Twincam16
10-09-2009, 12:55 AM
Just saw this DIY writeup and thought it would be good to share it R6 forums (http://www.r6messagenet.com/forums/r6-how-guides/105455-how-fix-your-broken-fairings.html)
Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!
FIXING YOUR BROKEN FAIRINGS
First off, there are two types of plastics used to make fairings, ABS and PVC. ABS is black, while the PVC plastic is white or light grey. The ABS plastic is the easiest to fix and this write-up pertains to fairings made of ABS. PVC is similar but slightly different.
All you need is a soldering gun, some ABS plastic, some time, and lots of patience. The pen-style soldering guns I have found to work best for these repairs. You can use ABS plastic tubing, commonly used for plumbing to make these repairs. Cut the ABS tubing into several ¼ inch or smaller strips to weld the broken fairings together. You can buy this by the foot for dirt cheap or look for damaged ones and you may even get them for free.
I took a few pics when I fixed my buddies ZX9 a while back when he went down in Azusa.
On the damaged fairing, begin by sanding past the paint, to where you start seeing the bare black plastic. You don’t want to mix paint into your welds.
Once you sand all the paint off the damaged area, hold the broken fairing in place and stitch weld it. Look at the lower left section of this repair, just push the soldering gun about half ways through the plastic, to mend both sides of the broken plastic together.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/LA_R1/plasticrepair_15.jpg
Stitch the entire broken section with little welds. When you are done stitching, then run the soldering gun along the crack. Then you begin to weld the strips of ABS that you cut from the ABS tubing. Do small pieces one at a time, and do not go too thick. When you are done with one side, repeat on the reverse side. The back side of this fairing was completely broken off.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/LA_R1/plasticrepair_16.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/LA_R1/plasticrepair_14.jpg
This fairing had a few broken tabs that I fabricated into it:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/LA_R1/plasticrepair_20.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/LA_R1/plasticrepair_128.jpg
Then sand it down to block it off, and make even to the rest of the fairing.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/LA_R1/plasticrepair_23.jpg
Once I sprayed it, this is what it looked like:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/LA_R1/Paint_5.jpg
Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!
FIXING YOUR BROKEN FAIRINGS
First off, there are two types of plastics used to make fairings, ABS and PVC. ABS is black, while the PVC plastic is white or light grey. The ABS plastic is the easiest to fix and this write-up pertains to fairings made of ABS. PVC is similar but slightly different.
All you need is a soldering gun, some ABS plastic, some time, and lots of patience. The pen-style soldering guns I have found to work best for these repairs. You can use ABS plastic tubing, commonly used for plumbing to make these repairs. Cut the ABS tubing into several ¼ inch or smaller strips to weld the broken fairings together. You can buy this by the foot for dirt cheap or look for damaged ones and you may even get them for free.
I took a few pics when I fixed my buddies ZX9 a while back when he went down in Azusa.
On the damaged fairing, begin by sanding past the paint, to where you start seeing the bare black plastic. You don’t want to mix paint into your welds.
Once you sand all the paint off the damaged area, hold the broken fairing in place and stitch weld it. Look at the lower left section of this repair, just push the soldering gun about half ways through the plastic, to mend both sides of the broken plastic together.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/LA_R1/plasticrepair_15.jpg
Stitch the entire broken section with little welds. When you are done stitching, then run the soldering gun along the crack. Then you begin to weld the strips of ABS that you cut from the ABS tubing. Do small pieces one at a time, and do not go too thick. When you are done with one side, repeat on the reverse side. The back side of this fairing was completely broken off.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/LA_R1/plasticrepair_16.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/LA_R1/plasticrepair_14.jpg
This fairing had a few broken tabs that I fabricated into it:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/LA_R1/plasticrepair_20.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/LA_R1/plasticrepair_128.jpg
Then sand it down to block it off, and make even to the rest of the fairing.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/LA_R1/plasticrepair_23.jpg
Once I sprayed it, this is what it looked like:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a160/LA_R1/Paint_5.jpg