SX fender restore .

[Huffa]

Nice work on the fender... that is quite a dust pile...lol... Now you can sell them as "light-weight racing fenders"

Those were my thoughts too !

Your up early or wait a minute, what time is it out there, it's 5:30 here, axious to get fender done

Those skid plates for the 200/350X are absolute killer looking (love that "H" style), I can't believe more members don't run these, the prices seem unreal for the guage of aluminum, time it takes to make them and the quality work they do.

http://prm-atv.com/MN.asp?pg=products&grp=40&mfr=2

[RedRider_AK]

Nice SX fenders! They look almost new!

Hey Huffa, I've got some 06 Big Bear plastics I want to bring back to "showroom condition", for when I sell it. It's got some fairly deep scratches from rollovers and a lot of scuffing from boots and such. Any method you can explain to me? Not afraid of a couple hours sanding/buffing work.

P.S. Those skidplates ARE very nice.

[edog]

I now what Gary wants for xmas!!!!!!!!


And it ain't his 2 front teeth.lol

Fender is looking good!

I sold my 200X rear for $200

[jason 32]

yea wet sand - sticker it then clear over it- with the flexible bumper clear thats out these days

[Dammit!]

I have a PRM rear skid plate for my 200x project and a nice OMF for the 350x. Need a nice one for my R. Still got the cheesy stocker for that one.

[TwoHundredEx]

BTW ........a couple year ago there was a guy that posted yellow yamaha fenders that he did, spent 10 hours on them and did a excellent job, they looked like brand new if I remember correct, I did a search but can't find it, can't recall which model either, maybe a 200 ?

Bringing this back up again...
These the ones you were talking about?
Came up in a steering stop search
http://www.3wheelerworldforums.com/s...fender+restore

[Huffa]

Bringing this back up again...
These the ones you were talking about?
Came up in a steering stop search
http://www.3wheelerworldforums.com/s...fender+restore

Actually that's an even better post concernig the "how to" of it, I have learned a few mistakes I did already that should help me get the other side done a bit quicker.

Thanks soooo much, appreciate it for sure !!

[Huffa]

Well it's all done, looks a bit better in pic then actually is but came a heck of a long way from how it used to be.

Main thing I was doing wrong (got lucky on 1st side somehow) is letting the sand paper get small patches of plastic grit on and all I was doing was rescratching it and not getting anywhere.

I then discoverd the best way is to have a garden hose and have a constant low water flow while sanding, this way it's always getting rinsed and you get no build up. Once your at a fairly high grit 600 or so, you don't really need the hose anymore.

No 7 heavy duty compound helps a lot too after your done with 1500 grit.

Then I used what was mentioned in link a few threads back to take swirls out.

Found one small area by side of tool box lid (on fender though) that needed a small stitch job.

Now I hope i get a decent buck for it

I don't want to look at another sheet of sandpaper for quite a while now

[stealthduner]

You really think decals will make that much difference Chris, I mean they can just buy them themselves and slap them on ?

I think he is right, if it has the decals on it, they will look practicly new and possibly bring in more $$$$

[Huffa]

I think he is right, if it has the decals on it, they will look practicly new and possibly bring in more $$$$

It's possible for sure but soley depends on if the guy (hunter/farmer) just wants a solid fender or it's someone that is really into trikes and cares a lot about the decals at all.

Certainly something for me to think about but I can't represent it as looking new, it's not perfect by any means and that is how I must describe it, I don't think it's worth 200 like I had thought, a fair price more like 175 or so.

Is my thinking wrong and if someone would pay 200 would that be ripping them off or still a fair deal ?

Never looked at SX decals either, I'll have to check them out.