Window tinting?

**FROSTY:Me** · 22nd February 2005, 21:30

mate a couple of ideas for ya . 1--pay the 100 or so bucks and get a new screen from visual plastics in Hamilton.
2-Try taking the screen to a metal polisher and see if he can polish the scratches out. itll rub the screen thinner but might solve ya problem.
The third option might be to paint the INSIDE of your screen . Now keep in mind ya dont have to paint it black. How would ya bike look with a screen color matched to ya bike

**RichPits** · 20th June 2009, 09:27

Yer I was reading a blog in the states about painting the inside of the screen in matt black, all seemed to work okay. Hey you aint gona look through it eh?

**Cynic** · 20th June 2009, 16:22

Nip down to the local model shop and get a can of "smoke" coloured spray paint. RC car shells are usually polycarb and this stuff is designed for them. Spay it on the inside and you get a great looking tint on RC car windows. Don't see why it wouldn't work on the bike....

http://www.tamiya.com/english/produc...y/kit85003.htm

Should be plenty to do a screen

**martybabe** · 20th June 2009, 17:12

Originally Posted by Cynic

Nip down to the local model shop and get a can of "smoke" coloured spray paint. RC car shells are usually polycarb and this stuff is designed for them. Spay it on the inside and you get a great looking tint on RC car windows. Don't see why it wouldn't work on the bike....

http://www.tamiya.com/english/produc...y/kit85003.htm

Should be plenty to do a screen

That's the stuff, looks fabo from the outside, a bit of caution whilst spraying will make the end result better than new.

Mind you if the scratches are on the outside, as I suspect they are, no amount of colour would disguise them. Have you checked the interweb, new screens can be sourced for not too much $s.

**Bow-Down** · 20th June 2009, 20:28

Give this guy a call does a top job and will come to you in Auckland for fair prices.

0212941472

**Breed777** · 21st June 2009, 10:50

Originally Posted by crashe

Tinted windows: A friend of mine's daughter brought a car... and it had tinted wondows... it was an import.... and passed throu the dealers bringing it in etc... then when the next WOF was due and they told her to remove it.. wrong grade of tint...so they had to remove it.. so beware that there are different grades out there. Make sure it will be legal... yep its on the bike... but better to be safe than spending the money and have to remove it.... MOTU could probably answer this.. to which grade is legal in NZ.

Does the grade of tint matter on a bike shield? mines virtually black....anyone know of a bike that failed a WOF cause the shield was too darK?

**Ragingrob** · 21st June 2009, 11:01

Just paint it black

Not like ya need to look through it or anything.

**Cynic** · 21st June 2009, 19:56

Well, in a moment of weakness I took my own advice as I have wanted a tinted screen for a while now. Picked up a can of Tamiya Smoke polycarb paint (there are two varieties, you want the PS series for polycarb) and had a crack at it. Quite happy with the results

**98tls** · 21st June 2009, 20:13

Originally Posted by Cynic

Well, in a moment of weakness I took my own advice as I have wanted a tinted screen for a while now. Picked up a can of Tamiya Smoke polycarb paint (there are two varieties, you want the PS series for polycarb) and had a crack at it. Quite happy with the results

Thats nice work,well done.Fwiw a pic of the carbon one on my old girl.