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Lazyme21
| Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 08:12 pm: |
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I have a white XB9R and I just removed some of the stock stickers and it seems that the bike is discolored. Does anyone know of a good way to clean the fairings. |
420at145mph
| Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 08:14 pm: |
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soap and water>? use wd40 to get all the gluey stuff off could always spend 30 bucks on that H/D swirl n scrath crap dunno if itd help with the whiter white were the stickers were i can only see that on mine under the blacklight in the garage guess u shoulda took em off sooner mine fell off one at a time while washing it edited by 420at145mph on July 21, 2004 |
Lazyme21
| Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 09:21 pm: |
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It's the american motorcycle sticker under where it says BUELL. Soap and water won't do it, it is almost like the white is oxidized and has a yellow tint to it and where the sticker was it is really white. |
R1DynaSquid
| Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 09:36 pm: |
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Its faded. Nothing you can do to bring it back either. |
420at145mph
| Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 10:15 pm: |
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some superfine wet sandpaper like 4000 grit MIGHT be able to get the color matched
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Coldwthrrider
| Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 10:39 pm: |
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Whoooaa, watch out for that thin top coat. There was a thread recently about it peeling. Since then I've got a few more spots doing it (airbox cover where zipper hits...but my zipper is enclosed?). Once it starts it doesn't stop so be very careful with sandpaper! |
420at145mph
| Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 - 10:53 pm: |
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buy a new lid? they cant be more than 50 bucks |
Junkdad
| Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:10 am: |
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Try Meguires plastic polish (it used to be sold in a faded blue color bottle). Its for fly screens so its pretty tame, use a real nice soft terry cloth towel and some elbow grease. Its good stuff and if it doesnt help it wont go to waste since you can use it on all plastic. |
Lazyme21
| Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 08:08 am: |
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Thanks Guys, I will try the Meguiers, they always make a good product. edited by lazyme21 on July 22, 2004 |
984_cc
| Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 11:49 am: |
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Try Clorox Cleanup. It's a cleaner with bleach. Works on white Kydex plastic anyways. You'll have to let it soak for awhile. |
Fdl3
| Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:09 pm: |
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420at145mph: You said "mine fell off one at a time while washing it". Um, how exactly do you wash your bike? With a power sprayer, sand paper, with an acid-based soap? |
Fdl3
| Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:10 pm: |
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420at145mph: You said "mine fell off one at a time while washing it". Um, how exactly do you wash your bike? With a power sprayer, sand paper, with an acid-based soap? |
420at145mph
| Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:10 pm: |
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a regular ol hose and a bucket of soapy water with an adjustable sprayer i only use the powerwash setting for the bugs edited by 420at145mph on July 22, 2004 |