Hi all just trying to get a bit advcie from anyone who has fitted the protection film onto the panniers and what the best practice is for doing it ..
the best practice is practice. I bought the full venture film kit for my gtr and started off just doing the small bits like mirrors. Make up a soapy solution using baby bath rather than wash up liquid. Dont worry if you seem to have a olt of bubbles under the surface, they will go. Use the supplied sqeezy or you own , make sure surface is proper proper clean, liberally spray the surface and both side of you film and come up with a way of removing the film without leaving thumb prints on the under side, spray soap solution to the top side as your are sqeezing your bubbles out from the centre first, hairdryer on the difficult bends, if you are sure all air is out dont worry about the soapy bubbles they will go, takes over night to dry.
:agree: Yup did it on mine as well, Cept I got a big sheet of the stuff and cut my own panels to suit ... fitting is as Viper says. :gunsmilie:
When I bought my bike, I ordered it with all the standard kwak options... Except that one! Only because they said I had to stick it on myself....
So I thought :single fuck: basically at the time... However, I wish I had done it on the panniers at least because my Wife has difficulty getting her leg over..... Ahem
I have...ooops had a kit which I began to fit ...afrter following all the instructions to the letter it turned out a right bloody mess....
sooooooo..not to be deterred I ripped it off, screwed it into a neat ball, and threw it all into the effing bin :2guns:
Quote from: Rosbif on July 05, 2012, 08:20:40 PM
When I bought my bike, I ordered it with all the standard kwak options... Except that one! Only because they said I had to stick it on myself....
So I thought :single fuck: basically at the time... However, I wish I had done it on the panniers at least because my Wife has difficulty getting her leg over..... Ahem
You can buy some sheets of clear plastic from Hien Gericke, cheap as chips and do a top job, easy to fit as well, just the job to protect the panniers. :yes: :smiley:
Go to your local sign shop and ask for clear external film make sure you ask for 10 year film ( it will not fade/ yellow has UV inhibitors ) make a template and fit as above with soapy solution, cost about £5, simples !!!, well worth fitting though, my other half also scuffs her boot on the pannier.
Quote from: olde coney on July 05, 2012, 09:42:34 PM
I have...ooops had a kit which I began to fit ...afrter following all the instructions to the letter it turned out a right bloody mess....
sooooooo..not to be deterred I ripped it off, screwed it into a neat ball, and threw it all into the effing bin :2guns:
:agree: I did exactly the same. Obviously there is a knack that I am not aware of :angry:
Some top tips there; thanks. Zed, what's a sign shop?
I had the kit presented to me by the dealer,who didn,t want to fit it,at any price.Went on ok,and did the job.Went to a sign shop and got some textured black vinyl and fitted that instead.My bikes a green one,and the black on top of the pannier looks great against the black plastics and green paint.(I think so.).
R.R a sign shop is a signwriter / grafix outlet, they cut and some fit your lettering / grafix, they do shop signs vehicle lettering etc, google signwriting for your area.
I have a blue GTR with carbon fibre film on it, looks great.