until I drop it"... which didn't take long. It got cold and rainy out so I got to work. It's been a long week without riding but the payoff was worth it.




Before for reference:


As much as I intended to respray in the factory red, I just kept finding little chips and scratches here and there during teardown and by the time I had it all apart I figured I might as well just change it up. The color is my favorite "hot rod white" to use around the shop - Lexus Diamond White Pearl. Of course, right after I mixed the paint I searched the site and found at least two others painted the same color... oh well. I think it looks great with all the curves. I painted the lowers black again since I hadn't seen that done on a white one yet, and tomorrow I'll have new gold decals. Later in the winter I'll either paint the wheels black w/ white lips or gold (which would match my helmet and the new graphics). That should help make it a little more unique. Which would you guys do?

EDIT: Got my decals on today!

[gobigorange189]

looks good!! i think the wheel idea is good too

[Shifty]

looks good!! i think the wheel idea is good too

Thanks, but which wheel idea? The gold or the blk/wht?

I keep looking at that pretty gold rotor on the front and imagining the wheels that color...

[gobigorange189]

neither. its a good idea to put wheels on it! hahaha jk sorry forgot to specify. i think the gold would look awesome! with that decals and gold rotor and all

[Erki]

Nice job. Mines goin white this winter too. I love white bikes. I think the gold would look killer as well. Im thinking about getting some gold powdercoating done as well when I paint it. Do you still have tape on the lights or did you paint them white?

[yngveny]

Man, that is white Looks like you did a really nice job with that paint.

[GytRDunKat]

White looks awesome, change your avitar though

[latenite]

shifty its a damn small world, i am a member of golfmkv, and i used to frequent it quite often, though i dont post much. i remember your stellar paintjobs

[Shifty]

Do you still have tape on the lights or did you paint them white?

I painted them to match. I really like the way the signals integrate into that body line so I wanted to see how it looked with the signals the same color. Looks okay, and light shines through, but I think I'm going to sand them down and tint them instead.

latenite, it is a small world! Thanks for the compliment.

[whitecl0ver]

ohh very nice, I like the white...Kinda Rare on a Kat.

[LAsunbird86]

The ONLY things I would recommend: Paint the lowers white also, it would give it a sleeker and more finished look (IMO anyway), and go with the gold wheels.

Looks good!

[kidblooper]

the paint looks awesome.. NICE JOB! just out of curiousity. are the front blinkers still taped over or did you paint those too ?

[teddy]

Bike looks good!

I'd like to see the Beetle in the background though too....I'm a vdub nut as well.

[chinto]

Nice job

Have you considered painting the lowers gold? to match the gold accents you plan on putting on?

[whitecl0ver]

The ONLY things I would recommend: Paint the lowers white also, it would give it a sleeker and more finished look (IMO anyway), and go with the gold wheels.

Looks good!

I agree....Gold wheels would SET IT OFF!!!!