AF-Racer painting

[sydduckett]

I must admit, they do look good, well done

Only problem was that the day after i had finished them the wind blew the garage door against the hub side panel putting a dent in the bottom swage line.... Its a clean dent and i think it will be pretty easy for a panel beater to ping it out. I want to change the headset for an sx one add some bgm front shocks and re paint the forks, leggies and loop but am struggling to justify paying for what i need in the current climate but hopfully I will have everything done by IOW.

By the way do people put laquer over the stickers and if so what are the ridges like? Can you feel them and do they look obvious? Think I will go down the paint route, but the sticker option does look well priced when you consider the cost of paints, thinners, activator and so on.

[RICSPEED]

you can build up laqure then flat smooth then a final coat ...but if you ever fancyed a change leaving as is means they can be removed

[soulsurfer]

Mine were lacquered over with 2k no problem and have ridges, I was offered for it to be painted by Neil at Prosign but I wanted it to be in the spirit of the cars of the sixties and to show they were stickers, rather than full custom, but plenty of clearcoat, flat and polish will even them out a fair bit, but there's no substitute for real paint if that's what you want.

Can you show me a picture of the dent Sef?

[sydduckett]

Mine were lacquered over with 2k no problem and have ridges, I was offered for it to be painted by Neil at Prosign but I wanted it to be in the spirit of the cars of the sixties and to show they were stickers, rather than full custom, but plenty of clearcoat, flat and polish will even them out a fair bit, but there's no substitute for real paint if that's what you want.

Can you show me a picture of the dent Sef?

The wifes off tom and what with work being slow ill get a chance to get some bits and bobs done. will take some pics in the daylight and post them tom day.

[Tom Russell]

Tom, either way, they will be able to cut or print whatever you would like onto the main body of the graphics

Ok, great, thanks mate; still waiting to hear from them though

Please let us know when you get a response, be good to know what the service is like these days

Hi all,

Just to let you know I received a response from Scoot Graphics, which took 3 days, so not as bad I was expecting!

They replied with this with regards to my questions about making some changes to the standard AF racer kit "We can customise the kit to suit your choices. If there is text or logos you would like removing or adding, its all very easy to do.
If you would like to get back to me with your colour options, scooter colour/s and changes, we can upload for you to view and tweak if necessary."

So, all sounds good, and I'll be dropping them a line shortly, and will let you all know how I get on.

Cheers,

Tom

[Tom Russell]

Please let us know when you get a response, be good to know what the service is like these days

Hi all,

Just to let you know that I have now received my one-off graphics kit from Scoot Graphics, and for the record feel I received a great service from them at http://www.scootgraphics.com

Sometimes there was a few days gap between receiving a response to emails that I had sent, but mainly I got a next day reply (from Jane) to any questions that I had! It also only took them a few days to make up a sample of what I wanted (which admittedly was only a variation on thier standard AF kit), which I could view on-line, which I thought was excellent service! They also sent out samples of the vinyl, which I received the next day, after asking!

So, from start to finish, took about a month to get my graphic kit.

Cheers,

Tom

[soulsurfer]

Good news Tom, thanks for the update. I think their quality is the best out there and they're great at complex designs, so it's nice to know their on top of things these days.

[Tom Russell]

Hi all,

You can see the finished scoot here http://scooterotica.org/forum/viewtopic ... 10&t=23611

For the record, I actually found it quite difficult to fit this kit, and wished I'd got them to do it for me, as I've messed up a few bits!

I've since emailed them a couple of times over the last month to see if they could send me these (messed up) items again (happy to pay), but have heard nothing (but received Read receipts)

So, to sum up, the sticker route is, in my opinion, a cheap (£95) and effective way of doing your scoot, but if you're a bit of a five thumbs like me, you might struggle, and it may be best to get them to do it - that's if you can actually get hold of them