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Junk Yard Parts - Refurb

5 posts Started 29 Jul 2014 Last recovered post 29 Jul 2014 Wayback Machine snapshot 18 Oct 2014

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One of the only things missing when I found my '06 was the passenger foot peg assemblies.  Since my wife may occasionally ride along I needed to replace them.  I checked on OEM factory pieces and found that by the time I bought everything required I would be almost $250.  So I decided to go the junk yard route.  I found the pieces on ebay and by the time i had them in hand I had invested just over $100.  The downside is this is what they looked like

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I bought this kit at O'Reilly's for $17.

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Then I got to work with a die grinder and surface prep pads.  They are like souped up Scotchbrite pads.  I removed as much of the surface imperfections as possible.  There were a couple of dings that were too deep to completely take out since I would have had to really take a lot of material .  After cleaning it up I did a final prep with a medium Scotchbrite pad and wiped them down with alcohol to really get them clean.  

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Finally I painted them in multiple light coats and finished them with a couple of clear coats.   All in all they turned out really well.  The color of the HyperSilver has a very slight "blue" tint that may not be a concours match but it works well enough for my needs.  

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#2

They came out really nice. A little elbow grease goes a long way.  :fing02:


#3

Good thinking, and they turned out very nicely.


#4

Woah, that looks fantastic! Never heard of that product. Definitely need to keep this in mind for any future projects.


#5
Nice work man. That's recycling!
Most of the body panels on my bike are scuffed bits off Ebay, except for the RH fairing and the upper fairing.
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