I just bought an 03 vfr 800 and I got a good deal except it had been dropped and has a LITTLE road rash on the front fairing and the corner of the tail section. Does anyone know how hard this is to repair? can I just sand it down and re paint? Ide really like to get this back to mint condition but I want to spend my money in a new exhaust, corbin seat, and ohlin suspension. If anyone has any sugestions or advice I would really appreciate it. Thank you William
If you know somebody who is good in that area, sure no reason why it couldnt be repainted. If you would want replacement plastics try RonAyers or Service Honda for good prices. I'm not a bodyman guy so I just replaced mine way back when I needed it. Oh yeah, I ended up selling the damaged plastic to a guy on ebay who likes to refurbish the stuff and resell. Good luck, MD
Do a google search for the Plastic Doctor and get a quote from him. When I was thinking of repainting the fairings on my 93, he quoted a price of about what it cost to buy 1 of the mid cowls.
I wrecked my old Suzuki Bandit. It already had some gouges and scrapes from its previous owner. So once I added to the damage, I took the time to make it beautiful again. (at least for a suzuki...JK) Anyway, I used 'Bondo-Glass'. Its a fiberglass filler that you mix with a hardener. You can pick it up at any parts store, or even the automotive section of WalMart. I even repaired a small and a large dimple in the tank, although I don't recommend that. Tanks are tricky... As for the gouges in my tail piece, I mixed small amounts of Bondo-Glass, as it starts to harden fairly quickly. I applied it a little thick, and then rough sanded it into shape with a course sand paper. Then I used a very fine sand paper to finish the shaping/smoothing. Bondo-Glass tends to leave small little pin-hole air pockets, so I used a small tube of filler(sorry, can't remember the name) to finish it off, but a good primer probably would have covered it. If you are just a little ambitious, you could repair it yourself, just make sure you clean it thoroughly before applying your filler. Sorry, I didn't photograph the process...but it was my first bodywork experience, and I didn't feel like it was all that difficult.
