Turn signal repaint


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Turn signal repaint

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Can someone tell me what color the turn signals on a1979 were painted. Gloss black, semigloss ?

Anyone know if I need to prime the plastic, any ideas for the brand of paint

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More than likely, you don't really need to paint them unless they are scraped up pretty badly.
Seeing that you are in AZ. perhaps they are just bleached out ? You can use a restorative conditioner
to bring back their color. I use a product by the name of "Blue Ice". It is used in car washes to preserve
bumpers and other similar rubberized parts. I have never painted turn signal housings so this is the best
I can do for an answer. They are not painted to begin with.
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Had to do lots of crack filling. They were undamaged but had several small cracks where the plastic met the metal, and each had a large crack along the mold line on the top. I used JB Plastic weld. So I must paint the filler. I have a friend who painted his cbx turn signals and they looked great when done. Unfortunately he is on an extended vacation with no Internet, and I dont want to call him since he ran a bike shop for 30 years and I expect he doesn't want to talk shop on vacation. The bike came from Arkansas to Az in march of this year

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Paint them with the same satin black trim paint you would use on the headlight stay, handlebars, '79 side covers, etc. Everyone makes satin black trim paint.

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Thanks

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All done. Filled cracks with JB Plastic Weld. Sanded filled cracks with 800 grit. Then wet sanded with 1500 grit, which I don't think did much. Then I cleaned with plastic prep, dried, then SEM Satin black. Hard to tell they are painted without a close look.
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There you go! Looks great.

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I like your paint drying chamber with the horizontal suspension system! Neat! :teasing-poke:

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The antigravity chamber must have cost a fortune.

With that level of prep, the paint may last forever.
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NOW THAT'S FUNNY! thanks for the good laugh!

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