Paint for DPV

[happy-diver]

Are you taking it to the DPV Rod and Custom show, take pride in your and your DPVs battle scars

 

[Comm]

Are you taking it to the DPV Rod and Custom show, take pride in your and your DPVs battle scars

I love the scars - they have been earned - but I fear it will cause rust at some point

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

I love the scars - they have been earned - but I fear it will cause rust at some point

Not if you rinse it well and let it dry out. Aluminum hates trapped salt and moisture.

 

[lostsheep]

I love the scars - they have been earned - but I fear it will cause rust at some point

I will wager you a replacement housing your original will NEVER rust.

 

[Jayroidz]

Hey OP, I had a cuda 650 with the same issues. Had it completely blasted, primered, and powder coated with Cardinal Superdurable green.

It was tough for the shop to get the old stuff completely off, and there were some little finish issues so they re-blasted and painted a couple parts, but it looks amazing now. It is also very thick, and while I still baby the scooter, it’s more resistant to small chips and such.

It should run you anywhere between 300 and 700 bucks depending on shop, primer, color, and labor.

 

[Comm]

I love the British racing green! So cool

What kind of shop did you take it to do that work?

Also - with the new paint, have you noticed any change in weighting or balance?

 

[Jayroidz]

I love the British racing green! So cool

What kind of shop did you take it to do that work?

Also - with the new paint, have you noticed any change in weighting or balance?

I took it to a welding shop, they do a lot of weldments, heavy duty frames, cosmetic sheet metal etc and are very good with powder coating. I work in biotech, so they make our instrument frames for us, it was a job that was right up their alley.

Yes I think the weighting has changed, the original was 53 lbs and now it’s closer to 55. That being said, I mixed up the trim pouches and went with both heavy ~3.3 lbs of additional ballast, and the scooter was very slightly negative. I’ll report back with the old weights in the nose and tail vs new as well as the changes in gear on the scooter, removed a couple items.

TLDR re-weighting shouldn’t be a problem. I’ve attached the cardinal superdurable sheet for reference in case you were interested.

 

[Jayroidz]

OH BTW, have them mask off on the sealing surfaces of the tube and tail cone, I did have to take a grinder to get them to fit after painting. Massive mistake on my part. The red scooter is what it should look like (o-ring grooves unpainted and clean).

Shaft seal okay to paint in that area. Posted some pics with scotch seal being the brown sealant around the seal ring.

Will report back on re-weighting.